Tripadvisor's traveller forums can reveal what members who ask for, or give, advice know or don't know about Tenerife. And so it was with a question about where to find authentic food on the island.
Tripadvisor's traveller forums can reveal what members who ask for, or give, advice know or don't know about Tenerife. And so it was with a question about where to find authentic food on the island.
The guachinche Richard Ayoade and Lena Dunham visited was one of the posher, more sanitised versions but the dishes they chose represented a good mix of the type of food regularly served in guachinches.
Just about every time we go out for tapas on Tenerife, you can bet croquetas (croquettes) are going to figure. They're one of the crowpleasers of the tapas scene.
A friend visiting the Canary Islands for the first time told us about a meal she'd just eaten in a traditional restaurant. She wasn't impressed...
Looking back I realise that the culinary agenda we inadvertently put together covered quite a diverse range of cheap local eating, but not the sort of cheap...
Normally an outing to our favourite cheese shop on Tenerife involves an hour's drive, then a steep ascent of a remote valley on foot, stopping to be awed at...
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...