Gastronomy in Tenerife

One of the most attractive aspects of Tenerife and whole Spain is without doubt the kitchen, one of the best of the world because of his quality and variation in products. The Spanish kitchen separates himself because they cook only with olive oil and there is a large variation in fruits, vegetables, salted potatoes and tomatoes. Do not forget the garlic, one of the ingredients they are famous of! 

Food in Spain.
To eat in Spain is one of the pleasant daily rituals. The rich variation in gastronomy, together with the Spanish culture, makes it easy to find a restaurant or terrace where you can enjoy this. 

The time when people eat is always one and a half hour later then in Europe and a lot of the restaurant stay open till late. Here in Tenerife you will find cheap restaurants and expensive ones, depend on with dinner you want. You will find everything you like here.

Drinks
The wine is the most fundamental part of all kitchens in Spain. Especially the "Rioja" is very famous, by his flavors and aroma. Other very good wines are the Ribera del Duero, Penedés and La Mancha, which are improved in quality over  last couple of years.

   

Beer you will find in a larger scale here, especially as aperitif between dinners and with tapas in bars and café's. The beer is light of color and has a nice flavor and will be served very cold in a glass. Some names are; San Miquel, Dorada, La estrella, Reina and Mahou. And also import beer like Heineken, Amstel and all the English beer in bottles.

Tapas:

La tapa" you can say these are small "snacks" between the lunch and evening dinner.  

The first "tapas" arise by the farmers or construction workers, because they wanted to eat something small  between the lunch and dinner. These "snacks" were very fat, that makes there body move and needed a 'siesta' to digest and to rest. These 'siesta' last several hours. All the fat of the Tapas asked for wine, the alcohol digested the food and gave the body warmth in the winter. In the South, when it was summer, they had the 'gazpacho' (cold tomato soup), they drank it instead of wine, to refresh the body. 

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Because of this reason, they covered the classes with slices smoked ham or cheese, with two reasons; first, to keep the insects and other small things out of there glasses and second they had something to eat with the alcohol as a result that the food was better digested with alcohol. We think this is the origin off the "Tapa" and was born here in Spain. A piece of food that served as a lid for a glass ( tapa means in Spanish "lid"). Now you will find the "Tapa" all over Europe and many people took the tradition over.

When the people eat Tapas, they have all the time to get together and have a nice conversation, this makes it so pleasant to eat Tapas with a big group of people. Get together with a drink and a "snack". 

Some famous Spanish Tapas are; calamares, cheese croquets, (papas brava) spicy potatoes , sausage but also the small meatballs (albondiga's), Spanish omelet (tortilla), Sardines, Gamba´s and Garlic bread with it. This makes it a complete dinner.  

One of the most popular restaurant in Tenerife South is Restaurant Chill Out in Los Cristianos, here you can eat as many Tapas as you want, all home made on a Typical Spanish way.

Web: www.chillout-tenerife.com/welkom.engels.html

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