Emma’s Cantina Mexicana in Puerto del Carmen

March 2, 2008 By 6 Comments

I passed Emma’s Cantina Mexicana in the old part of Puerto del Carmen last year, and was tempted to go in and try it.  Unfortunately, on the evening that I was planning to go there it was closed, so I didn’t actually get to.

However, I hear it comes highly recommended, and allegedly has the only native Mexican chef on the island – which considering the number of tex-mex restaurants is quite a feat in itself.

So since I won’t be going back there myself this year, perhaps anyone who goes there could leave a short comment on this blog and tell me how it is?   Go on, make me jealous!

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(Un)-employment on Lanzarote

February 26, 2008 By 1 Comment

I have a dream – a dream that one day I will be able to run my business from just one laptop, and that with that laptop I will be able to move to Lanzarote.

From there, I would sit on a balcony over looking the old harbour in Puerto del Carmen and provide remote IT support or web-design services using that very laptop.

All that before taking a dip on the pool.

OK, so that dream is still some way away, and perhaps even more so after I read that the Canary Islands have almost 150,000 unemployed.

It’s not the sort of thing that you see or even think about as a tourist.  In the bustle of the local shops and restaurants, you get the impression that everyone on the island has a job to do, sometimes even two.

On the other hand, I guess that the number of jobs on the island is limited and so moving for your dream job can mean moving away from the island and thus from your home.   Can you imagine leaving such a beautiful part of the World in search for work?

I for one, could not.  Perhaps I should remain a tourist and do my bit to reduce that unemployment figure!

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Lani’s Indian Tandoori, Puerto del Carmen

November 9, 2007 By 2 Comments

Lani’s is a chain of restaurants on Lanzarote. Each restaurant has a culinary theme on which the menu is based.

If you follow the Avenida de la Playas long enough, you eventually come to Lani’s Indian Tandoori, serving a variety of Indian dishes, but also a selection of standard cuisine for people prefer something else. This can be useful if you are in a group and not everyone is into Indian food – other Indian restaurants tend only to have Indian dishes and are therefore not so suitable.

Although the food is good, I find this restaurant a bit pricey – starting from the bread rolls and butter, and continuing with the size of the portions and the fact that for most things you have to pay extra for rice. So to make it worthwhile, you really do want to have good Indian food in a restaurant that is not doing exclusively that.

Unfortunately, the German translation of the menu takes some deciphering as it is often a literal translation from English, leaving the German tourist completely baffled as to what is on offer.

For visitors to the old town of Puerto del Carmen it is also a long way to walk (about 45 minutes, if you don’t stop to look at the souvenir shops on the way!).

To reserve a table, call 928 841 051.

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