Cuisine of Seriphos Island for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

During your holidays on Serifos, be sure to find the time and opportunity to explore local cuisine. There are many tourists on the island and many catering establishments with American, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Indian and European dishes. But you should definitely try island cuisine. If you want to find truly Greek dishes, look for cafes located far from touristic places. The majority of the visitors there are Greeks.

During your first walk on Sefiros, you can be surprised by a large number of taverns. It's the local mentality. Locals can't imagine their life without an evening in a favourite tavern, where they meet with friends and family. Greeks drink local alcohol, enjoy meals and listen to folk music. So keep in mind that most of the taverns will be crowded after 9 pm, and it will be difficult to find a free table here. You will never find «Greek salad» in these taverns. Greeks usually call it «village» salad or horiatiki salad. There is no particular recipe of this dish but it is usually made of olives, feta cheese, tomatoes and pepper. You can try horiatiki salad in different taverns and compare the taste. Olive oil is added to the salad by the client himself, there is a bottle of oil on each table.

Don’t pass by tzatziki, a local yoghurt salad with cucumbers and garlic. It is usually used as a sauce to pita, mutton or different meat. Pita is an essential ingredient of Greek fast food called gyro. Gyro is usually served in souvladzikos, local meat cafes. It includes souvlaki, sauce, vegetables and fries. Gyro is grilled on a skewer and usually eaten straight off the skewer. Souvlaki is a popular food on Serifos. It was initially made of beef or pork, but now you can find souvlaki with chicken, seafood or vegetables. Souvlaki is a very old dish, the first tools for its preparation date back to the time of the Trojan War. Greeks usually eat souvlaki and gyro on the go. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Fasolada is a dish of ancient Hellenes, which came to us almost unchanged. Fasolada is delicious bean soup. As a first course, you can order vegetarian chickpea revithia or fish kakavia. You should better try Fish dishes in psarotavernas, which are usually located close to the seashore. You can bring fresh fish to a tavern and ask to fry, boil or bake your catch at a reasonable price. Be careful with «*», «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 or a kilo. Do not pass by a stewed octopus, grilled gilt-head bream, taramasalata and salad with mussels.

There are many meat dishes on Serifos. Do not miss the opportunity to try grilled lamb ribs called paidakia or stewed beef stifado. Be sure to try moussaka, a layered dish with eggplants, potatoes, ground meat and bechamel sauce, or pastitsio with the same sauce, minced meat and pasta. You should definitely try local dolma, grape leaves stuffed with meat. Meatballs kefalos, tefteli and loucanico sausages are tasty Greek delicacies. True gourmets should try kokoretsi. It is a Greek lamb delicacy. Stewed rabbit and stewed cock in wine are delicious local dishes. Grilled dishes are very important in local cuisine. Don’t miss the chance to try local cheese, especially soft varieties.

Local desserts are usually Eastern sweets like lokum and baklava. Ice cream, fruit, and chocolates are popular here. Locals usually eat high-calorie desserts in winter months. Some of them are keik me giaourti, a honey cake with yoghurt and galaktoboureko, a traditional Greek pie. The most popular local drinks are juice, lemonade or coffee, but locals drink tea only as a remedy for cold and it is usually sold in pharmacies. If you want to try local alcohol drinks, be sure to taste chilled wine-retsina, traditional wine, cognac-Metaxa and famous anise vodka ouzo which can be found in local ouzeries. If you feel bad after a crazy night, you can try patsas soup which will help you. Patsas is served in special establishments, which are located away from tourist spots and opened 24/7.