Tenerife Uncovered – The Blog

It is often said that the way to a person’s heart is through their stomach, and if this is the case then Tenerife will leave its visitors positively swooning with love. Being a key facet of any holiday, food allows tourists to gain a more intimate experience with the local culture and cuisine of their travel destination, while granting them an opportunity to tantalise their taste buds with an array of fresh and exotic flavours that simply aren’t available at home.

In the sweltering climate of the sunny Spanish island of Tenerife, food provides some much needed nourishment for bustling tourists who’ve no doubt spent a hectic day frolicking on beaches and touring the vibrant, picturesque island. Fortunately, being rife with a delectable variety of delicious restaurants and tapas bars, visitors will have plenty of options when deciding on where to wine and dine.

Culturally, the food in Tenerife is reflective of the exotic location of the island and its scenery; being encompassed by an incandescent sun-kissed Mediterranean ocean, many native dishes comprise of fresh fish and sea-food, from mackerel, sardines and tuna to crabs, lobsters and octopi. A typical dinner in Tenerife is usually dressed with flavoursome sauces known as ‘mojos’, which vary across the island as different restaurants concoct their own unique styles.

However, for those visitors less inclined to experiment with the quirky local cuisine, less adventurous options are available if the more extraordinary and unfamiliar offerings aren’t to a tourist’s taste. Plenty of western restaurants and pubs offer more traditional western foods to their guests, who may welcome some more recognisable names on the menu.

All in all, Tenerife is bursting with culinary options for visitors to choose from; with such a vast range of both exotic and familiar delicacies on offer, visitors are sure to have a great time as they wine and dine on this vibrant island.

Everyone enjoys finding surprising little jewels of restaurants. Well, Tenerife does not have just a few little jewels, but an entire treasure chest of incredible eating experiences.

Those expecting only to find Tapas and traditional island dishes will be pleasantly surprised. The joys of European dining are matched by the adventurous oriental delights of Japanese, Mongolian and Thai restaurants. The taste of the United States is available as well as some sizzling grill houses.

In a week a diner could have travelled the globe without needing to leave the island. Entire continents can be discovered and experienced all within one beautiful background. From the simplicity of scampi and chips or the spice of Mexico, Tenerife has more than enough to offer. If you are looking for the romantic atmosphere of Garibaldi Restaurant or enjoy a stunning seafront view of Pancho Restaurant, there is a venue that will suit any guest.

Take a trip off the beaten track and you will find the more traditional delights of the island. Canary specialities and Spanish Tapas feature on many restaurant menus. Seafood is caught fresh from the Atlantic the same day it is cooked, such as ‘Samu’. This dish is a local fish that is baked on a bed of salt and served with jacket potatoes and a spicy garlic sausage known as mojo. Finish off this sensational meal with traditional banana liquor that will certainly leave an impression on your taste buds.

Tenerife restaurants have a quality that many other places will have neglected. All the senses are satisfied. The smell and taste of the food are complemented by the atmosphere and décor of the restaurant. Mongolian Barbeque is one such example as this mouth watering experience is enhanced by the dramatic style of cooking. The hills of Vera de Erques are the perfect side dish to the local cuisine that Irache Gara offers, topped off with a live performance of Canarian folk songs.

Everyone will have a different story and experience to take away from Tenerife, but it is guaranteed that the food will be the glorious centre piece of the memory that lasts a lifetime.

One of the best known dishes to Tenerife is its Papas Arrugadas (wrinkled potatoes). They’re infused with spicy and green sauces and are boiled and salted in their skins. As well as dishes from around the world, this can be sampled at one of the hundreds of restaurants that fringe the beautiful island.

Because most of the restaurants in Tenerife are located on the coast, locally sourced fish can be freshly served. If you’re a fish lover, this is place to come and eat it. There is a wide variety of fish-based recipes such as Caldereta, which is a fish stew reigning from Northern Spain.

As well as fish, Tenerife also offers more variety in its food such the west coast’s El Dorado Mexican restaurant in Adeje. Its menu boasts all the typical Mexican expectations; tacos, fajitas, jalapenos, all served with rice or fried beans and corn on the cob. There’s also a grill serving T-bone steaks and pork ribs and, of course, mounds of sizzling chilli.

Elsewhere in Adeje, situated right on the beach in Las Americas is The Great Little Italy. With multilingual staff and the offer some rather special Italian food such as the Viking Pasta dish which comes with salmon and prawns, this place is another example of amazing cuisine in Tenerife. There’s also, for the bigger eaters out there, a highly sought after dish called The Three Kings comprising of a fillet of pork, steak fillet and chicken breast served with onions and vegetables.

If you’re looking for more exotic spice, try Roy’s. A quality Indian restaurant also located in Adeje serving up sumptuous curry of beef, pork, chicken or a vegetarian option, all marinated in authentic, mouth-watering sauces. Roy’s also serves pizza (an option for children, perhaps) which can be delivered to all areas in the south.

With tradition and diversity in abundance, it’s not hard to see why Tenerife is so popular among holiday-makers when it comes to its dining. Mexican, Indian, there’re even British restaurants out there; each one equally as delicious as the other.

Being the essential cornerstones of every human being’s existence, food and drink are vitally important, which is why all holiday-goers should place their wining and dining experiences near the top of their list of priorities. In addition to picturesque, sprawling sun-kissed beaches and a hectic nightlife, the tantalising tastes of Tenerife are some of the best to be had across the globe.

The country’s tropical climate allows it to locally produce a diverse array of exotic fruits and vegetables, resulting in some unique local delicacies that are tantalisingly new and fresh. For example, the curiously named Cazuela de Pescado is a fresh fish casserole with onions, tomatoes, peppers and potatoes.

Dishes are normally dressed with ‘mojo’ sauces; every family and restaurant in Tenerife has its own unique ‘mojo’ sauce with which it dresses its food. This fascinatingly quirky cultural custom results in a new and different taste to be enjoyed at every restaurant, of which there is abundance across the sun-soaked island.

Being surrounded by the incandescent Atlantic Ocean, Tenerife is supplied with a constant source of fresh fish to harvest, meaning that sea-food is a prominent facet of cuisine in Tenerife. The country’s vast range of exotic marine food includes mackerel, eel, Canarian lobster, octopus, crab, parrot fish, sea bream, sardine and tuna among many others, and gives restaurants a broad range of dishes to offer to its customers.

Meanwhile, for the less adventurous travellers, some of the more westernised tourist resorts across the island are home to more familiar offerings, with all the standard British and American fast food outlets available across the island, and many English dishes being offered for those who feel a little daunted by the unfamiliar native delicacies.

All in all, Tenerife is a paradise of delectable delicacies that can be enjoyed in an idyllic, tropical environment of awe-inspiring natural beauty.