The restaurants in Lanzarote are many and the food plentiful and extremely pleasing to the palate. Not only this, but tourists revel in the diversity Lanzarote has to offer: Italian, Spanish, French, Chinese – to summarize, not only continental and local but a diverse range of food is ready to be consumed over at the island. However, if you do visit Lanzarote you must settle for the local and the traditional, for a taste of the local cuisine that is different and refreshing to the tongue. Take a break from your usual – after all, what are vacations for? The traditional and local cuisine is generously laden with fish caught off the very coast. The Sancocho Canario, a dish made from dried fish and wrinkled potatoes; and the Pescado a la sal, basically baked fish are two of the most popular among the locals. These are usually served with the mojo, a hot pepper sauce that gives your tongue just the right amount of tang it needs on a windy vacation. Not just fish, but mutton and beef – usually exported from Argentina – also dominate the island’s priority list, and therefore you’ll find beef, mutton and vegetable stews in abundance. The Puchero and the potaje are two such stews made from beef, chickpeas, lentils and various vegetables. Thus despite the fact that the food in Lanzarote is – as with the other Canary Islands – a fishy business, there is however space for other ingredients to fit in.
