What kind of food should we try or Greek offer you ?

Hey everybody,

First of all, thank you to reaching me here, to be honest I’m so exerting with these new things. For years I never could imagine that one day I’m going to write a blog. Well, sure I love travel and been to different cities/countries and none of that idea is exist. Most of the time I use to public it to my personal Facebook account or just keep it like a bunch of memories which albums and some notes.

When pandemic time happens, I’m sure it’s one of the most memorable weeks/months for all of us. And like others, I'm start looking back all of this and the idea to manage a place where I could save all these wonderful moments alive and sharing with people who loves to be seeing my journey/ my world back there is appeared.

So here we go, putting those puzzle’s piece back (With words, pictures and some good laughs of course).

And second thing, I’m still on the way of learning, improving so my English is not really perfect, will try to write in dual language if my time allowed me.

Last but not least, a number of this post firstly I want to use those existing source (My old notes, my pictures). Some have to use from internet source or also a translate if some good stuffs there. Thank you for all understanding and your side by side with me, any comment or advise will be values with love.

Greek is miracle land  for me, beyond the Europe trip on 2018 Greek became one of me inspires culture that I would love to back and forward.

Today let have a look at some Greek food that I been trying, will make this short and detail come later. Here is fews tradition dishes that you might falls in love for once or all of them :

*** Food :

(Typical Greek salad - Source photos: Google Imagine)

1. Greek salad/ Choriatiki: tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper, olive oils, oregano & Feta cheese - healthy and perfect for your dietary.

(Tzatziki dipping dish - Source photos: Google Imagine)

2. Tzatziki : Yogurt, cucumber, garlic mixed together. Good on bread, salad, and so on.

3. Souvlaki pita bread: pork/lamb/chicken brochette wrapped in a pita bread, of course don’t miss the green including tomato, onion, tzatziki sauce and French fries.

(Souvlaki pita bread with pork - Source photos: Google Imagine)

4. Kalamakik: dishes of any kind boiled greens served with oils, lemon and a slice of feta in the side.

(Kalamaki Greek food with pork - Source photos: Google Imagine)

5. Gyros: (kind like Kebab) pork/chicken or beef again (mostly popular is pork) roasted on the spinning BBQ & cut in thin slices, serve with Pita bread, tzatziki or wrap version as a souvlaki.

(Gyros with chicken - Source photos: Google Imagine)

6. Moussaka: eggplant, potatoes, tomato, ground beef in layers with thick béchamel sauce and some cheese.

(Moussaka - Source photos: Google Imagine)

7. Dolmadakia: fresh vine leaf wrap rice + ground beef & spice in olive oils and lemon, it quite sauer.

(Dolmadakia - Source photos: Google Imagine)

8. Fava dips: boiled beans, olive oil, lemon and chopped onion. Simply once !

(Source photos: Google Imagine)

9. And plenty of Meridian Fish, seafood ( octopus/ shrimp) grilled. Also try Dakos: traditional firm bread soaked with water- olive oils- vinegar, topping with tomato, crumble feta cheese & Oregano.

(Dakos - Source photos: Google Imagine)

(Octopus grilled - Source photos: Google Imagine)

10. Horta: dishes of any kind boiled greens served with oils,lemon and a slice of feta in the side.

(Source photos: Google Imagine)

11. Saganaki: cheese fried

(Source photos: Google Imagine)

12. Spanakopita: spinach & Feta cheese pie. Excuse me but I cannot take Feta sometime,

it quite heavy smell. But some different places they did homemade so a good bite but not much.

(Source photos: Google Imagine)

13. Taramosalata: Fish file fried with layer of bread crumbs. Yesterday other restaurant put the name Haka in the menu, in the end whatever name are this dish still one of the most yummy fish fried. This go together with “Scordalia” it potatoes & garlic grinder mixed.

(Taramosalata - Source photos: Google Imagine)

(Fish file fried with bread crumbs - Source photos: Google Imagine)

(Greek Skordalia - Source photos: Google Imagine)

14. Yemista: tomato, pepper, zucchini, eggplant/ Aubergines stuffed with rice/ herbs/ raisin oven baked ! They called it granny food !

(Source photos: Google Imagine)

So many cheese and olive oils. That maybe a reason why they had thickness and beautiful hair which i’m truly admiration.

**** Drinks :

The following up we list some beverages is popular here and don’t missed the local wine. Coffee is enough for me I guess:

* Freddo: in general it foam milk, espresso and over iced, your choice of adding milk or sugar. But when they added milk they called it Feddo Campuchino( I'm not sure about this in different city, but wherever i oder Freddo Campuchino they always have milk)

(Source photos: Google Imagine)

* Frappé: They called it the king summer beverage, i like it became how it look!

(Source photos: Google Imagine)

The colour in between of hazelnut and caramel. Plenty of foams, like taking a foams bath, foams- foams Again. It simple just instant coffee mixed with sugar (if you want more milk just asked) shaken it till foams and served over ice.

(Source photos: Google Imagine)

* Ellinikos: coffee power boiled in a pot (briki) served hot with lots of bubbles.

(Source photos: Google Imagine)

* Ouzo, Tsipouro, Masticha, Retsina...: this is what popular spirit here. Try it and write me reviews back ! Im not really a big fan of alcohol at the moment.

(Ouzo - Source photos: Google Imagine)

(Varies type of Greek Alcohol traditional drink - Source photos: Google Imagine)

There plenty of Food, drink to explore, must be a continuing topic. I hope this general topic give you some idea about Greek food to try next time you there. And to be honest we couldn't travel by anyone eyes or tongues, so made it your !