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Sadziki (sahd- zee -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- mah 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 (ill- yes ): 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(keh- 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 (kray-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 -gen-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.
- Patates to Fourno (pa- tah -tes toh 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(ock-toh- 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.
Sti Carbona(stee- car -bon-ah): charcoal grilled.
Pidakia (pie- dye -kya): Ribs grilled.
Chicken (Koh- toh -poo-loh)
Psito or To Fourno (toh 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.
Octopodi (ock-toh- 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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