Taberna La Cepa - A Tasteem Review

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I find the most innocuous eateries are some of the best. Take Taberna La Cepa, in the middle of nowhere on the volcanic blackened island of Lanzarote.

We had gone for an all-inclusive holiday but when travelling you don't have much choice than to 'pay twice' eating wherever you travel, that is unless you want to spend ALL your holiday holed up at the hotel.

Our stop at Taberna La Cepa was one of these times. Perched on a mountain opposite a winery which I’m sure is part of the same business, we parked up noticing the copious tourists already drinking and eating.

…’this was no fancy place, just a stop off for a sandwich’…

We sat inside as it was a little chilly in the shade, not to mention breezy. I noticed the name of the menu was not the same as the restaurant name?

…’Bodega la geria’…

That is a restaurant name right and not something else? My Spanish is almost non-existent I’m ashamed to admit.

Maybe the restaurant had recently had a name change or someone was taking the piss and had switched the menus around?

I didn’t ask what looked to be the owner, though I’m sure he would have explained.

The menu looked quite dull; I quickly discarded it and looked at what was on offer at the counter in plain visible view to my eyes.

The croissant with ham and cheese looked tasty and Hive account@bingbabe honed in on the paella, a dish she loves being rice-based.

We asked for them to be heated and in no time at all had some coffee and the food was presented to us.

There’s something about this island, its independent little café’s and restaurants that I have fallen in love with.

Why does everything taste so good and yet when I eat out in my local area in the UK, everything is so bland, boring not to mention expensive?

The croissant was fantastic, the cheese oozing out between the bread filling my taste buds with a little heaven. Hive account@bingbabe was equally warm about the Paella enthusiastically telling me it was. ’like eating in the Philippines’

We didn’t stay long in Taberna La Cepa as we didn’t need too; the service was so quick and the likely owner extremely friendly.

Add the lovely views if you want to sit outside and you get yourself a wonderful stopover for the hungry.

For just 12 Euros we were content for our next step of the tourist traps of Lanzarote, next up being Jameous Del Agua.

If you hadn’t already figured it out, I’m giving my full thumbs up to Taberna La Cepa, a lovely little café to stop at in times of mountain traipsing for the hungry on a budget.