![]() Zap your palate with ouzo and other spirits Where to try it: Bougatsa Iordanis, Hania on Crete or Ariston, Athens. Where to try it: Telis, Athens Steki tou Ilia, Athens Vassilis, Alyki Klarinos, Lefkes. Sides are often simple: potatoes, vegetables and dips. From Tsiknopempti – a holiday when grilled meat is eaten before Lent – to the Easter celebrations where lamb is either grilled or spit-roasted to break the fast, and even a basic meal in a psistaria (restaurant serving grilled food), be sure to pick the skewers or chops up with your hands. In addition to souvlaki, enjoy païdakia (lamb cutlets) and brizoles (pork chops) or fresh fish and calamari. Greeks are masterful with grilled and spit-roasted meats. Where to try it: Four Seasons Hydra, Hydra Varoulko (Athens and Santorini) Captain Pipino’s, Antiparos. The best way to avoid imports is to seek out tavernas run by local fishing families, then always pick out your fish and ask what it weighs if you want to know the price (sometimes staggering). Other popular seafood dishes in Greece include soupies (cuttlefish) or calamari stuffed with cheese and herbs, and psarosoupa (fish soup) – which comes in as many variations as there are kitchens. Octopus is grilled, marinated, or stewed in wine sauce. Smaller fish such as barbounia (red mullet) or maridha (whitebait) are lightly fried and you can eat the whitebait or anchovies whole, or delicately nibble the meat off the bones. What’s a trip to Greece without seafood, in all its variations and glory? Fish is often grilled whole and drizzled with ladolemono (lemon and oil dressing). Where to try it: Kostas in Athens – or any town in Greece. If you’d like to eat it right there and then, ask for it “ sto heri” – in hand. ![]() Usually, you’ll be choosing between pork or chicken, but once in a while, you might encounter lamb. They often throw in some French fries, to give it a little extra heft. Greece’s adored fast food, souvlaki, comes as either gyros (meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie) or skewered meat versions wrapped in soft pita bread, with tomato, onion, and lashings of tzatziki. Quick, cheap and delicious, souvlaki is a great introduction to Greek food © visualspace / Getty Images Devour Greece’s favorite street food, souvlaki ![]()
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