What to Eat in Athens Greece!!

Athens is one of my favorite cities and has one of the most unique and delicious food scenes of any city in the world, which makes sense because after all, it is quite old, from the best street market and best food tour in Athens to the most famous places in the city. Greek Tavern I'm going to show you where to eat and

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to eat in Athens, Greece, including a visit to one of the most romantic restaurants in all of Greece. This is a restaurant that will take your breath away. Welcome to the trot. m mark, after years in corporate america, i decided to feed my soul by literally following my family's roots in europe, so with food as a compass in europe as a map, i'm exploring the best that european life has to offer and that means that you're going to see amazing places, meet amazing people and of course watch me eat some pretty spectacular food and since life being a full-time vlogger just pays some of the bills, I started a travel company and took my followers with me on personalized tours of Europe.

So whether I'm traveling alone with my friends or my guests, one thing is for sure: I'm exploring Europe bite by bite. This is Eurotron. If you are looking to try authentic fat, then a visit to the Athens Central Market is a must. and it's not for the faint of heart because in addition to trying some amazing food, you'll see taste and smell some pretty strong things, from super fresh seafood to chopped meat and even Rocky Mountain oysters. Today I am exploring the market with a restaurant. olivia, my favorite Italian pasta restaurant in Denver, Colorado, and our first stop is Niko's olive stand for the best tasting Greek olives.

If you come to a place in the market, this is the place, the olives here are delicious and there are so many. olives here, well it's kind of like Baskin Robbins or olives, there are many different types of olives and I encourage you to get several different types so you can really try some of the different varieties of Greek olives. It is absolutely fantastic and delicious. Hi Michelle. Do you want to try with me some green olives with lemon wow how great this is when you come to the market you can try the olives see which ones you like and which ones you want to take this is the way to start the day it's really good it's juicy it's salty the touch of the lemon super salty this is why you come here the olives are fantastic the wrinkled looking black olives here they are sun dried olives that's why they have the texture they have, they look super cool these sun dried olives wow oh my gosh look at this, I'm going to have one of these sun-dried olives, wow, sun-dried olives, not at all very salty, very, very fleshy, juicy, really delicious and very subtle brine, so if you're not a big fan of the olives.

I encourage you to try the sun-dried olives because they are very, I would say, very uniform and quite nice when you're at Nico's. Don't miss the opportunity to try authentic Greek halva. Halva is a sweet treat. It's sold in blocks made of semolina or sesame butter tahini and it's out of this world delicious, so

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's under the domes is actually called halva, which is probably one of the best things you'll ever eat, reminds me to one of those like sugar wafer cookies, uh, that you have like pink, green, chocolate, vanilla, really, very tasty, you can get almond, you can get chocolate, it has almost a little bit of nutty essence and peanut butter, it's really outstanding, it doesn't just hit the olives, make sure you get the really delicious halva from there and since you just have to do it, head to the fish market, it's a stinky but fun experience.

One tip I will give you when you come to the fish market is don't wear good shoes and don't wear sandals because you will get wet, there is a fishy mess everywhere and when you enter the fish market you can go directly after me to the market of meat, where you will find a really tough butcher shop and It is definitely something to see now if you are looking for one of the best food tours in Athens, look no further than my friend Julia, her food tour is one of the best food experiences you will have in Athens and today I'm taking my Guess One of My Custom Tours of Greece on Julia's Food Tour and we're about to be blown away.

Julia's Food Tour is a three-hour food tour of Athens that explores some of the city's most authentic and delicious flavors. The food tour begins in the morning, where you will enjoy traditional Greek coffee and the most delicious Greek yogurt. Julia, how do people find out about your food tour besides asking me? You can find my two through Airbnb. Explore the hidden gastronomic gems of Athens or just direct methods. instagram julia pond this is where you can find me. I would love to host you at my Athens and I will have all that information in the notes section of the video in the breakfast description.

You will head to the central market of Athens where you can shop. For antiques, the Spartans come to fill up on olives and then come in to see the show, so guys, this shop right here on the corner of the central market in Athens was Julia's family shop that belonged to her grandfather all those years ago and she used to ride a bicycle. around here yeah in the market a red bike and all the butchers were treating me to candy they knew what candy I loved and they all had the pink candy for me and now Julia is back feeding us in the market and that's great.

It is seen that here they use everything that comes out of the town so we have the liver we have the heart we have the tongue and what do we have here does anyone know what the heart is that the heart is the testicle oh my god so I have To say that I am a little jealous, it's time to visit my absolute favorite along the tour, it's the shop of Arcadian Julia and her husband George, where you will enjoy as satisfied as you want, an incredible selection of meats, cheeses, wines and, in addition, you will learn how to make Julia's famous tzatziki, oh, so I think Eurotrotter will try hard to give some new tips, although Julia did the hard part, yes, yes, I'm the sous chef, this is an interesting role for me, I love it, starting from there you will return. to the market to try the most delicious and authentic Greek gyro, the baby is ready, okay, and now for the euro I have to prepare it, oh, there you are, oh, never lose the sausage when you are with Mark, you have to do it Athens. julius tour experience for life, there you have it, very good, okay ladies, it looks like you will be heading down a side street towards the most unexpected and delicious display of fresh seafood and greek legumes, so if you thought before that we would fancy eat, we haven't even done it.

