I am a giant fan of tapas and Spanish food in general. One of my favourite places to eat in Spain was the Canary Islands. Las Canarias stay very true to those flavours.
They have an awesome patio with different levels so everyone can watch the cation on 17th, and your not staring directly at your neighbor. Unfortunately it was raining when we went so inside we stayed. Liked that even when it got busier inside, it didn't get overly noisy which is a nice change.
We went as a group of 4 hungry humans. We ordered 8 dishes to start and then added some more because it was all just too good. Below is a review of each dish.
CHAMPIÑONES AL AJILLO - skillet filled with mushrooms done ina delightful garlic white wine sauce
GAMBAS CON GABARDINA DE COCO - 5pc coconut shrimp with a orange ginger dip. One person refered to this dish as delightful. It was on special on Tues night and was so good we have a second plate.
TORTILLA ESPAÑOLA CON ALI-OLI - lovely moist potato omelet. Ali oli sauce is tasty without being overpowering.
CHORIZO A LA SIDRA - little pieces of chorizo braised in apple cider. Chorizo was sweeter than we expected but good size portion that dissapeared quick.
PAPAS ARRUGADAS CON MOJO - salted baby potatoes with both mojo sauces. You can only get mojo sauce in the Canary Islands and was lovely to have again.
MEJILLONES Y ALMEJAS - 1lb of mussles in white wine chilli cream sauce. Good portion size but the real winner was the sauce. It was so good we kepyt the sauce and got a ton more bread to soak it all up.
CROQUETAS CASERAS - 3pc daily croquetas, was cod the day we went. Perfectly fried on the outside and soft and flavourful on the inside. Would love to try all the different ones they do.
All 6 MONTADITOS - this is tapas on bread. Like that we had this plate last as we were full enough by this stage to cut each one into portions so we could try them all.
- mackrel with horseradish cream
- generous portion of serrano ham with stewed tomato base (SO GOOD!)
- potato omlette
- smoked oysters with fire roasted tomato sauce
- chorizo pate with spicy mojo sauce
- white anchovies with olive oil
All in our bill was just over $100. Not bad for all the food we packed away.
Overall the food was excellent, service was great and we were allowed to sit and relax and enjoy our meal together. I will absolutely be back to try the paellas and fideuas which I am sure will be incredibly tasty.
This is sure to become my favourite tapas spot in the city.