Seasonal Flavours
If you Greece holidays are the thing for you and cuisine is a big factor then allow me to inform of some of the dishes you’re most likely to come across. The appetiser will generally be ‘Meze’ which is a collective name for a number of small dishes, for example Boureki is vegetables and meat filled pastry, Kolokythoanthoi is Zucchini flowers filled with rice/cheese and herbs, Pantzarosalata is a beetroot salad served with olive oil and vinegar.
For your main course a variety of meats are used across the menu’s you will find, such as Yiouvarlakia which is meatballs with an egg-lemon sauce served over white rice, Pastitsio a baked pasta dish filled with ground meat and Béchamel sauce on top, Souvlaki is a lit skewer most commonly with lamb, pork or chicken then marinated in oil, salt and pepper, lemon and oregano.
Greece holidays wouldn’t be complete without a tasty desert and in that department you can expect to find Halvadopites which comprises of nougat of sesame with almonds in a thin crust, Loukoumades are fried balls of dough covered in honey and sprinkled with a touch of cinnamon.
So you food lovers can see here with only a fraction of dishes mentioned there are indeed some tasty meal times in Greece holidays seem to be well enjoyed for a number of reasons and cuisine and defiantly be considered icing on the cake.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 March 2010 11:21 )


