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La Cocina de Colacho

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Who comes for the first time to the restaurant La Cocina de Colacho in Playa Blanca, can immediately see that dreams should become true here. Its architec-ture, both exterior and interior, offer an extraordinary frame for the excellent kit-chen of a creative Top Chef.

The building, built in 2007, calls the attention and curiosity at first glance. The responsible for that is the Spanish archi-tect Ángel García Puertas, who follows up an unusual style, but not only on Lanzarote. His architecture has edges and corners; it has character. He uses glass and colours generously and sloping roofs and a lot of lights. The whole restaurant is full of designer lamps in its exterior as well as in the interior. In the entrance, for instance, you can see a light tree from Catellani & Smith. The architect has achieved an artistic ambience where it is nice to stay and have a good meal.

When one comes into the restaurant he looks at two wooden windows be-hind which one can see how Colacho works. The kitchen is visible from near-ly every table and is sparkling clean. It is a pleasure to watch Colacho and his colleagues when they work. But it does not really look like work. Rather than a pleasurable show cooking, whereinnen

every movement hits. Even when the restaurant is full and the orders are many. But the experts are like this, even the most difficult seems easy.

Next thing to remark are the taste - fully decorated tables and in first place the service; its discreet charming, and hearty.

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The house invites a small starter: this time a glass of liquor filled with cream of pumpkin with a croquet of codfish.

Who studies the wine card, may possibly wish a wider variety, although it must be said that there are some exce-llent wines from mainland Spain to or-der and they are in good quality - price relation.

Of course the menus will change in the coming months and during the sea-sons, although it will always be a difficult job by this quality to make a recommendation.

The star of the starters is, free of any doubt, the duck lever pâté with a small salad of pine pips and raisins (Terrina de Foie con Pequeña Ensalada de Piñones y Pasas).

For the main course Colacho offers hake with ravioli of cabbage and Malvasía sauce (Merluza con Ravioli de Berza y Salsa Malvasía) or a risotto con small calamaries garnished with pepper (Risotto con Chipirones y Teja de Pimiento), in order to name only two courses. You can of course get fresh fish from the is-land (Pescado fresco de La Isla), or the back from a codfish with candied tomato and mashed potatoes ala thyme (Lomo de Bacalao con Tomate Confitado y Puré de Papas al Tomillo).

Who prefers meat should ask for the roast sucking pig (Cuchinillo Asado), what you will normally get only after previous reservation and of which the meat is so tender that it falls apart and which could not be tasting better. Naturally the other dishes like the roasted lamb shoulder house style (Paletilla de Cordero “Asado a mi estilo” or a sirloin from a bullock with duck lever and caramelized apple (Solomillo de Novillo con Foie y Manzana Caramelizada) are no to be sneezed at and have to be tried at the next visit.

Calacho only offers home-made de-serts and a choice of Canarian cheese with fig marmelade (Surtidos de Quesos Canarios y Mermelada de Higos). Who would like to try all sweet deserts toge-ther is best served by taking a mixed de-sert course, (Surtido de Postres. Sugerencias de Colacho) being also the recommendation from the Chef.

If you would like to have a look at the complete menu and wine card please click here.

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Important information:

Open from Monday to Saturday from

5 p.m. to 12 p.m.

FON: (+34) 928 51 96 91

MOV: (+34) 676 76 38 14

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www.lacocinadecolacho.com

La Cocina de Colacho

C/. La Destiladera

Castillo de Águila

35580 Playa Blanca - Lanzarote