Sadziki
(tsa-tsi-key): Yogurt, cucumber and garlic, and salt.
Great on fresh Greek bread.
Melitzana Salata
(mel-its-
zan
-na
sal-
ah
-ta): Eggplant salad. Like Babaganoush in the
middle east. Eaten on bread.
Tarama Salata
(tah-rah-
moh-
sal-
ah
-tah): roe of carp. Greek caviar. Don't be
afraid to try it. It doesn't taste like you
expect. Eaten on bread.
Saganaki
(saga-
nah
-ki): fried cheese. Sometimes comes with
tomato sauce. I like it plain with
lemon.
Capari Salata (cap-ah-ri
sa-
lah
-tah): Caper salad. Sifnos specialty. Goes on
bread.
Tiro Salata (tee-row
sa-
lah
-tah): Cheese salad. Strong sometimes spicy.
Spread on bread
Olives
(el-
ies
): a hundred different varieties. Don't say
you don't like olives until you have tried
them all. You may find one you can't live
without.
Casseri(kah-
seh
-ree) Soft cheese like
mozzerela.
Keftedes
(kef-
teh
-des): Deep-fried Meatballs. Other areas have
their own variety of keftedes. Sifnos has
Revithiakeftedes
(reh-veeth-ya-kef-
teh
-des), made from chickpeas. Santorini has
Domatokeftedes
(tho-mah-toh-kef-
teh
-des) made from Tomatoes. There are also
Tirokeftedes
(tee-row-kef-
teh
-des) made with cheese and psarokeftedes
(psah-row-kef-teh-des) made with fish. They
are all delicious.
Spanakopita
(span-ah-
koh
-pee-tah) Spinach pie
Tiropita
(tee-
row
-pee-ta): Cheese pie
Kreatopita
(krey-ah-
toh
-pee-tah): Meat pie
Choriatiki Salata (hoe-ree-ah-tee-key
sa-
lah
-tah): Village salad or what we in America
call a Greek Salad, except here you usually
don't get lettuce. It generally consists of
Tomatoes(tho-
mah
-tes),Cucumbers(an-
goo
-ree),
Onions(crem-
ee
-thya), Feta,
Oil(
la
-thee), vinigear
(
ksee
-dee) and
olives(ill-
yes
). Sometimes they leave off the feta so you
have to ask for it and they charge you extra.
When I order I ask for a hoe-ree-ah-tee-key
meh feh-tah, a village salad with feta, just
to avoid this. If you want it without any of
the above items just tell the waitor:
hoe-
ris
(without) and the name of the
item.
Lakanika
(la-
cah
-nee-kah): Cabbage salad.
Horta
(
hoar
-ta): Boiled greens. Very healthy and good
with lemon, oil and vinigear.
Vleeta
(
vlee
-tah): Cooked and served like horta but
different greens. Restaurants will have one or
the other.
Yigendes
(
yee
-gan-des): Big beans like lima beans served
either with oil and lemon or with tomatoe
sauce.
Fava(
fah
-vah): Dip or stew made from yellow split peas
that can be eaten with a spoon or with
bread.
Kolokithikia
Vrasta(koh-loh-kee-
thak
-ya
vras-
tah
): Boiled zuchinni seasoned with oil, lemon
and sometimes vinegar.
Patates Tiganites (pa-
tah
-tes
tee-gah-nee-
tes
): fried potatoes. Greek french fries blows
MacDonalds away. It must be the
oil.
Oven Dishes
Patates to Fourno
(pa-
tah
-tes stoh
for
-no): Oven roasted potatoes. My favorite
dish.
Briam(bree-
am
): roast vegetables. Usually contains
potatoes, onions, zucchini, eggplant, garlic
and tomatoes.
Rivithia
(reh-
vee
-thya): Chickpea stew. Araka
(ah-rah-
kah
): Peas. Cooked with onions and
tomatoes.
Stifado(stee-
fah
-doh): Stew made with lots of small onions,
tomatoes and either rabbit
(kou-
nell
-ee),
lamb(ar-
nee
), or
octopus(ach-ta-
poh
-thee).
Dolmades
(doh-
mah
-des): Grape-leaves stuffed with rice, onions
and sometimes ground beef.
Macaronia
(mak-ah-
ron
-ya): Spagetti as we call it. Served with
ground beef (meh
kee-
mah
) or tomatoe sauce
(
sal
-tsa). If you want to say without meat say
ho-ris kray-ahs.
Mousaka
(moo-sah-
kah
): Baked and similar eggplant parmegeon but
not as tomato saucy. Contains eggplant,
potatoes, onions, ground beef, oil, cinnamin,
and a flour, milk and butter
topping.
