Traditional GREEK TAVERNA FOOD in Athens, Greece! | First Day in Athens Food Tour

[@chrisofmelbourne87]

I loved your videos about Greek food and your charisma: very nice! Thanks for actually making an effort to find out what the dishes are and going to authentic places, you did Greece well and made me proud to watch it! 🙂😉

[@locavore_eats]

Thanks man really appreciate it!! Glad to know we ate at authentic places. The food was truly amazing and we learned so much!!

[@chrisofmelbourne87]

@@locavore_eats Glad to see! Yes...food there is special. Funny you live in Nz, I live in Australia! Closeby. 😀 Do you have Facebook man?

[@rodouladoulos1548]

ME TOO !!!!!

[@emmabee5027]

Such a nice video! So great that you introduced classic traditional tavernas and not the standard touristic places that everyone is copying pasting in every video for Athens. So you end up just seeing a touristic guide outdated. Well done guys! Just subscribed!!!

[@locavore_eats]

Always well worth searching for the traditional spots!! Thanks for the sub too 🙌

[@emmabee5027]

@@locavore_eats :-) indeed in every city!!!

[@sweetness2282]

Who doesn't love Greek food?? Lol! I wish I was at that taverna right now! Mmmm the best in Greek authentic food! Missing Greece and all it's beauty! Thank you! Lots of love from a Greek Canadian fan!

[@locavore_eats]

Agree! Not sure what kind of person wouldn't love Greek food 😂 Thanks for watching!!!

[@dimz796]

That white sauce that came with the stuffed cabage, it's called avgolemono. It's tempered egg beaten together with lemon juice

[@locavore_eats]

ooh thanks for the info!

[@vs1279]

This tradition of serving free dessert in taverns in Greece,It started from Crete and specifically from Heraklion about twenty-five years ago and spread slowly throughout the country.In Crete the dessert is always accompanied by free raki.Very good video, very good the presentation and the food looks divine!!

[@locavore_eats]

Ooh didn't know that! How interesting! Thanks so much for watching 😊

[@chrisofmelbourne87]

I doubt it. They have been doing it in Melbourne for way longer...Haha

[@MrsJade-bq4pr]

The free dessert you just had, the orange cake with all those layers, that is actually made with Phyllo dough :) ! I just found a recipe the other day for this and it's called portokalopita if anyone should want to try to make this at home. I just found your alls channel and am delighted to see your journey!

[@locavore_eats]

Thank for watching!!! Funnily enough we did try to recreate it at home when we returned home and the results were, shall we say...a mile away from how good the version we had in Athens was 😅 Definitely made us appreciate the dish we had even more!!

[@vanyakouveli3113]

P.S. It's klimataria with the accent at the ending syllable-a! Klimatari-A. It means the Klima ( a grapevine) climbs up on a pergola or canopy and it's hanging with grapes.

[@biancoverde360]

Great Greek food 🔥 & excellent video Bravo 🙏💙🇬🇷💙

[@locavore_eats]

Thank you 😋

[@kamikazitsunami]

Adding "Eats" was a good move. 👍 You do a great job of making these videos. I hope you continue. Good luck.

[@locavore_eats]

Honestly don’t know why I didn’t do it earlier since it’s our Instagram handle 😂 Thanks for the feedback 👏

[@manstarxranx9209]

Very testy excurse ! Food in Greece is amazingly delicious!

[@hhh___hhh725]

greeks possibly cosume the most coffee in eu. We absolutely love it! Try Freddo Espresso (how real cold coffee is)!

[@locavore_eats]

We had coffee 3 times a day in Athens!! The coffee there was the best we had in Europe 😊 And yes we had freddo espresso when we were in Santorini and it was so refreshing!

[@hhh___hhh725]

@@locavore_eatsIts great. Generally iced coffee is so good!

[@dadcation]

Hey AG, nice one made me really hungry watching it. Since you live in NZ you should collab with Thomas and Sheena from Chasing a Plate. They're really well traveled and knows a lot about different food and places to eat. Good Luck to you and keep vlogging.

[@Rousseau4469]

So if you adored these rare dishes I suggest if you visit again Greece to head to city of Volos in Central Greece. Volos is a port and has also good seafood maybe even better than both Athens and Pireas. They have special tavernas named tsipouradika. That is because the main role is to serve tsipouro ( I warn you it’s even stronger than ouzo) along with small dishes of extremely tasty meze. We name them meze because they are delightful dishes. If you adored skordalia more then I strongly suggest to visit my mothers birth place. The island of Cephalonia in which is one of the most diverse islands in Greece and skordalia is a special plate there. It’s not just mashed potatoes with garlic lemon and lots of olive oil. It takes time to make it like melted caramel and they used in it not cod soup but a broth from a smoked fish brought by Italy named Kofisi (don’t know it’s Greek name or it’s scientific one). I guarantee that Cephalonia will leave you astound with its beaches it’s cave-lake Melissani and it’s huge cave of Drogarati.

