Eating And Drinking In Greece Menu

You will meet a lot of local dwellers, which are resting in numerous cafes and restaurants, during your travel Greece. It seems as if everything were connected with eating and drinking in Greece. Greeks spend a lot of their free time, enjoying delicious seafood in various cafes and restaurants. Due to the weather in Greece, you may afford eating and drinking in the open air during the whole year. Lunch is usually at 2 pm. And you should admit, that you ought to have a substantial meal during your lunch, because dinner is late in comparison with the other countries. Dinner starts at 9pm, because of the afternoon siesta.

You will find the following meal in the menu, during your travel Greece. First of all, a meze. Any meal starts with this selection starters and ouzo combined with cool water. You should enjoy a meze unhurriedly and try all the dishes. You may choose between olives, Feta cheese, prepared in the oven, dolmades (vine leaves with meat), sausages and many other. When you finish a mezzo, you will be served with the main meal, which is consists of salad and fresh bread, and fruit. Coffee and different deserts will be offered after dinner.

You may also meet the following dishes, during your travel Greece. Moussaka is a dish, which is made from meat, herb and potatoes. You may taste it with be'chamel sauce. The next meat dish is Pastitisio, but it is served with macaroni. Stifado is a soup with meat and red wine. If you prefer chicken or pork, you should order Avgolemono or Souvlaki. You should taste such fresh seafood of Greece as Xifias, Tsipora and Sardeles. We offer you advice to order Kataifi or Milo pitta for desert. You may also choose among such pastries with nuts and syrup as Baklava or Loukoumades. Of course you should try delicious wines, during your travel Greece. You may order it in every restaurant. We offer you to taste retsina and ouzo.

The best traditional restaurants in Athens are Alexander the Great, Spyros, Aragosta. Maybe you should notice that the dishes in the restaurants for tourists are not so delicious as in the ordinary restaurants, where you may find a lot of local dwellers.

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