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    Cheese pie is a typical late morning breakfast (philo dough and a local cheese).
    Cheese pies.Local cheeses, salami and a meat akin to prosciutto). Unique, mild in flavors and delish!The meat market is used by both restaurants and home cooks. They prefer to get their meat fresh.Next stop the meat market. They use every part of the animals.Next stop, the fish market.Lots of calamari.Last market to visit is the fresh fruit and vegetable market. The Greeks like fresh ingredients!A Greek coffee is always served with some sort of sweet. This came before lunch!Our 12 course lunch was amazing and we enjoyed the others on our tour.The pasta we liked and some tomato croquettes.1Pickled fish we enjoyed (anchovies I think). Similar to herring but lighter on the pickling.1They give you smaller plates which helps you keep your portions small.The last stop- famous donut place.Donuts coming out of the fryer. Look more like our donut holes- served with honey or other sauces.

    Food of Athens

    June 1, 2024 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    One thing we like to do in a new city/country is to take a food tour. We learn a lot about the food but also a lot about the culture and history. And after the tours we find ourselves being more adventurous when we eat out on our own.
    Our food tour in Athens was a lot of fun, educational, delicious and filling. And even though we’ve been in Greece for a couple of weeks we still were introduced to several new foods/dishes. The first couple of stops were light bites but then when we stopped for lunch we had 12 different courses to try. All delicious, but our favorite items were pickled fish, calamari, a pasta with sun dried tomatoes and a pork dish that I don’t remember the name of! We were so stuffed and then our guide surprised us with two more stops. One for a gyro sandwich and one for a special donut. We found room for the donut but gave our gyros to a family we saw in a park by our hotel (appeared to be homeless/begging).
    Needless to say Athens has some amazing food. Luckily the culture expects you to share plates (which we like to do) and we walked so much that we hope we reduced the expansion of our waistlines.    Read more