We start, we have a whole show in the lagoon with fresh seafood, we are talking about squid, we have beer, we have beans, we have all kinds of magical fruits and we are looking forward to it, so Julia, thank you all, oh yeah. How could I forget my favorite calamari? And for Italy we have fried anchovies and beer and perfect beer. Let's eat. We're literally here eating on this side street. If you want a street cafe, look here in Athens. This is very special. And Julia. thank you for sharing this with us, thank you for coming to my Athens, I'm Julius Atenas, let's toast everyone, Hamas, greetings, all the best to you, enjoy your trip, I have yours, we have the broken yellow piece, the faba, yes . what we call entrance flower so they boiled the fava they used a hand blender to puree it when I make it at home I prefer it a little creamier here they prefer it a little crunchy so what I need now I need to add a lot of lemon oh yeah, the lemon juice is the key and I have to mix it and I will do the same with the other olive oil chopped onion a little parsley a lot of lemon juice there is a carrot and an onion mixed the flour puree always fresh but roast bread and we get a bread and we anoint our father this is la dolce vita how do we say that the Greeks have an expression for la dolce vita there you have it it is almost yes wonderful and you only live? once that is true, you only live once, you have to eat, you have to enjoy, be with friends, experience everything this beautiful culture has to offer the people, the food, the flavors, the atmosphere, the architecture I mean, we are literally in the cradle of Western civilization.

So many contributions to everything we know and sometimes take for granted on a daily basis, it's all thanks to the Greeks. We are very happy to be here and happy to share this incredible experience with you at home and remember, when in doubt, keep eating. yes, and don't forget to subscribe to euro trotter on youtube and follow the adventure in eurotrot beans freshly baked bread roasted tomato and a good cold beer there is nothing better than this my grandmother, although the meat was for peanut houses, she was cooking meat once a week and we meet on days and on Sunday we ask the family for the fava and the pop of that tomato gives it so much sweetness and then the bread that I'm still chewing on is soft, chewy, it tastes so wonderful, it's delicious.

Start a wonderful afternoon and it wouldn't be complete without a delicious Greek beer yamas yamas so we have a Greek smorgasbord also called meze and zucchini croquette, squid almost like llama beans and chickpeas and chickpeas with spinach bell pepper and some color now. I just saw Julia on whole anchovies and I feel like this is something she should really try maybe gaining fat, okay I want us to do it together, do you want to be the cameraman, in fact I always wanted to try it. This is only because Vicky and I are trying our first whole sardine and we're talking head through tail in one bite.

Head, tail bones, fins, flins, scales, everything and everything should be interesting, I want a small one, she wants anchovies, light, yes, okay. okay, let's see, come on, mark, we can do it, oh, I guess the big one, okay, yamaz, yes, delicious, tonight I will take you to one of the most special places to dine in Athens, in the historic oldest neighborhood of Athens , tonight we will dine at milfoil sumoria for the most authentic greek dinner in

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if you want to dine at the most famous and delicious greek tavern in

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, you know the same tavern that aristotle onassis frequented, then yaros tumoria is the place you want to go and my recommendation is that they will feed you and prepare you for a Greek feast and tonight I will take you to Olivia restaurant to enjoy some of my favorite dishes Greek salad tzatziki domades broad beans peppers eggplant to share with the table along with some red and white house crafts wine is the ultimate and best Greek tavern experience in all of Athens.

What I love about coming to Yarrow Sumoria is not just the food, not just the family, but look at the atmosphere behind me, you are literally eating in an alley, a cobbled alley with stairs underneath. a canopy of vines, this is Athens at its finest, so we have a feast here tonight and let me tell you, there is nothing more authentic than what I have in front of me here, starting with the Greek salad, you can't come to Greece and much less to Athens. and not having this spectacular Greek salad, we are talking about cubes of feta cheese with Greek olives, green pepper, cucumber, tomato and red onion, and this is a little different than what we are used to in the United States when you come to Greece, the Greek salad.

It's actually made up of very large chunks, usually a large dollop of feta cheese with the bell pepper, chunky tomatoes, and onions. It's amazing and let me tell you to be careful when you eat the salad because these olives have pits and they wouldn't. it would be the real deal if they didn't make it and they make it it's amazing the feta cheese gives this such a beautiful acid if you like the crunchy bell pepper crunchy the tomato very juicy and then the vinaigrette here very light with a little bit of oregano fantastic and The tomatoes are perfectly at room temperature, they are warm and all the flavors combine very well.

