Honey Rum In Lanzarote
Honey rum is often called the taste of The Canaries, and many visitors take a bottle home to remind them of their time here.
Lanzarote Restaurant Review – Restaurante El Risco Famara
I don’t know why we haven’t been to Restaurante el Risco before, but we’ll be returning! We joined some friends for Sunday lunch, who are regulars at the restaurant, after they had told us it was their favourite in Famara. It has an unprepossessing frontage, on the sandy, “back road” in Famara, and unfortunately the…
6 Unusual foods you will find in Lanzarote
We think everyone should try the local dishes whilst on holiday so we have highlighted 6 unusual foods in Lanzarote Gofio Gofio is a milled grain that is similar to wholegrain flour and it has been a staple part of the Canarian diet for thousands of years and many children are still weaned on it. …
Treat Café Bar – Playa Blanca
We needed to stop for lunch last week in Playa Blanca and we discovered Treat Café Bar, which opened in May. You won’t find televisions showing sport or all day breakfasts at Treat, but you will find great coffee (think Costa Coffee,) cocktails, healthy food, live entertainment in the afternoon and evening and a really…
Cooking With The Best Chef In The Canary Islands
I had a real treat this week when I joined 5 others at Cook in Lanzarote to learn to cook some dishes with award winning chef João Faraco – recently voted the top chef in the islands. The event took place at Cook In Lanzarote‘s fabulous premises in Uga, and was attended by a local…
Restaurant review, Kentia, Gourmet Club
If you are looking for somewhere special to have a fine dining experience we highly recommend the Kentia Gourmet Club in Puerto Del Carmen. It is situated in the old town area and has fabulous large glass windows which allow you to enjoy views of the sea. The venue is a restaurant, a cocktail bar…
5 Restaurants for foodies in Lanzarote
There’s so many restaurants in Lanzarote, even after living here for almost 2 decades, we still have a waiting list of those we want to try! Véro and Antonio are two foodies living on the island, they run the cooking school, Cook in Lanzarote, based in Uga. The couple have kindly shared some of their…
Wine Run Lanzarote
The annual Wine Run is a popular event in Lanzarote for both athletes and foodies. The event is held over a weekend in Uga. On Saturday evening of the 16th June there’s a kids race, food festival and concert. On Sunday 17th June there’s a long race of 23km and short race of 12km which…
Sunday Roast Dinners in Costa Teguise
It may seem a bit weird to be lusting after a Sunday roast dinner in Lanzarote, but many of our visitors still want their weekly fix of meat and veg at the weekend. We can’t imagine eating a full roast dinner during the hot summer months, fresh fish by the sea is our thing, but…
Volcaland Evening Entertainment
Update 17th May 2018 We went along to the premiere of the show “An audience with the stars” and had a fantastic night out! We started with a glass of wine and some local cheeses to meet the rest of the audience, and then proceeded to enjoy the buffet – plenty of food and piping…