Who has already been lucky enough to relax on the island of Hippocratic, so still local calls their own island, could not remember the kitchen of the hotel, where, mostly fed, the range of dishes of national cuisine, the abundance of vegetables and fruits. Greek salad made of large-cut vegetables, quite affordable at home, has a spicy taste, we have unattainable. It turns out that in the fresh olive oil, pressed out of olives, maybe growing nearby. Plus, the aroma of Greek spices. Perhaps, too, too, from this island.
Not in vain, my story, I began with this comparison. Salad, dish simple. But, if you think about the main set of products from which our food is preparing, almost everywhere the same. So what is the "zimus", the raisin, what is so distinguished by the kitchen of different countries? It turns out that in the manner of cooking, in the amount and variety of spices, in the art and mood of the cook, and your mood, too. And also is an unusual look at the properties of products. Have you tried tomatoes in sugar syrup in Russia? If you tried, then those who once visited Greece. Setty, jam from tomatoes. Tasty. But something, let the smallest, some nuance, are missing. Agree that fully the national taste of the national dish, you can taste, only on the homeland of this national dish. I read the phrase, and my myself was surprised. But otherwise - not to say. I think you will understand. As an example, try the same tomatoes in syrup. Come home and do. They will remind you about the island of Kos. But only leaving, will not replace. For these we travel to different countries. It can be hot at home, and the sea will replace the bathroom. Water, she is water. To the bathroom, from the edge, you can squeeze the sand, the beach is ready. The sun will replace the light bulb. And that's all, almost free. And we strive for money to other countries, because Erzats, a bad copy, cannot replace the original. Something I distracted from the main topic of the story. So...
I'll start with what to eat, on a spit is not a problem.
Where there are hotels, the entire relevant infrastructure is also present. A visit to the restaurant (we are talking about the average, without pursuing and not biting) you will cost 55-60E. Cafes - about 10E. Even if everything is included in your hotel, and everything really likes, replace a couple of dinners, a tour of the restaurant you like.
Then you will understand why I applied the word - excursion. In addition to tourists, there will be sure to relax local, for which - restaurant, not showing the image, but a life routine. Although the Greeks cry, and the income of the Greek pensioner with our income is the sky and the Earth. For the Greeks, restaurant, not only the absorption of food, it is the club in interest, and a kind of show. See how they communicate with each other, discharge, but without a hint of the transition of the face. What the delicious dinner is waiting for you - go without saying. But on the spit, except for restaurants, there are also ordinary beer. Forgotten in Russia, which fights for the person to drink a mug of beer in a beer, or a couple of glass in a glass, for conversations with friends, and at home, alonely glued a bolted bottle of vodka. But, such is reality. Yes, despite the abundance of this kind of institutions on the spit, drunk Greeks did not meet.
And do not talk about beer and swamps. As said, the beer is, and the Greeks in them too. The range does not indulge in the diversity, but not a scoop - European Haineken and amsts of local production, as well as you can buy only in Greece - Alpha, Methos and Vorgin. Standing beer is 0.5-0.7E, Bank 0.7 liters. Draft, more expensive, it is tastier, called its keg, 1.7-2E per liter. But, historically it happened so that beer, not the most popular drink in Greece. Until some time, he was generally considered the plebeian drink. Local residents prefer wines and drinks rapid.
Such beverages can be tried in a glass. There is always their large selection. First represent the RCD. This is a historically traditional drink of Greek men. In grape alcohol, add cinnamon, carnation, anise and nutmeg. To these major ingredients, in different places of Greece, something is added. So, the Uzo is everywhere and the same, and its own, special. At home Uzo, the fortress determines the taste of the owner, from the state - 40%. But it gets like all 70. costs about 3-4E.
Uzo not only drink in its pure form, it is added to coffee, cocktails. Anise-clove bouquet - a wonderful gift for good coffee. Such coffee on the spit is done, for this there is even a special kind of coffee shops, a take-off.
So, on the island of the hippocrates there is where to go and eat, that try. Bon Appetit.