The Food

Whilst food tours can change from day to day you can expect to sample most or all of the following traditional Greek food and drinks:

• Koulouri (traditional Greek circular bread sprinkled with sesame seeds)
• Loukoumades (Greek donut balls)
• Bougatsa (traditional cream pie)
• Spinach pie
• Various Meze dishes
• Pastourma (Cured meat, often from Camel or Bull)
• Souvlaki
• Cheese
• Olives, Olive oil, local breads
• Fresh fruit

Koulouri

1. A national favourite snack packed with carbohydrates.
2. A bread which Greeks love to eat as a quick breakfast they pick up on their way to work.
3. Today there are many variations but the traditional sesame seed Koulouri was first introduced by Greek refugees from Asia Minor.
4. Rings of bread, a bit like a large doughnut.
5. You’ll find many small vendors selling Koulouri around the city.
6. Some historians trace it back to the ancient Kollyra, a type of round bread served to the slaves.
7. Some also credit it as the origin of street food.
8. For thousands of years street food was a way of providing the population with cheap food.
9. Although Thessaloniki seems to be credited historically as Koulouri’s birth place, it can now be found throughout Greece.
10. Buy it fresh and only in the mornings.

Spinach Pie

1. Spanakopita or Spinach Pie is traditionally filled with chopped spinach, feta cheese, onions, egg and seasoning and wrapped in filo pastry with butter or olive oil.
2. It can be served straight from the oven or at room temperature.
3. It makes a great appetiser before a larger meal or a delicious afternoon snack to tide you over before dinner.
4. The origins are difficult to trace, but some say it may have originated in Greece over 400 years ago and may also be related to something called Ispanakli, a very similar Turkish dish.
5. One of the most popular snacks in Greece, which can be found in Greek delis, bakeries and Greek restaurants.
6. The typical way to eat it is slightly cooled down.