tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175383962024-03-10T04:46:44.306+02:00Gate to Greece BlogWeblog of <a href="http://www.mesogeia.net/index_en.html">The Gate to Greece</a>. Mainly about Athens and Piraeus because I live here and especially about food because I love it.mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.comBlogger707125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-55701201555499269682016-01-06T06:44:00.000+02:002016-01-06T06:50:35.284+02:00Where We Ate in Delphi
In the beginnings of December, we stayed 2 nights in Delphi to participate in a trail running event there. For average tourists, Delphi is a place where they stay 1 night the best, as they visit there only for the archaeological site and the museum. Both terrific, but if you are not archaeologists, it does not need more than one full day.
I had visited Delphi several times in the past, becausemesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com1Delphi, Greece38.4800516 22.49406229999999637.6852206 21.203168799999997 39.274882600000005 23.784955799999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-31674171987588397522015-10-11T10:40:00.000+03:002015-10-11T10:40:32.799+03:00Mikio @ Palaio Faliro
Again, it has been a while to write a post. The reason is still the same: too many sports activities.
Anyway, these are some pics from a Cretan mezedopoleio called Mikio (accent at the last 'o') on Agiou Alexandrou Street of Palaio Faliro. We decided to go there because it was highly rated by Foursquare users (Currently 8.2/10).
It was a warm Sunday evening of September. It was almost mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0Agiou Alexandrou 58, Paleo Faliro 175 61, Greece37.9299142 23.69488290000003937.9298652 23.694803900000039 37.929963199999996 23.694961900000038tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-38459931236948926322015-08-31T10:28:00.000+03:002015-08-31T10:28:00.571+03:00What We Ate in Gytheio and Around 4
The final post about the food we ate in Gytheio; click here for the first, the second and the third part.
This is a hotel/cafe/restaurant called La Boheme.
Here and in another cafe in Gytheio, cappuccino freddo was served with whipped cream. You can see it in Athens, too, but it is normally described as "freddo capputticno with whipped cream", and you won't order it unknowingly.
With mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0Evaggelistrias 50, Spárti 231 00, Greece37.0730874 22.42862319999994737.073037899999996 22.428544199999948 37.0731369 22.428702199999947tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-4401854003104789212015-08-29T09:34:00.002+03:002015-08-30T09:58:16.893+03:00What We Ate in Gytheio and Around 3
Here is the part 3 of "What We Ate in Gytheio and Around", following the part 1 and the part 2.
To complete the picture, we could not omit visiting Saga, which is probably the most famous fish restaurant in Gytheio.
The menu is fairly simple. Evidently fish soup is their specialty, but we did not tried it.
To start, we ordered melitzanosalata and tomato & cucmber salad (also known mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0Githio, Greece36.7602193 22.5655372999999636.734774800000004 22.525196799999961 36.7856638 22.605877799999959tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-31690663875820430352015-08-24T23:00:00.000+03:002015-08-30T10:12:06.682+03:00What We Ate in Gytheio and Around 2
Here is the 2nd part of "What we ate in Gytheio and Around", continuing from the part 1.
GH generally does not like to eat in the same place repeatedly. Just for this reason, we visited also 90 Moires (read "Eneninda mires", meaning 90 degrees, as the restaurant is positioned at a corner). It is a fairly large place by Gytheio's standard.
We had once ate here 1.5 years ago and I knew what to mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0Githio, Greece36.7602193 22.5655372999999636.734774800000004 22.525196799999961 36.7856638 22.605877799999959tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-29079273992254993842015-08-23T09:49:00.003+03:002015-08-30T09:57:28.742+03:00What We Ate in Gytheio and Around 1
GH and I went to Gytheio in Lakonia, South Peloponnese for summer vacation.
Earlier in the year we were planning to travel to Crete and spend a week. But, then, Syriza triggered the capital control and it seemed too risky to buy ferry tickets and prepay hotels.