[@locavore_eats]

Wow thank you so much for this detailed comment this all sounds so delicious!! We will definitely look out for these then next time we visit Greece 😊

[@nikitas597]

@@locavore_eats I agree that the ultimate experience of Greek cuisine and mentality is to visit the tsipoura restaurants in Volos. They are much cheaper and many, many delicious snacks

[@nikikamirani3635]

I love greek food❤

[@locavore_eats]

Such an incredible cuisine!!

[@ninadiamant8937]

Wonderful video. Greetings from Germany.

[@locavore_eats]

Appreciate it, thanks for watching :)

[@Chrisstam1982]

Μπράβο μεγάλε...

[@loukiatziakouri7688]

"Εγω θέλω πατάτες τηγανιτές με λουκάνικο"

[@ghadhika]

Ηρώδη...

[@sidg3844]

Very nice guys authentic content

[@locavore_eats]

Thank you!! Appreciate it 😊

[@nanie.1223]

Thank you for such a great series! Did you all go in September 2020? Or is that just when you uploaded? I’m going at the end of September this year and am just trying to gage what weather and crowds will be like.

[@locavore_eats]

Thanks for watching!!! We went during mid-February so it was still wintertime. The weather was quite nice and mild as far as winters go. Apart from the normal crowds at the Acropolis (which wasn't as crowded as we thought) and Monastiraki Square, it wasn't very crowded at all where we went especially in the other ruins that we visited.

[@nanie.1223]

@@locavore_eats Awesome! Thank you for the reply. And thanks again for this series! Love the format and Aleana’s cod correspondents! 🤤☺️

[@Rousseau4469]

Wow you actually ate stuffed cabbage meatballs and skordalia with your fried cod. It’s so out of the menu the usual tourist is tasting in Greece!!!! You deserve a medal !!!! The sauce with your Cod is called skordalia made with mashed potatoes lots of olive oil and usually lots of garlic. If I had to guess you ate them on 25th of March on the Greek Indepence Day. You either love it (as I do) or you will hate it to death. But garlic is so good for health. Anyway you ate some of the most unusual Greek foods there are and since you loved them then you will love much more some other ones which are much more tasty. One remark that the octopus should be served to you with yellow lentils (fava) and some caper. You would be blown out of this world.

[@locavore_eats]

Haha we tried to research all the great Greek food before coming here and we're so glad it paid off!! We had skordalia again when we came back from our trip and it is soooo addicting!!! Really can't wait to go back and try more Greek food!!

[@Rousseau4469]

@@locavore_eats I forgot to mention that the cabbage sauce is called eggdrop soup with lemon. It’s made either with meat and rice balls wrapped in cabbage (few people eat it because they hate cabbage and the boiled one smells awful but it can be avoided to smell) or with plain meat-rice balls or finally my favourite with chicken legs. But usually this soup when produced is hit so hard that it’s amazingly foamy. And very tasty also. It’s a must in cold winter days. Only fish soup is more healthy than this soup.

[@C.kmerk1985]

The voice of the little girl asking her mom to buy her fried potatoes and sausage 🤣🤣

[@locavore_eats]

Good spotting 😂😂

[@theatisgr]

It's disappointing that she is used to eating junk food at such a young age!

[@CK-Cornelia]

The little girl in the back keeps saying: “I want French fries!!”

[@ΑθηνάΠειμανίδου]

Εγώ θέλω πατάτες τηγανίτες με λουκανικο!that kid voice in the background 😂😂😂😂

[@evangelostsakalos5044]

When you go with Greek garlic sauce (“skordalia” served with cheap fishes like cod , shark etc to give taste), just make sure your boyfriend eats it too...

[@locavore_eats]

We're siblings lol. But yes I did have it with the cod just not on camera and it was great!! Thanks for watching 😊

[@evangelostsakalos5044]

@@locavore_eats You know, the first mention of this sauce can be found in Aristofanes’ play «Eirini» (Peace) 421bc

[@PG-zc9pn]

Gotta luv the Knife eater!

[@markdawson9094]

Another nice vid. Veal and fries looked great. How did you travel through the lockdowns, wasn’t NZ international travel banned?

[@locavore_eats]

Thanks for watching fam :)) This was way back in February. We managed to complete our holiday across Europe before COVID-19 hit fortunately enough.

[@markdawson9094]

Wow luck be with you! I like your focus on the great food in these vids

[@TravellyWorld]

Nice Vlog..!!!Thank you for sharing! Hi from Travelly 👍👍

[@locavore_eats]

Thanks for watching!!

