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Las Rocas Restaurant Review, Romance & Great Food on the Rocks

Posted on March 26, 2011May 23, 2011
byJack Montgomery

When compiling lists of romantic places to dine on Tenerife, the Hotel JardÃn Tropical’s delightful thatched roof restaurant jutting out over the Atlantic is almost always the first place to spring to mind.

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Top Ten-erife Tapas

Posted on February 7, 2011March 7, 2011
byAndy Montgomery

Some tapas dishes such as ensaladilla (Russian salad) and boquerónes (pickled anchovies) are fairly universally evident on menus throughout Spain, but every region has its own specialities based on local ingredients and the Canary Islands are no exception.
These are the most popular Tenerife tapas[…]

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Sabor Español Restaurant Review, Wild Boar & Flamenco Chill Out

Posted on December 28, 2010January 26, 2011
byJack Montgomery

It’s not often that I’m compelled to find out what the background music is in restaurants on Tenerife, but the jazzy riffs with a hint of Andalusian rhythms providing the audio backdrop to the Sabor Español Tasca & Restaurant at the Barcélo Santiago Hotel were really rather cool

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Tapas with a Difference on Tenerife, El Olivo Restaurant Review

Posted on December 20, 2010January 21, 2011
byJack Montgomery

Although tapas is readily available on Tenerife, with many Canarian and Spanish restaurants including a tapas section on their menus, specialist restaurants dedicated to the art of el tapeo are still relatively thin on the ground; Tasca el Olivo on Casa Iriarte in Puerto de la Cruz is one of them.

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Lucas Maes Restaurant and the Art of Fine Food.

Posted on December 6, 2010January 10, 2011
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byAndy Montgomery

It’s his passion for preparing and presenting his dishes as an art form that has earned Lucas his reputation as a chef’s chef and one of the finest in the Canary Islands.
Nothing here is mass produced or frozen, every ingredient is freshly prepared by Lucas[…]

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Eating Gofio on Tenerife, the Original Power Drink

Posted on December 5, 2010December 28, 2010
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byJack Montgomery

It might seem like an outrageous statement but that little bowl of gofio accompanying soups and stews such as puchero in some traditional Canarian restaurants was partly responsible for the birth of civilisation…

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Tenerife Nightlife, Bar Hopping In Los Cristianos, Part One

Posted on November 30, 2010December 22, 2010
byColin Kirby

Blue unicorns, alien lampshades and luke warm treacle, well that’s what my scribbled notes seemed to say when I woke in a haze on Sunday morning. Thankfully a shower, food and a quick scroll through my camera helped to focus my mind, and memories of Los Cristianos bars formed a semi orderly queue.

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Following Tapas Trails on Tenerife

Posted on October 21, 2010December 1, 2010
byJack Montgomery

Sitting in the El MarquÃs de la Noria restaurant in Santa Cruz I didn’t know whether to eat the object of beauty on the plate in front of me, or to put it up for auction at Sotheby’s[…]

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Tapas Route – Ruta del Chicharro

Posted on October 9, 2010October 10, 2010
byJack Montgomery

A feast for food lovers, get to know Tenerife’s capital by following the Ruta del Chicharro. Thirty Three bars and restaurants are offering up their best tapas dish and a Dorada beer for only €2.50 a throw…

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Tenerife Nightlife, Bar Hopping in Playa de las Américas Part I

Posted on October 6, 2010October 29, 2010
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byJack Montgomery

There’s just too much going on at night in Playa de las Américas, so for the latest in Tenerife Magazine’s bar hopping series, we decided to split it into two, concentrating first on the area around the Safari Centre and the patch.

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