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

Despite the size of the island, you can find all the Greek dishes here. If you want to try traditional food, choose a place far from touristic spots. Taverns usually serve Greek dishes and prepare food according to old traditions. These places are visited by locals. A tavern is usually owned by the same families for several generations.

First of all, try to find a greek village salad on a menu. Horiatiki salad is known as Greek salad, but locals don’t use this name. Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, olives and onion are usually served with local cheese. Be sure to taste melitzanosalata. It is a delightful dish made of roasted eggplant, garlic, oil, and lemon juice. Tzatziki is a famous Greek food. It is made of salted strained yoghurt or diluted yoghurt mixed with cucumbers, garlic, salt and olive oil. It is generally served as a cold appetizer or a side dish.

The best fish dishes are served in psarotaverns. You can find fish and seafood dishes here. Oysters, mussels, octopuses and squids are very popular on Agistri. Moreover, you can buy a fish and ask to cook it in a tavern. Be careful when ordering a dish. The thing is 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. These indications show that the dish was made of frozen imported fish. Fish is stewed, fried and boiled here, so choose what you like most. Don’t miss the chance to taste local octopus. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

There are also many meat dishes on the island. For example, dolma. It is a local version of stuffed cabbage in grape leaves. Moussaka is a dish, every tourist should taste. It is a layered dish made with minced meat, egg-plants and potatoes with béchamel sauce. Pastitsio is baked pasta dish with ground meat and béchamel sauce. You can find paidakia, a dish with lamb chops and roast potatoes in every tavern. Other popular meat dishes are beef stifado, fried tefteli, kokoretsi and lukaniko sausages. Souvlaki is a popular traditional dish in Greece. You can find this grilled meat in taverns or souvlatzidikos. It is usually made of fish, meat and even vegetables. Souvlaki served in a pita is called gyro.

If you love soups, Agistri is a perfect place for you. Avgolemono is a classic soup of chicken broth, egg yolks and lemon juice. Fasolada is a traditional Greek soup made with white beans. Kakavia is a traditional fish soup. In short, you can choose what you like most. Everyone should try fried local cheese halloumi and kuluri, a local bakery product in the form of a pretzel. Local desserts are more eastern than western here. The most popular are baklava and lokma.

Vasilopita is a traditional dessert. It is a lemon cake with spicy herbs. Keik me giaourti is a honey cake with yoghurt. Mandolato is an almond nougat. Coffee and juice are common soft drinks on the island. But tea is used only as a remedy for a cold. You should definitely taste local retsina, ouzo, grape rakia and metaxa cognac.