Tenerife Restaurants

The major part of their local diet is the fish and you can get a large range of fishes to choose from. These are generally hand caught and freshly prepared for you. Another native dish is papas arrugadas which is basically black potatoes served unpeeled and covered with rock salt. These are best eaten with local sauce. The most special dish of Spain, Tapas are eaten with a lot of local specialities like refried beans, garlic sauces and squid. Spanish meals such as paella(rice dish with seafood) and tortilla (potato omlette) are pretty common here. The southern part of the island has a lot of junk food restaurants that serve chips, pizzas and hamburgers. The traditional Canarian restaurants that one can try are Meson Era las Mozas in Valle San Lorenzo and El Cordero in Guargacho. They serve different types of meat prepared on a barbeque.