Athens Food Tour | Eating Like the Locals!
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- Athens was our first stop in Greek and it certainly did not disappoint! After spending several days visiting all the ancient site and exploring the city we decided it was time to turn our attention to the delicious Greek Food. Food tours are such a fun way to learn about the culture and foods of the countries we visit. Greece may also have the best food we have tried yet. We were big fans of all the different cheeses and dishes we tried throughout the day.
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Restaurants / Bakeries we visited
Capitol Καφενείο Μεζεδοπωλείο - First Restaurant
Byzantion - Bakery
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΝ - Κολωνάκι - 2nd Bakery
Pame Tsipouro - Last Restaurant
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I lived in Greece in the early 90s. My late husband and I loved it .We were there for 2yrs. The food was authentic and awesome. The people are the nicest you could ever meet. I have so many fond memories of Greece.
In my next life I want to be Greek.
Truly some of the best and nicest people. There were many times where the restaurant owners took time just to talk with us and let us know the best things to and and foods to try while in Greece!
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Sorry for your loss
If you don’t mind me asking what made you leave and go back to the us if you are from us
Isn't it fascinating how small the world can feel sometimes? Just behind you 4:14 guys enjoying your meal, there's a school that holds a lot of memories for me from my childhood. It's amazing how our paths intersect without us even realizing it. Thanks for sharing this glimpse of a place that holds so much nostalgia for me!
That is so neat - it is a small world! Thanks for sharing!
AND CHEAP !! A big bottle of wine costed 70-100 drs = 30 cents , same costed a souvlaki then 100 drs=30 cents.
that Spano looks magical 💙😋
As a civilized country with a long history, resonates with me as a Chinese.
If I had the chance, I would traverling in Greece.
Respect to the other Great civilization
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I'been to Greece 9/10 holidays and never have I had an 'OK meal' - each and every one has been absolutely delicious !. IMHO the best food in the world - add in the people, their history and you have THE best holiday destination !
We couldn't agree more!
Just a little clarification, moussaka is not topped with cheese it's topped with bechamel. And if you want to compare something greek to lasagna use pasticcio which is pasta and meat sauce topped woth bechamel.
The bakery is called BYZANTION and the name derives from the Byzantine Empire.
They didnt have Vyzation back then.
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OK, I watched this food tour while eating my spartan lunch of 5 chicken nuggets from the freezer and some cornichons! Not fair!!! Should inspire me to be more creative for dinner tonight!
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I wish we could send you some food! We will have to try to recreate some when we get back.
This food looks amazing! Inspires my interest in Greek food
It was just as amazing as it looked!
Being from athens myself i say you did some excellent choises about the food here. Great video too!
Thank you!
Athens has a lot of bakeries and BYZANTION (pronounced Vizándion) is one worth visiting for its quality, artisanal products as you saw. The second bakery you visited is in fact a chain (Apollónion) and that sign with the words is not its name but the products it sells: Bread, Sweets, Croissant, Coffee.
She butchered every Greek word in the video. 😏
so right...@@So_Harufied
You should try saganaki with honey and sesame seeds. Not just the plain one. You gonna fall in love
We will have to try that! Thanks for the suggestion.
One of the only genuine green food tours on YT. Thank you!
Oh my - everything looked soooo delicious!
It was!
This my favorite food in greece 🇬🇷 😊
Actually koulouri comes with nany fillings Savory and sweet . Try " pame koulouri " is a chain with several bakerys . Nice recommendations and represent of Greek cuisin.
Next time you'll be in Athens I can give you some tips if you like were you can find an exellent traditional cuisine.
Cheers
Helios from Greece.
Thanks for the tips! Not sure if/when we will make it back to Athens but if we do we will reach our for some more tips. Thanks for watching!
When I was there for 2 and a half weeks I ate a gyro everyday.
Pretty sure that was our average too. This was like one of the only days we didn't just eat gyros 😂
Greek salad looks super delicious ❤
It certainly was!
Feta makes the difference ❤❤
Greece best !
Yes it is!
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Love Greece. Nice video .