So we booked a cozy room in front of beach in a village near Monemvasia, thinking it would be nice to explore the area we have mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-12529636044038974572015-08-10T08:56:00.000+03:002015-08-10T08:56:00.328+03:00Rakaki @ Kaisariani
It has been a couple of month ago since we visited Rakaki in Kaisariani. It is a Cretan restaurant in the Kaisariani Square. As it was already a good season, there were many tables outside. The indoor space is very limited.
The bread came with a cheese dip and small Cretan olives. 1.50 Euro per a head.
Under the bread there were some dried harbs and their fragrance filled our table all mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0Moschonision 2, Kesariani 161 21, Greece37.9690243 23.75910109999995312.4469898 -17.549492900000047 63.491058800000005 65.067695099999952tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-65733961813411113932015-08-07T09:05:00.000+03:002015-08-07T09:05:00.045+03:00Hot Hot Burger Bar @ Piraeus
I have past in front of Hot Hot on Kolokotroni Street in Athens, but have never stopped to eat, because there usually was a lot of people and because I am not really a burger fan.
But one day, we decided to drop into the outlet in Piraeus which opened, I think, several months ago.
Hot Hot Burger Bar offers and has made a big success with gourmet style burgers for very affordable prices, mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com2Grigoriou Lampraki 91, Pireas 185 34, Greece37.9415885 23.65064710000001512.419554000000002 -17.657946899999985 63.463623 64.959241100000014tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-67630076964687473802015-08-05T08:29:00.001+03:002015-08-05T08:31:57.503+03:00Premiera Again @ Kallithea
2 Sundays ago, we went to Premiera in Kallithea. It looks that I did not write about it the last time we paid a visit and this was our second. It is housed in an elegant residence building and the interior is quite nice. This time, however, we sat down in the courtyard; it was a bit hot, but there was some breeze from time to time.
It was totally vacant when we arrived at around 2 o'clock, butmesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0Doiranis 29, Kallithea 176 71, Greece37.9549035 23.71267520000003512.432869 -17.595918799999964 63.476938000000004 65.021269200000035tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-41091431030621120912015-07-11T09:16:00.001+03:002015-07-11T09:25:28.281+03:00Ooops!
Wow. It is already July. Can't believe it. I skipped one whole month of blogging!
There is not much change around me: always same job, same flat, same husband, same internet provider. I guess I am just passing more time in gym than before and have less interest in restaurants for some reason.
We still go out to eat. Yesterday, for example, we went to Safka in Kerameikos using a discount mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-8256165831841945252015-05-24T21:04:00.002+03:002015-05-24T21:44:49.287+03:00Ta Piperia @ Peiraiki, Piraeus
Last Sunday, we tried a new grill restaurant in our neighborhood, Peiraiki.
It is called Ta Piperia (The Peppers), the second outlet of the restaurant with the same restaurant in Palaio Faliro.
Here the photo is a bit dark and does not do the justice to the white and bright interior; have a look at the photos below shot with the daylight.
The menu is more similar to those of the new-wavemesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com1Akti Themistokleous 302, Pireas 185 39, Greece37.9291157 23.6286179999999637.9291157 23.62861799999996 37.9291157 23.62861799999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-14327496181580239282015-05-18T21:03:00.000+03:002015-05-18T21:03:37.630+03:00Indian Tandoori Masala @ Psyrri
Another restaurant in Psyrri, this time an Indian. We visited as a group of 4 after having purchased discount coupons.
It is close both from Monastiraki station and the central square of Psyrri, but it is on one of the minor streets and a chance of finding it casually is relatively small.
It should be a new place, maybe only 1 month old or so. It is in a renovated neo-classic building and mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0Karaiskaki ke Esopou, Athina 105 54, Greece37.9775668 23.72427390000007112.455532299999998 -17.584320099999928 63.499601299999995 65.03286790000007tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-74791886722845712732015-05-09T10:00:00.000+03:002015-05-09T10:00:27.113+03:00En Iordani @ Psyrri
As the tourist season is kicking in, I hope it is useful to write about a place in central Athens.
This particular restaurant is in Psyrri area, which is in a short walk away from Monastiraki Square/ Station.
