{"id":6086,"date":"2014-01-12T06:22:36","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T11:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyfoodandtravel.com\/?p=6086"},"modified":"2014-01-18T17:57:03","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T22:57:03","slug":"family-adventures-food-eating-way-around-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyfoodandtravel.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/family-adventures-food-eating-way-around-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Family adventures in food: Eating our way around the world","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
There are many reasons why we travel \u2013 not least to show our children new cultures and countries while spending some hard-earned family time together. But one of the biggest reasons for me has to be trying the local cuisine. And, while it can be tricky to persuade our little ones to eat anything other than margarita pizza and fish fingers, even they seem to be more adventurous when we\u2019re on vacation. Here are just a few of our favourite foodie discoveries so far:<\/p>\n
Meatballs in Murcia, Spain<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n On a road trip around Spain, we flew into Malaga, starting our adventure in the hills of Andalucia before driving east along the coast to Murcia and staying in La Manga Club<\/a>, a purpose-built resort that is very child friendly with its toddler pools and sports facilities. But, it\u2019s not all about the children, the restaurants at La Manga serve up beautifully authentic Spanish tapas. Our favourite was the bistro in Bellaluz Square where you can watch live music as you dine. While I enjoyed garlic prawns, the kids tucked into meatballs, enjoying them so much we had to order two extra portions.<\/p>\n Fish and chips in Cornwall, England<\/b><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n In a place so famous for its fishing industry as Cornwall, in the far south west of England, we couldn\u2019t miss out on trying fish and chips while staying in a cute wooden lodges at Parkdean\u2019s St Minver site<\/a>. Celebrity chef Rick Stein\u2019s fish restaurant<\/a> was just a 30-minute drive away in Padstow. Here, you can dine on locally caught seafood, including oysters, king prawns and lemon sole. But we opted for the traditional battered cod, served up with chips fried in beef dripping, mushy peas and tartare sauce, with the children sharing one huge portion between them. Afterwards we walked on the beach and searched for creatures in the rock pools at nearby Booby\u2019s bay (yes, it really is called that).<\/p>\n Dining with the dinosaurs in Florida<\/b><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Our two probably would have eaten absolutely anything just for the opportunity to dine at the T-Rex caf\u00e9<\/a> in Downtown Disney. The star attractions are the huge Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Triceratops which loom over your table as you eat. And, every so often, the world goes dark, then red in what we assume is a re-enactment of the meteor shower which may have killed off the dinosaurs. We\u2019re not feeling hungry enough for the 18oz rib eye steak so we opt for the bronto burgers while the kids go for the lava lasagne followed by a saber-tooth sundae to share.<\/p>\n Eating ostrich in Cape Town<\/b><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n While we weren\u2019t sure what to expect from South Africa\u2019s restaurants, what we found was incredible variety at prices at least a third less than we pay at home and with plenty of choice for our little ones. We ate fish and chips from the Kalk Bay\u2019s famous Kalky\u2019s<\/a>, we had pizza in the winelands when the waitress brought dough and cutters for the children to play with while we waited for our meal and we went to the Royale Eatery<\/a> on Long Street, which serves up burgers of all varieties. The children surprised us by opting for the ostrich burger with sweet potato fries, just because they wanted to know what it tasted like \u2013 rather like steak we thought, but leaner because it has less fat.<\/p>\n Like the locals in France<\/b><\/p>\n