Friday, 05 December 2014 00:00

Eating Out In Playa del Inglés Resort

There's more to PDI food that the all-day breakfast There's more to PDI food that the all-day breakfast

Standard resort cuisine in Gran Canaria hasn’t changed much since the 1970s. Prawn cocktails comewithout an ironic wink and the banana split rules the dessert menu. Is this because restaurateurs and chefs are stuck in a time warp? No, it’s because they serve what you guys want, and what you guys want is retro comfort food and old favourites.

 

If your palate simply can’t handle another all-day breakfast, steak in peppercorn or flambéed raspberry extravaganza don’t worry: There are fantastic restaurants in Playa del Inglés serving quality modern food. You just have to know where to find them.

If you want authentic Canarian or Spanish food, then consider getting out of Dodge. Papas con mojo are on every menu in Playa but the mojo comes from a bottle rather than from granny’s pestle-and-mortar. For authentic Canarian flavour, head for the hills. For quality tapas, head for Las Palmas, or over the road to San Fernando where all the people who work in the resort eat.

Paella is on most restaurant menus in Playa but requires tender loving care to come out well. Most chefs in Playa are too busy to do it justice. If you’ve had the real thing it is best avoided.

Food safety in Playa del Inglés

You can eat everything in Playa and the rest of Gran Canaria without any worries, including pork and seafood. The ice is made in the ice factory and is perfectly safe. Gran Canaria is part of Europe and food hygiene standards are as strict as anywhere else. 

If you're worried about the food stick to busy restaurants and check Trip Advisor reviews for places that you like the look of. 

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  • The Parafarmacia In Gran Canaria Is Not A Chemist!
    The Parafarmacia In Gran Canaria Is Not A Chemist!

    If there is one thing we hate it is visitors being tricked in Gran Canaria. In the past we've warned about overcharging at Gran Canaria chemists, and rip off electronics shops in resorts. 

    In this Tip Of The Day we return to the island's chemists or rather, to the island's fake chemists.

    A chemist in Gran Canaria is called a Farmacia and always has a green cross sign. Farmacias are the only place tobuy medicine in Spain, even basics like paracetamol.

    However, there is another kind of shop in Gran Canaria that looks and sounds like a chemist but doesn't sell medicine. This is the Parafarmacia and it also uses a green cross sign.

    A parafarmacia is a herbal medicine shop that is not allowed to sell any normal medicine such as paracetamol, ibuprofen or antibiotics. 

    Instead, parafarmacias sell herbal alternatives to medicine but don't have to prove that they work and they can charge whatever they want.

    We recently heard from a visitor to Gran Canaria who went into a parafarmacia and was charged 40 euros for a herbal alternative to Ibuprofen. It was only when they read the label that they realised what had happened. 

    To locate a genuine farmacia, see this website and search within your municipio (Puerto Rico is in Mogán, Playa del Inglés is in San Bartolomé de Tirajana). At weekends and on fiesta days many farmacias close but there is always one open, known as the farmacia de guardia, in each municipio.

    Search for the nearest one to you with this tool

    Lex Says: To keep costs down, see this article for the way to ask for generic medicine rather than expensive branded alternatives. 

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