[@TravellyWorld]

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[@Procrustes7]

Hello what were your favorite foods you ate in Greece?

[@locavore_eats]

There's so much great food that we ate in Athens that it's so hard to choose! But definitely gyros/souvlaki/pitas were some of the best foods that we had here, loukoumades were great desserts and fava (yellow split pea dip) was incredible. Tbh everything from a traditional Greek taverna were so delicious that you can't go wrong!!

[@vanyakouveli3113]

The Greek government has to honor you by offering you the Greek citizenship for loving so much the Greek history, culture and food. Your Greek accent is awesome, better than the American kids' when I was teaching them Greek language, culture, Mythology and Philosophy in America. I quit that job and have been driving a semi truck and 53ft trailer now...and I love it. My stepson used to call the veggies as meatballs... "veggiteckie" haha like the equivalent beefsteak (beefteckie in Greek) lol. Your videos are great, entertaining and yummy, you even showed the Greek national parade, so I'm assuming you were there on March 25, right? (Our National Holiday for defeating the Turkish / Ottoman empire (since 1453, when they occupied Constantinople/ Istanbul in Turkish, the Greek Asia Minor and parts of the mainland and islands). What I love is that you travel with your family, your zest and enthusiasm about everything. To tell you the truth I get so much joy from your videos that I watch them several times! You like the Greek coffee (common in Turkey, Lebanon and Tynisia) so why not buy a big bag and try to make it in New Zealand? Just don't let it boil, but remove it from the heat when it has this "kaimaki" (thick layer with some bubbles on top)

[@locavore_eats]

Thank you so much!!! We really did enjoy Athens and appreciate all the info you mentioned. Also we have managed to buy some Greek coffee along with the brikie...just no hot sand tho but our stove will do the trick!! Hope you're doing well 😊 AG & Aleana

[@authenticitaliancooking]

I love Greek food!

[@locavore_eats]

Fully agree!

[@jorgeagad2652]

Are you guys from the Philippines? I am not sure 'though since you always mentioned NZ. Anyway, I love your channel. Subscription done!

[@locavore_eats]

Yes we are! Moved to NZ in 2007 so basically lived most of our lives here now haha. Thanks for watching!!!

[@jorgeagad2652]

@@locavore_eats ok thanks. Keep on making good and interesting contents. We will keep on watching!

[@pavloskaisseris7587]

I like Aleana the cod correspondent it's quite funny.hahaha. I hope I've spelled your name right.

[@locavore_eats]

Haha I'm glad you enjoyed it and yes you got the spelling right!! 😄😄

[@pavloskaisseris7587]

@@locavore_eats Happy new year to you guys.😃🇬🇷🧿

[@locavore_eats]

@@pavloskaisseris7587 Happy New Year to you too I hope you have a great one :))

[@joyousjetsetter]

Cool video! I'm also a travel vlogger based in Athens! What camera do you use?

[@locavore_eats]

Thanks!! We're currently using a Panasonic G85 as our main camera and my iPhone 11 ProMax for the occasional b-roll footage :))

[@joyousjetsetter]

@@locavore_eats thank you! Keep up the good work!

[@chiwac7715]

Where do u stay in Oia?

[@locavore_eats]

We actually stayed in Firostefani. We just visited Oia for a few hours :)

[@bireshwarmitra2089]

nice video. how much you have paid for lunch ?

[@locavore_eats]

Can't remember the exact price but it was around 50 euros :))

[@MM2YOUTUBE-12]

When you hear "owner's mom,made this plate for the day" is one of the ways to serve you their preferred food.lol not necessarily suspicious, but have a 2nd thought... ;) its a marketing technique

[@SiXiS4]

coffee 2.50 € damn

[@locavore_eats]

Sadly that's around the price for coffee here in New Zealand so I was actually thinking the price was alright!! 😅😅 Thanks for watching 😊😊

[@morganhamilton1269]

why are you eating off your knife?

[@locavore_eats]

Because the zucchini ball was already on the knife and I couldn't be bothered picking it up again with the fork 😅🤷‍♂️ Thanks for watching!

[@covercropking512]

Falafel is not Greek food. 🙃

[@locavore_eats]

Agreed, but I don't think we had falafel in this video? 😅

[@rogersmith568]

Why ate Americans so condescending about other cultures, cute copper cup and grandma made a Spinach pie. Ffs why????.

[@locavore_eats]

Are you referring to us?

[@LikeItOrLumpIt2107]

It is very bad manners to put food in your mouth with your knife - anywhere!

[@DungTran-kj5tw]

i think you talk too fast and too much. It seems like you are always in the hurry ....would be better just take time when talk

[@locavore_eats]

Thank you for watching, will try to improve for next time :))

[@anamariabradreewe8802]

Now i have a GREAT impression 😄