Thanks! 😃
mouzaka is not topped with cheese its besamel and a bit of
cheese
That was pastishio AKA Greek lasagna
Nice that the tourists find everything so delicious…
i’m visiting athens tomorrow what do u recommend i do other than leave to the islands which i will do after 3 nights in athens
Hi it's John thanks for the video Greece beautiful food and people take care you 2all the best John uk
Thanks so much!
Excellent food reviews by the wife!
Thanks!
I'm from MN and am going to Greece in a week!!!
Enjoy your time there! Hopefully you get some great weather. Let us know if you have any questions!
Are you still there
You forgot to mention the main ingredient in tzatzoki, gatlic. As for saganaki it can't be made with just any cheese it's best with kefalograviera.
Detroit area has a lot of greek foods, not just in Greektown. These foods are found pretty easily here. If you can't afford to go to Greece, give the Detroit area a go.
it's just difficult to get the same raw materials when away from Greece. You know what I mean. The recipe might be the same, but say the tomato might look nice, but taste waaay worse, the same with olive, vegetables, meat, herbs etc. I wish we could export all these goods.
Abour yoghurt : if tou visit greece try the lamb one ( with joney or just bread ) not the cow one. Its full of flavor
I loved the moussaka too! Are you doing any islands? I recommend Hydra, no cars allowed-only donkeys!
We did go to Milos. We wanted to do more, including Hydra, but we just didn't have time and thought it would be better off really enjoying Milos for several days rather then jumping around too much.
I miss the food already. When are we going back??
Idk when but we should pick a warmer time for sure!
Feta with tommato ,in the greek salad is better to taste and with onies
Koulouri it s not Turkish. Τhe Turks invaded Greece and naturally appropriated everything. The areas of today's Turkey were Byzantine, but also Greek.
Its is Turkish simit. 😏
@@erdemozcan5435 Read the comment above, Turks came and absorbed/appropriated everything.
@@adinfinitum000 When we look at the historical and etymological roots of food names, we see that what you say is not true. 😉
correct, they were horse nomads and conquer civilized cities of an empire close to the mediterannean sea and copy many of the recipes of the conquered cities of byzantine empire to their culture
@@diinekis100 there are Turkish names for “your” dishes. An ultra-nationalist nation like Greeks. Very logical 😏
I loveeeee mousska it's so good my dad makes its home made you guys should of had loukoumades they are do yummy
We will have to try and find those somewhere!
I visited a place that was beautiful
Oh, for cute!
saganaki is my favorite in athens. they make it different though in germany.
It was one of our favorites too!
I found your video and was excited to get some food tips but you didn’t list the names of the restaurants, etc in the video or description. I really hope you would name the places next time you do a food tour.
Thanks for the suggestion. We have now added the names of all 4 places we visited in the description of the video!
Try the pita gyros
We ate so many gyros in Greece. They were so good!
It is a bechamel cream on the moussaka not cheese.
Before the German Euro 2001 , you could eat akk these for 1-1,5 euro 350 drs or 500 drs and a spinach or cheese pie for 5-10 drs almost 2 cents..... See the difference.
I wish i too somwday visit greece 🤞
Thank you! What is the name of the first restaurant you were at? The food looks so fresh and delicious!
The first restaurant was called "Capitol Καφενείο Μεζεδοπωλείο"
@@jordanandsoph Please give the English translation of the restaurant name, and the street/area. I'm guessing it's in Plaka district of central Athens? Great TH-cam channel you've got, by the way!
Did you mention the name of the first restaurant in the vlog? Food looks delicious 😊
Here is the name of it. Capitol Καφενείο Μεζεδοπωλείο. It is kind of a tucked away gem.
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Thanks!
Greek grocery stores are the best place to eat for super cheap
Good job
Thanks!
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Thanks! That means a lot to us!
Dole mah Dee’s 😍
As a greek i reccomand first thing first eat gyro
As non greeks, we do to 😂 We ate those for 75% of our meals. We didn't include them in this food tour as we were trying to find some other greek options.
Actually saganaki is the little pan on where food are made and not the fried cheese!
Good to know!
Any locals who could recommend restaurants with good view and reasonable prices? And what should we deff try?
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We loved our time in Greece. There are so many cool places to check out. We wish we had more time to visit other areas!
Where are you going to stool;
You should try Persian food
We will have to do that!
where is the mousakka from??
