Cuisine of La Gomera for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

The main feature of national cuisine is the prevalence of classic Spanish dishes. Visitors can taste the most popular national food in the Mango restaurant. It is considered one of the best gastronomic places of the island. In the spacious room of restaurant more than a hundred visitors can easily accommodate. A pleasant place is the La Tasca restaurant, where the basis of the menu consists of local specialties. In the evening there is always a pleasant romantic atmosphere and the background music in the hall of La Tasca; the restaurant makes itself the perfect place for a romantic dinner in an intimate and relaxing ambience.

Fans of vegetarian food will like the La Montaña restaurant, where there the most original vegetable dishes are represented in the menu. Surprisingly, chefs can prepare true masterpieces from ordinary fruits and vegetables. Gourmets will enjoy a large selection of sweet desserts. The Habibi restaurant serves a variety of international cuisine dishes. Flavorous oriental barbecue and juicy steak, vegetables, soups and salads, a fine selection of fish dishes and desserts are represented there, so it won’t be difficult to find up something suitable. A selection of wines will be an excellent complement to the meal.

For a family dinner the Tagoror restaurant would be good, there is always an intimate and casual atmosphere. For visitors with children a special menu is offered; during the day special budget lunches are served in the restaurant. Tagoror serves guests until late in the evening; visitors are advised to book a table well in advance. A distinctive feature of the El Descansillo restaurant remains a wide selection of fish dishes and exotic seafood. Gourmets would be able to taste lobsters and scallops cooked following original receipts; fans of classics would appreciate classic shrimp barbecues and fish with vegetables. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

The restaurant La Molina serves home-cooked food; it also differs with reasonable prices. La Molina will be a real boon for budget travelers who like simple and hearty food. Among budget places the La Chalana restaurant also points out. Each dish here is a unique masterpiece. Local chefs prepare fish with an addition of special herbs and spices, so its taste turns out to be fantastic. There are also very unusual eating places on the island, such as the Transylvania restaurant serving Romanian cuisine. It can boast an extensive menu as well as unique design of the hall in style of past centuries.

Restaurants specializing in classic Canarian cuisine are of greatest interest to foreign travelers. Their guests can taste simple but very original dishes. An everyday dish for locals is Canarian wrinkly potatoes “Papas Arrugadas”. Small new potatoes are boiled in salted water in their jackets. The potatoes should be cooked until the water boils away. It's customary to eat the potatoes right in their skins, on which small crystals of salt remain after cooking.

A very interesting gastronomic specialty is wholegrain flour “gofio”, which is used for the preparation of a wide variety of dishes. This kind of flour was first cooked by local Aborigines hundreds of years ago. Gofio is used to prepare a special kind of porridge, which locals often eat for breakfast. Also, a lot of interesting side dishes, soups, and even some desserts may contain this flour with a rich yellow color.

For many years, the traditional cuisine of La Gomera has been based on seafood dishes. Special fish Cherne is the main component of the popular dish "Sancocho Canario". It is very tasty and similar to Sebastes in terms of its gustatory properties.

In local restaurants, fans of meat must try “Ropa Vieja”, the recipe of which was invented in the Middle Ages as well. The dish is prepared from beef or pork, which are often combined with poultry meat. It is reminiscent of vegetable stew to which they necessarily add some onions, tomatoes and other types of vegetables. Sometimes vegetables are served as a separate side dish, and fried bananas are considered the most unusual garnish for the main course.

Vegetarians and all fans of vegetable soups should not ignore Potaje vegetable soup. Despite being prepared solely from vegetables, the dish turns out very satisfying. Potatoes, zucchini, carrots and different types of beans, as well as fresh herbs, are necessarily added to this kind of soup. Today there are dozens of ways to prepare this popular soup on the island, including special versions of Potaje with meat. The main characteristic of the soup is a very long cooking time so it turns out very thick.