There is a wide choice of Greek soups on Lemnos. You should definitely try fasolada, a traditional Greek soup made of beans and different vegetables. It is believed that fasolada was known in Ancient Greece. Vegetarians will definitely like chickpea revithia. The most popular fish soup is kakavia. A creamy avgolemono will be the best choice for those who want to try something exotic. Don’t pass by souvlaki, a popular Greek fast food, a local variant of kebab. It is grilled on a skewer and usually eaten straight off the skewer. This dish appeared before our era and the recipe hasn’t changed a lot. You can try souvlaki in souvladzikos. Souvlaki in a pita with vegetables, fries and sauce is called gyro.
However, there are different varieties of meat dishes on the island. Stewed meat stifado is a delicious dish. Dolma is grape leaves stuffed with meat, rice and vegetables. Moussaka is a layered dish with meat, eggplant and bechamel sauce. Loukaniko sausages and tefteli are also delicious Greek food. Kokoretsi is an unusual dish. It is a lamb delicacy. You should look for fish dishes in psarotaverns. Be sure to taste stewed octopus, dorado and monkfish. You can taste all the seafood of the Aegean sea on Lemnos: from mackerel to cuttlefish and squids. Fish and seafood are boiled, stewed and fried here. A unique Greek delicacy is a taramasalata, fish roe mixed with boiled potatoes. You should know that sometimes the menu shows the price per kilo and the portion can cost more or less. One more important thing is «*», «k» or «kat» indications in front of the name of the dish in a menu. These indications show that the dish was made of frozen imported fish. While ordering a dish, ask a waiter about the price. The price can be specified for a portion, 100 grams of a kilo.
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