Moussaka is actually an Arab dish, and it passed from the Arabs to Ottoman cuisine, and from Ottoman cuisine to Balkan cuisines.
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Come to ardabil
Eating like the locals 😅 , food in restaurants and fast food isn't food that Greeks eat in their homes, it is food that Greeks eat when going out for have a good time.
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Girl, your fine motor skills were giving me anxiety at the first restaurant! just stab that cucumber!!!!
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You dont start with something first you eat everything together
The "koulouri", is baked, dry circular bread with sesame. It is consumed with cheese/olives as a snack or accompanies coffee/tea instead of cookies. The one in the video is rubbish, not Greek, with a lot of calories. Greek yogurt MUST be made of sheep/goat milk (as feta cheese). When cooled, there is a skin formed on top. All other milks may produce yogurts but not GREEK YOGURT. In Greece one should ASK for original Greek yogurt else one eats a cow milk product.
Please next time ask the locals how the words are pronounced. Friendly tip. 🙃
Haha yes, we got more comfortable with that later in our travels.
Whats the deal with americans not ising the knife utencil? Other than that, the food looks great :-)
Didn't realize we did that until you mentioned it. Is this a uniquely American thing?
i think so :) I don`t know why? i remember i was "shocked" by this the first time i when to the US. i even tried to do it, but i couldn't`t manage :)@@jordanandsoph
doll-ma-dees 😂
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Thats definitely a covid cough in the background
Αν αυτό είναι ζαζικι που λες κ εσύ εγώ είμαι Αμερικάνος
why ruin things that are perfectly good with Nutella
Sad to see all the graffiti
guies good job if you were nt speaking english thw table looks exactly like what locals would choose...
Thanks!
I had to laugh when you compared mouzaka to lazagna. Mouzaka is actually an ancient Persian food.
Haha yes, apparently that wasn't a great comparison. We just don't have anything like it back home in America, other than lasagna.
Nonsenses..
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Its not Persian, it is Egyptian. But this Greek Version has become something completely different! 👍🏻
You are beautiful
Thank you for introducing Turkish dishes. 😂
Ancient Greece Medieval Greece existed thousand of yrs before turkis nomadic tribes arrived from mongolia and islamized native people lived in their cities and coppied their culture and food..
@@elenilepouri7253 and that's why all the food names are Turkish. 😂😂😂
@@elenilepouri7253 if you want to see a copy, you can look at your country. I saw Turkish delight in a souvenir shop in Athens, but it said Greek delight on it 😂😂😂
@@elenilepouri7253 When will you accept the facts? Stop making up history because of your ultra nationalism. All these dishes belong to Turks, historically and etymologically.
@@erdemozcan5435 How can civilizated people with regular states from bronze age coppy nomads? Is that logic? Greek food culture especially sea food exists in writing documents from Homeric period
Face it and stop nonsense
You should go to middle eastern food
We spent some time in Turkey, Egypt, Israel and the UAE and loved the food in those countries! Especially the Falafels.
Is called FILO not FAILO and your a food critic 😂
More of a traveller that eats food.
You should look in mirror when u eat a bite you make a face 😁😆😁
The Culinary Letdown: A Californian Quest for Gourmet in Greece:
When our food-obsessed group, proudly wearing our Californian foodie badges, decided to embark on a culinary journey to Athens, our spirits were as high as the ancient Acropolis. The land that gifted the world democracy surely had a plethora of flavors awaiting us. Instead, we were met with a flavor plateau that left us yearning for more.
The perpetual offering of souvlakis with unapologetically stale bread became a predictable fixture of our Athenian dining experience. The red and green bell peppers dolmas, while vibrant on the plate, echoed a monotonous tone on our palates. We couldn't help but wonder: Where was the fresh baked bread warm from the hearth? Or the comforting embrace of a hot soup or the gentle warmth of a well-brewed tea? Aspects that should have been staples in such a storied land.
Ironically, back in the Golden State, our local Whole Foods flaunts an olive bar that is reminiscent of a mini Mediterranean festival. Yet, in Athens, supermarkets seemed to treat olives with casual indifference, limiting their variety and essence.
