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We all love food

This on-line script is meant to inspire everybody to make (or buy) what they love to eat, but foremost the ones who are afraid to enter the territory called the kitchen…
- Ambar Surastri

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Jan

Ice Cold Dorada

I’m more of a vino tinto than a beer kinda girl, unless it’s light beer and when I’m amongst tropical vibes. Call me an occasional beer drinker.

Arriving in Tenerife, Spain the whole airport was screaming: Welcome to the island of Dorada! Like the beer was a monument. So, to help boosting the Spanish economy and ofcourse not to offend the Canarian, I ordered Dorada on hot sunny moments instead of ordering a Coca Cola, Corona, Heineken or Carlsberg. Ordering non-Spanish beer in my honest opinion is just plain rude haha

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Jan

Cava del Mencey - Santa Cruz

I wish I stayed at the new hotel across the street of Cava del Mencey. Why? The rest of Tenerife is quiet during the siesta and low season, the South is horror (only mass tourism where it’s impossible to eat Canarian food!) and staying at the capital is very practical if you’d like to see the best of Tenerife by car.

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Jan

Spanish Coffee Menu

….for Dummies haha Well, I need to explain the coffee menu to you. Cappuccino is served con leche (how most of us drink it, with foamy milk) or con crema (with cream), so you won’t get surprised if you get one with cream if you imagined a coffee with foamy milk. With cream is awesome btw. And I was about to swear off coffee, because I can ‘t deal with caffeine. You know what’s good too?

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Jan

Food con Mojo

I love hot sauce and I always bring a bottle as a souvenir for my hot sauce collection at home. The ingredients of local hot sauces tell me a lot about the culture of a certain era before the ‘globalization’ of ingredients. Find it kind of interesting. I mean we can get McIlhenny Tabasco everywhere, but it’s hard to find sambal for example.

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Churreria Chocolateria El Guanche - Candelaria

Greedy as I was… lured by the smell of fresh fried Churros… as was the cute chubby boy who just came from Judo class and ordered tons of Churros, I bought a bag full of Churros as well! 5 pieces for 1€ with a cup of dark chocolate sauce.

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Picnic Spot - Bosque de Las Mercedes

One of the last three sub tropical cloud forests can be found at the Anaga Mountains north of Tenerife, called Bosque de Las Mercedes. It’s quite chilly there, so make sure you bring a jacket and a scarf. This place is ideal for walks and picnics if you love the bush and need some time with nature before going to the touristic and mass playas. The Mercedes woods are beautiful!

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Jan

Canarian Sweets - Almendras Cookies!

Unfortunately I couldn’t find pasteleria’s which were open during the siesta. I totally forgot about the Spanish nap hour when I was at my most active haha But if you have the chance try and get some home made almond cookies!

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Jan

Meet Lucas at Playa de Las Teresitas

This is my favorite beach! North of the capital of Tenerife, Santa Cruz at the end/beginning of the highway Sur is Playa de Las Teresitas. An awesome clean sand beach with a small harbour where locals run, take a quick swim after, the elderly practice their dance moves and the place where I met Lucas.

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Jan

Picnic Spot - Vilaflor to El Teide

If you stay in the south of Tenerife make sure you take the road to El Teide vulcano via the village Vilaflor for an awesome road trip with some picnic spots along the good maintained roads and awesome woods, which are btw different than the woods up North!

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