In fact, we found ourselves in Monastiraki one holiday afternoon and tried to think where to have good and affordable meal. The first place came to our mind was Nikitas in Psyrri and mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0Agion Anargiron 3, Athina 105 54, Greece37.9784083 23.72461929999997212.456373799999998 -17.583974700000027 63.5004428 65.033213299999971tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-71372928670212977042015-05-01T10:48:00.000+03:002015-05-01T10:48:53.356+03:00Thalassa Aigaleo City @ Aigaleo
We visited a seafood taverna called Thalassa (meaning "sea" in Greek) in Aigaleo - if you are not familiar with the geography of Athens, Aigaleo is inland, far from the sea -, after having read many positive reviews and found a discount coupon on Internet. And because it was near Aigaleo metro station and is close to a sports wear shop we wanted to go.
We booked a table and after a shopping at mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-50644361056901185582015-04-13T09:29:00.001+03:002015-04-13T09:29:23.315+03:00Tsi Tsi @ Glyfada
Today is the final day of the Easter holidays.
To tell you the truth, the Easter holidays are not my favorite holidays. ALERT: If you are very religious, do not read my following statement. As we have to fast and to go to church, I do not feel relaxed. We do not fast as seriously as we used to, but still, these 2 days (Wednesday and Friday of the Easter week) without oil are very difficult. mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com2Leoforos Dimarchou Aggelou Metaxa 50, Glifada 166 74, Greece37.8579372 23.75467149999997237.857888200000005 23.754592499999973 37.8579862 23.754750499999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-9162191715345540162015-03-31T09:40:00.000+03:002015-04-04T23:37:49.367+03:00Chez Michel @ Kolonaki
One Sunday in February, we visited the Museum of Cycladic Art. Although small by European standard, it is a fantastic museum and you should visit you have never been to. Besides the Cycladic sculptures, it has a floor dedicated to Cypriot Antiquities, which is quite interesting. It hosts also temporary exhibitions, too. When we visited, an exhibition about the Ancient medicine and health was onmesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0Irodotou 15, Athina 106 74, Greece37.9768301 23.74246419999997212.4547956 -17.566129800000027 63.498864600000005 65.051058199999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-6591396518290047202015-03-28T20:25:00.000+02:002015-03-28T20:25:13.500+02:00Druid @ Palaio Faliro
Visited Druid cafe/ restaurant in Palaio Faliro.
It is in a residential area of P. Faliro, although it is in a short walking distance from the main street Agiou Alexandrou, and you won't never find it, if you are not looking for it. Also because it is in a converted residential building.
I found the place on internet and have been curious due to many positive reviews. I grabbed a chance to mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0Afroditis 57, Paleo Faliro 175 61, Greece37.9275182 23.69548250000002612.405483700000001 -17.613111499999974 63.4495527 65.004076500000025tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-64563228370535417952015-03-07T09:23:00.000+02:002015-03-07T09:23:02.783+02:00Pizzeria dei Fratelli @ Nea Smyrini
Visited a relatively new pizza restaurant in Neos Kosmos (or Nea Smyrni?), near InterContinental Hotel.
It was a very cold and snowy night and there were very few customers. Some seemed to be foreign businessmen staying at InterCon or Ledra Hotels.
The interior is industrial style. Spacious with high ceiling. The kitchen is open and you can see the food being cooked.
The menu is not toomesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0Kratitos 10, Athina 171 21, Greece37.9544165 23.71591839999996437.954367500000004 23.715839399999965 37.9544655 23.715997399999964tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-1787395794036686942015-02-22T12:05:00.000+02:002015-02-22T12:05:27.943+02:00Piatsa Tylichto @ Monastiraki
After a walk in central Athens in the late afternoon, we decided to eat souvlaki somewhere so that we don't have to cook at home.
