The prestigious Lanzarote bodega Stratvs won not one but two more awards recently.

Their beautifully designed bottles won the Silver Pentaward 2009 in the Luxury Fine wines & champagne category. The Pentawards is a worldwide competition searching out those innovative designs for all different forms of packaging.

The Zest restaurant at Costa Sal in the Matagorda area of Puerto del Carmen has been open for a year this month. They have a double celebration planned for Friday 26th February 2010 and you’re invited to join them!

Not only is it their first birthday, the bar area of the Zest restaurant has undergone a complete refurbishment and is being launched as Coopers.

Head to Zest between 6.30pm – 8.30pm on Friday and join them for drinks and canapés. For more information please see their website Zest Lanzarote or phone on 928 514 592.

Looking for a romantic meal for two for Valentine’s Day this Sunday?

How about visiting the old capital of Lanzarote and the La Cantina vinobar in La Villa de Teguise. Zoe and Benn have prepared a seven course menu priced at €45 which is available from 8pm.

The Bodega and Finca El Chupadero situated in the La Geria region of Lanzarote have arranged a special romantic dinner for Valentine’s Day.

Sylvia Angelika Oelwein and Valerie Weatherburn will be providing the entertainment on the evening with music, songs and poems (in German).

The chef is preparing a special menu so that you can enjoy the pleasure of aphrodisiac delights made with special aromas eroticism love, tenderness and sensuality.

As part of our walk along the full length of the Paseo Maritimo in Playa Blanca, we decided to stop for a bite at The Irish Anvil, which is right on the promenade.

We settled at a table in the sunshine, and from there, The Irish Anvil looks pretty much like any bar on the island, but I was to discover later that it’s a bit special inside!

The menu is pretty limited if I’m honest, with a selection of burgers, wraps, sandwiches and a few main courses. Jules selected a Mexican Chicken Wrap, and I went with The Anvil Burger. If the menu is limited, the quality isn’t! The wrap was presented superbly, with good chunks of tasty chicken breast cooked in an interesting spicy marinade. The burger was fabulous – really good quality ground beef, with bacon, cheese and sauce, served with perfectly cooked chips. Both portions were large and good value for money.

We came across the tapas bar In Situ with an outside terrace area by chance recently. We were heading for the Recova Market in Arrecife, the capital of Lanzarote it was a Saturday morning and I hadn’t yet seen the second hand market although I was disappointed as the doors were closed.

There was a market situated around the Charco de San Ginés but I had visited there recently so we walked through the square in front of the San Ginés church and noticed the umbrellas and outside seating. We hadn’t eaten breakfast and it was early for lunch for us but having read the blackboards which were written in Spanish and English, we were tempted with something to eat and decided on brunch!

The Double Six is an advertiser on this site,  but that doesn’t stop us visiting them to do a review!

We called in for lunch one day last week, and enjoyed a fabulous meal there. I can honestly say the chips are like chips from an English chip shop. Tasty, crunchy outside, and soft inside!

Congratulations to Benn Atkinson, Zoe Buchanan, Carleton & Lana Van Selman who pulled out all the stops to open their new wine bar “La Cantina” in Teguise just before Christmas.

If you’re looking for somewhere to celebrate New Year’s Eve Lana has prepared a special menu priced at €60 per person together with their collection of fine wines, Carleton promises to be on the piano and Zoe is taking the bookings on 639 894 054 and I’m sure that Benn will be doing something apart from standing at the bar drinking!