Having explored more than 80 establishments across mainland Greece and its islands, our enthusiasm began to wane. We found ourselves booking a hasty weekend retreat to the gastronomic haven of Antalya, Turkey. And what a relief that was! Turkey, with its rich culinary canvas, proved to be a stark contrast. The food was not just food - it was art, it was a story, it was, dare we say, seductive
Wow you're amazing and totally not a poser.
Mate do
You just go on all the greek food reviews and write the same shit? WTF . We found ourselves a troll
I ate the food in turkey & it gave me food poisoning. Worst cuisine ever with cheap meats & no seafood culture. No pasta culture. No coffee culture. They can’t even eat pork there! 🤣
🦃 has no Seafood Culture, no Pasta Culture, no Coffee Culture. No Pork like Ham, Pepperoni, Bacon, Panseta, Gyro, Souvlaki, Cold Cuts, Pork Chops, Loins, Ribs. Nor Gamey Meats (Rabbit etc) & technically aren’t even allowed to eat Shellfish! 👍🏻
TasteAtlas:
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#18 🦃ey
Seems like something a t0rk would write. There are over 2,000 variations of Olives in Greece found everywhere.
🦃 has no Seafood Culture, no Pasta Culture, no Coffee Culture. No Pork like Ham, Pepperoni, Bacon, Panseta, Gyro, Souvlaki, Cold Cuts, Pork Chops, Loins, Ribs. Nor Gamey Meats (Rabbit etc) & technically aren’t even allowed to eat Shellfish! 👍🏻
TasteAtlas:
#2 🇬🇷
#18 🇹🇷🦃
🦃 has no Seafood Culture, no Pasta Culture, no Coffee Culture. No Pork like Ham, Pepperoni, Bacon, Panseta, Gyro, Souvlaki, Cold Cuts, Pork Chops, Loins, Ribs. Nor Gamey Meats (Rabbit etc) & technically aren’t even allowed to eat Shellfish! 👍🏻
Every single Food Ranking Website Ranks Greek Cuisine Top 5. turkey is always around 20th place.
Sorry, but this is propaganda you are sharing here 😃
I know now.,not to visit Greece.All,the GangBanging Graffiti
Koulouri is definitely not turkish but it is Greek. Learn properly before you speak.
Its Turkish simit 😏
I'm Greek but don't like the food..
It better if pronouns the items in English not American so the rest of the World knows what you are talking about 😂
Over 500 years in the making,
Turkish Devsirmes 🥲😀😀
For the love a god dont call mousaka lazangia😱😱 a d your boyfriend should try real greek yougurt in the US and not that scam tsopani you get there
😅 We have since learned this appears to be a borderline offensive comparison. We usually get Fage Greek Yogurt. How does that rank amongst Greek Yogurts?
@@jordanandsoph it's legit from Greece, but made for the US market
Lo fat which is not a concept in Greece
Also it's made with cows milk only
Greeks make sheep's milk and or Cow/ goat combinations
Fage 5% is the best one they sell
It's got a luxurious mouth feel , but you should try to find a Greek specialty store where you live and they will have the real deal
Also the cheese used for saganaki is called kefalotiri which is a sheep's milk cheese
Go to Albania and eat like a queen 😊
it is actually called............SPAN AH KOPI TA!!! and MOUSE AH KAH enjoy
What you have on the table are mostly Turkic for thousands of years it is a shame that they presented as Greek food
Greeks were natives to those lands that the turks conquered and committed genocides against....Turks adapted native Greek recipes...
Thousands yrs? Where to stepes of mongolia? You arrived 700 yrs before wnen Greeks are natives to these lands and had their own culture: Classic ancient Greece , Byzantine Pontic Greeks( in food)
Another delulu that claims nonsense for facts. You poor unfortunate souls.
for thousands of years ? LOL.... you came to Anatolia in 1453, before that there was no TURKISH folk ! We exist for thousands of years, to be exactly now around 10.000 years. UNEDUCATED TURK
@@elenilepouri7253 Is that why the names of the dishes are always in Turkish? yoghurt, tzatziki, moussaka, kattafi, revani, baklava, imam baildi, dolma-des, loukma-des, gyros (doner), “greek” coffee (turkish coffee), keftedaki and this list goes on! 😂😂😂
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