When you live on Tenerife, the sight of banana plants becomes something you take for granted and you quickly forget that, to many people, seeing bananas growing by the side of the road is an exotic novelty and a fascination.
When you live on Tenerife, the sight of banana plants becomes something you take for granted and you quickly forget that, to many people, seeing bananas growing by the side of the road is an exotic novelty and a fascination.
If a Canarian restaurant doesn't have cherne on the menu, the chances are it's not a bona fide Canarian restaurant. Cherne is one of the most popular fish...
Ropa Vieja is probably the Canarian dish whose name I like the most. In Spanish it rolls of the tongue nicely and even sounds vaguely exotic.
Like most places, Chicharrones on Tenerife are fried pork fat and or skin. But where Tenerife's (and the other Canary Islands) differ is that they're...
The invitation says eight o’clock, so why are we alone, surrounded by empty tables set for dinner and staring at a pristine, show cooking kitchen? As we check the invitation for the fourth time in as many minutes, the double doors to the elegant dining room swing open and in walk a trio of chefs led by the diminutive Yolanda León, her smile as welcoming as the...
It sounds like something to do with horses but the only connection rancho Canario has with horses is you need an appetite like one to eat it.
We finish our cava (an accompaniment to the tapas) and drag ourselves away from nature's grasp to immerse ourselves once again in the warm embrace of Noche en Blanco
Given that goats are commonplace, it should come as no surprise to learn that they're equally common on menus in traditional Canarian restaurants across Tenerife.
In Canarian homes, escaldón de gofio often accompanies Canarian stews and broths like pucheros or cazuelos but in some traditional restaurants it turns up on the starters menu.
I'm a fish and seafood fan so living in the Canary Islands is a bit like being a kid let loose in a sweet shop. The fish counters in the big supermarkets...