Walking toward Monastiraki station, we found a hole-in-a-wall souvlaki shop called Piatsa Tylichto. Tylychto means 'wrapped' and it is the technical name for the meat on skewer or gyros wrapped in pita, which many in Athens just call it 'souvlaki', and Piatsa is mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com3Aiolou 19Γ, Athina 105 51, Greece37.9768066 23.72748139999998812.454772100000003 -17.581112600000012 63.498841100000007 65.036075399999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-31894833567054815612015-02-21T08:08:00.001+02:002015-02-21T08:08:41.091+02:00Magevma @ Drapetsona (Piraeus)
Visited a modern Greek taverna called Magevma in Drapetsona part of Piraeus.
It is situated in a not-particularly-attractive residential part of town.
But the place is very nicely renovated.
We checked on the phone if any table available. Sunday afternoon is most busy time for many restaurants in Greece, so it is wise to check and indeed it was almost full. There was live music as mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0Spartis ke Fotiou Koritsas, Pireas 185 46, Greece37.9564433 23.63121249999994712.434408799999996 -17.677381500000052 63.478477799999993 64.939806499999946tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-65827600601992603342015-02-07T07:42:00.002+02:002015-02-07T07:42:55.058+02:00Iodio @ Palaio Faliro
We visited Iodio in a inland part of Palaio Faliro one Friday evening.
Iodio is a gourmet fish/seafood restaurant near a shopping street of Eleftherios Venizelos. I go to the street to buy sports wears from time to time and have been aware that Iodio was there, but never had a chance to visit.
It is not directly facing to any major street, so you won't find it if you don't look for it. Wellmesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0Achilleos 119, Paleo Faliro 175 63, Greece37.9298908 23.71176070000001312.407856300000002 -17.596833299999986 63.4519253 65.020354700000013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-35722090636461300912015-01-31T09:37:00.000+02:002015-01-31T09:45:19.263+02:00Glyfada Update - January 2015
About a week or two ago, we went to Glyfada for a walk and I noticed some new restaurants (or, rather, I verified where they were, as I have already heard about most of them).
We parked on Napoleon Zerba street, in front of a yet another new kebab shop called O Proedros.
This one is more like a take-away outlet, but there is a proper restaurant establishment on Lazaraki Street. It is mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-92208589364057259162015-01-29T07:25:00.000+02:002015-01-29T07:25:55.006+02:00Σούμα Κολοκύθι @ Agios Dimitrios
A Friday evening, we visited a new restaurant called Souma Kolokythi in Agios Dimitrios. The occasion was that I have read good reviews and then found 15 Euro discount coupon online. I have a long list of restaurants that I want to visit and it seems that I am visiting first those offering limited-time discounts.
So, Souma Kolokythi. According to what I read, souma is a strong alcoholic drink mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0Ομήρου 27, 172 36, Agios Dimitrios Attica37.944749993640578 23.74112395092606737.944700993640581 23.741044950926067 37.944798993640575 23.741202950926066tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-19850137124289511022015-01-17T11:10:00.000+02:002015-01-17T11:10:11.889+02:00Ndrangheta @ Elliniko
The first post of 2015 is about our first restaurant in 2015.
I have been in search of good pizza in Athens. Finding a new pizzeria opened in Elliniko and a discount coupon on sale, I decided give it a go.
It situated indeed close to Elliniko station, about 2 minute-walk away.
From outside, it does not look much like a restaurant, and more like a cafeteria. And indeed, the most of the mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0Leoforos Iasonidou 10, Elliniko 167 77, Greece37.8921151 23.74989049999999237.8920661 23.749811499999993 37.892164099999995 23.749969499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17538396.post-41780969546161766622014-12-20T08:53:00.003+02:002014-12-21T07:20:14.798+02:00Athinaikon @ Syntagma-Monastiraki
Friday yesterday, we had a casual day-off to use up the annual leave and went to central Athens for a stroll.
First we visited Benaki Museum to see an exhibition of El Greco. It is about friends and sponsors of the man in Toledo. The texts were more interesting than the materials on exhibition themselves, but the English translation was a bit painful to read (not really bad, but I tended to mesogeiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856489236736096201noreply@blogger.com0