Food & Drink
Recipe for a traditional Canarian meal on Tenerife
For anyone interested in munching their way through a meal with a completely Canarian flavour, these are our suggestions of distinctly Canarian dishes to order. […]
food
About Tenerife
Discovering markets on Tenerife
“Is there a market near to…(insert location of choice) on Tenerife?” is a question we see asked a lot online. The answer isn’t as simple as a ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Before any answer can be given, there’s another question to be asked. […]
Culture
Sun and sea but not sangria on Tenerife
Lots of people like to sit under the Canary Island sun sipping from a jug of refreshing sangria. It’s an enjoyable thing to do, but it’s not ‘going local’. Sangria is most definitely Spanish. […]
About Tenerife
The changing face of Puerto de la Cruz
Puerto de la Cruz is a three star town. The streets are dirty. The gardens are uncared for. And in ‘Puerto de la Cruz, parte de ti’ (part of you) it has a promotional slogan […]
Food & Drink
Ten local dishes to try on Tenerife
It was the sort of gastronomic scene which has some visitors, and even people on other Canary Islands, dismissing the food on Tenerife as being not very good… […]
About Tenerife
10 revealing things to look for in Tenerife travel articles
How can you tell the difference between a travel article/blog by a writer who has visited the places on Tenerife they’ve written about and one by someone who hasn’t? […]
About Tenerife
The Gofio Mill and the Energy Bar
Gofio is one of those strange ingredients every Tinerfeño grows up with, yet many of the millions of visitors who pass through Tenerife are totally unaware of its existence. […]
Food & Drink
Why Don’t We Agree About Food on Tenerife?
I looked at the unimaginative choice before me and my heart sank – dry looking fillets of fish, stodgy pasta, curled meat thinner than my shoe leather. […]
About Tenerife
Preserving Tenerife’s Precious Potatoes
Today, La Papa Antigua de Canarias is considered a gourmet delicacy in the kitchens of the island’s top chefs and is featured on all the best menus… […]
Food & Drink
Designer Vegetables Fit For Tenerife’s Gourmet Renaissance
Consigning pesticides and fertilizers to the past, Tino and his dad are blazing a trail for high quality, low quantity, organic vegetables and have cultivated a new market in miniature designer vegetables. […]