A place that caught our eye for food was “The Oriental Monkey” an Asian inspired branching of a 25 year old family venture in Tenerife. We’re talking Monkey 🐒 Business here. The family empire also has “The Monkey Bar” which we have often frequented – Amazing cocktails! 🍹
From exterior to the interior, this eye-catchingly beautiful restaurant has Monkey and Dragon motifs with water features at Reception, candles & Stunning tables and little touches.
Our waitress, Alexandra greeted us with amazing warmth and humour.
The menu had a Fusion of Chinese, Japanese and Thai. For starters, we enjoyed a free extra in the form of an Aperitif of Aubergine Soup and Pineapple Sushi.
We shared Pork Gyoza – presented beautifully in a basket, as well as a Hot Thai Tham Prawn Soup – delightful with not too much lemongrass & some unique vegetables I’ve not seen before in Thai soup like carrot, but it worked so well and wasn’t too spicy.
For the main course we selected Tataki beef sirloin – Beef served cold in thin strips, more rare/medium which I totally loved. It was so tender & the flavours of the sauce were perfectly formed. My partner indulged in the Crispy duck breast, shredded wasabi, karashisho miso and giant porcini mushrooms. The duck was cooked medium as requested, it was layered attractively on top of mushroom pieces which were infused with amazing complex Asian flavour making the dish come together. After all that, we were thinking of skipping dessert, but it never hurts to look, right? 🤣 I choose the “Free Heart” 💕 pavlova, cream and Berries combo as I wanted a lighter option. It was presented with a Mango sauce and ice cream – just the ticket to finish off the meal. My partner chose the Tiramisu being such a Coffee fanatic this was unusually large & presented with a selection of old school sweets as a topping. This combo was delish & demolished 😋
Heading for Winter Sunshine? We highly recommend this place for setting, food and service – a tad pricey but you get top quality👍🏻 Check out Monkey Bars & venues in Tenerife.
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