Pastitsio(pah-
sti
-tsyo): Like Lasagna but not as saucy. Layered
noodles, meat, tomato sauce and topping
similar to mousaka but denser.
Anginares
(ang-ee-
nar
-es): Artichokes in lemon and egg sauce with
potatoes.
Lamb (arn-nee)Dishes
-
Fricasse
(arn-
nee
free-cah-
seh
): Stew made with spinach, lemon, eggs and
oil.
-
Psito(psee-
toh
) Leg of lamb roasted with
potatoes.
-
Sta
Carbona(sta-
car
-bon-ah): charcoal grilled.
-
Paidaikia
(pie-
dye
-kya): Ribs grilled.
Chicken
(Koh-
toh
-poo-loh)
-
Psito or Sto Fourno (atoh
four
-no): Oven Roasted with potatoes or
roast.
-
Me Saltsa (meh
sal
-tsah): In red sauce.
-
Tis skaras(tis
ska
-ras): On the grill
-
Souvlas
(
sou
-vlas): Shishkabob
-
Stithos
(
stee
-thos): Breast
-
Podi
(
po
-thee): Leg
Grilled Meats
-
Brizoles
(bree-
zoh
-les):Steak
-
Khirini
(khe-ree-
nee
) Pork
-
Souvlakia
(sue-
vlak
-yah): Shish-cabob
-
Loukanika
(lou-
con
-ee-kah): sausage
-
Kokoretsi(ko-ko-
ret
-see): Entrails of lamb wrapped up and roasted
on a spit.
-
Kontosouvli
(konto-
sou
-vli): Big hunks of pork cooked on a
spit.
Fish
-
Astako
(as-tak-
ko
): Lobster. Mediteranean style no
claws
-
Garides
(ga-
ree
-des): Shrimp, usually large and
grilled
-
Xifia
(ksee-
fee
-ya): Swordfish. Grilled steaks or
souvlaki.
-
Barbounia(bar-
boon
-ya): Red Mullet. Expensive and delicious
grilled or fried.
-
Marides(mar-
ree
-des): Small deep-fried fish that can be eaten
whole, heads bones and all.
-
Gopes
(
go
-pes): Small tasty inexpensive fish served
fried or grilled.
-
Soupia(soup-
ya
): Cuttle fish. Served grilled or with a red
wine-sauce.
-
Midia
(
Me
-dia): Mussels, Steamed or in a wine
sauce.
-
Bakaliaro(bak-ah-
lar
-oh): Fried codfish served with garlic sauce
(skor-da-ya).
-
Galeos
(ga-
lay
-os), shark is also served this
way.
-
Octapodi
(ach-tah-
poh
-thee) Octopus. Delicious like filet-minion.
Can be served grilled (tis ska
-ras) or boiled
(
vrah
-stah). Excellent with ouzo by the
sea.
-
Kalamarikia
(kah-la-ma-
rike
-ya): Squid. Frozen is usually fried in small
pieces. Fresh is usually fried whole. Both
delicious with lemon.
-
Sardeles
(sar-
dell
-es): Sardines. Can be served fried, or from
the can with oil. In Lesvos a special treat is
pastes
(pas-
tess
) which means that the sardines were caught
that morning, salted on the boat and served
raw that night. With ouzo it can't be
beat.
-
Rega(
reh
-ga): smoked herring in olive oil. Usually an
appetizer.
-
Psarosoupa
(psar-
oh
-soup-ah): Fish soup. Potatoes, lemon and egg
base, can be ordered with or without
fish.
Misc.
-
Bread is
psoh-
me
.
-
Eggs are
av-
ga
.
-
Omelet is
Om-eh-
let
-ah. Try it with feta or the famous potato
omelets(pa-ta-to om-eh-let-ah).
-
Watermellon is
kar-
poo
-zee
-
Honeydew Melon is
peh-
pon
-ee
-
Apple is
me
-lo
-
Rice pudding is
ree-
zo
-gah-low
-
Yogurt is
ya-
oar
-ti
-
With fruit is me
fruit
-ta
-
With honey is me
meh
-lee
-
Wine is
Krah-
see
. Red is Koh
-kee-no. White is as
-pro. Kee-ma is homemade from the
barrel.
-
Patsa (Pat-sa): Tripe soup. Good for
hangovers.
-
Glass is
po-
tee
-ree.
-
Caraffe is
ka-ra-
fa
-kee.
-
Bottle is
boo-
kal
-ee.
-
Water is
neh-
ro
.
-
Menu is
cat-
ah
-lo-go.
-
Check is
lo-ga-ree-as-
mo
.
-
Thank-you is
ef-ka-ree-
sto
.
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