This is a perfect start to a dinner at eurostumoria. Now for my next dish, tonight we'll have tzatziki, which is beautiful, if you will, that we're familiar with. which will be classic Greek yogurt with grated cucumber, a little bit of vinegar to help it really come together and of course a little bit of pastry and an olive and why not put it on some bread, a classic way to start a meal. this thick and delicious if you don't like greek yogurt you will like greek yogurt because tzatziki is one of my favorites and you can easily make it at home the tzatziki is cold the cucumbers are fresh you get that bite from the yogurt and the vinegar and then the surprise ingredient dill gives it such a beautiful freshness it's a hit, get the tzatziki now tonight's main course is probably one of my favorite things to eat in all of Greece and it's lamb and greek zucchini that has been beautifully sautéed in a ragù of braised lamb, these are actually pieces of lamb braised in a tomato ragù over this very unusual sautéed zucchini, it looks fabulous and melts in your mouth, the tomato is so rustic and earthy it's fabulous and I found my firstpiece of lamb that, oh wow, look at this holy smoke, oh my goodness, this is a whole damn leg, look like this, this really is lamb zucchini and the best part is when you go in and pull it apart perfectly braised, look at that fall. boneless if you don't like lamb there is no better place to try it than in Athens, Greece, in dieros tumoria wow, the lamb is perfectly cooked, tender it melts in your mouth, the tomato ragout is hot with the zucchini, this is a dish that you can't miss and bonus, you will enjoy live Greek music where you can dance zorba, of course, if you don't mind showing some moves in front of a crowd of strangers, dinner at yaros tu moria is the perfect evening for an authentic Greek tavern experience in Athens and don't get dirty.

Okay, that's the best it's going to be tonight. You know, tomorrow you have to make it for one of the most romantic dinners in Greece. Head to Horizons, at the top of Mount Lycobetus. When I say summit, I mean the highest peak in Athens. hill in town for dinner, you'll enjoy panoramic views of the city with the Acropolis and Parthenon as your backdrop, along with creative, delicious cuisine and wine pairings that will make this one of the most memorable and romantic dinners in town. your life tonight. I'm taking my private tour group out to dinner and this is how you do it, tonight we're having a very special dinner here, we're literally going to the top of Leica Bettis, which is the highest point in Athens, it's a hill, a mountain , whatever it's called.

It is the highest point and when we get to the top we will have dinner at Horizontas but to get there you have to take the funicular to the top of the mountain, let's do this yourselves, ready to eat, ready, oh wait, that was nice. Bad once again, are you ready to go to the highest point in Athens? Yeah, oppa, okay, come on, it's dark, but we're here. We got to the cable car right on time, like I said, it runs every half hour on the dot and the tickets are fine, we paid seven euros round trip per person, which is a discounted rate if you're going to dinner at Horizon, right now We head to the top of the mountain, where you will walk a bit like we did. until you find your way up and down some stairs to the restaurant and it's absolutely beautiful, we wind through the cafe, down some stairs and up a funicular to the top of the mountain and we have the most spectacular view we're ever going to have. the most spectacular dinner and the incredible sunset here at Horizontis, what do you think guys?

Hello friend, wow, understand a definitive one. Fantastic, that's me, wow, wow, if you're looking for the most romantic place in all of Athens. This is where reservations are essential. is reserving a table next to the edge now mark how are you going to get through this so Paula keeps saying for every experience we've done how are you going to get through this how are you going to get through this and again tonight well, it's up there. I'm not sure it's unbeatable. Dinner starts with a fresh watermelon and mango salad with a touch of creamy mustard dressing.

This is delicious. You have fresh and sweet mango. Watermelon. A light, creamy aioli with fresh, crisp lettuce. It's delicious, it's light and it's perfect. good way to start dinner at horizons the wine is delicious but we are lucky because one of our guests on this euro trotter travel experience is a sommelier in italo preparation and can tell you a little about the notes of this wine tonight hello everyone First of all, this is a Sonia blanc Greek sauvignon blanc. I didn't personally know that Greece was producing Sonia blanc. Secondly, it is a good quality Sony Black.

It has the typical vegetables. It is a crisp wine. It is very refreshing to look at. In the company of the salad, it is a perfect wine for education, highly recommended and I think that was the perfect explanation, so let's enjoy our salads and then the most beautiful soup and of course it is soup in a shrimp show and slow cooked vegetables adding the hot bisque so I have to say I was impressed with the presentation and then it went up a notch because the broth came and not just any broth but almost almost a consummate one it looks very beautiful so we have shrimp green, we have the pink. steamed shrimp we have kiwi we have mango and maybe we have a little bit of kiwi reduction or some kind of chive oil and look at that seafood and shrimp broth wow spectacular so Vicky just shared something really interesting with me because as you heard , I mentioned the green shrimp vicky take it so that the green shrimp are raw and were in the middle of the bowl so when they pour the hot consummate on top it cooks the shrimp so that they are perfectly cooked when you put them in your mouth it is delicious and the Last thing you want is overcooked shrimp so that they are perfectly cooked in the broth.

It's delicious. I can't wait to dig in and one really interesting thing that happened when they poured the broth in here is that the chive oil in here actually formed little pockets. the bubble pockets are a work of art, of course, we are in Greece for dinner rack of lamb with pistachio crust and grated potatoes, roasted pear and the most sticky to your bones, a good lamb sauce out of this world, okay, so dinner has arrived and we have the lamb and I love lamb and it's not just any lamb, it's a rack of lamb with these beautiful not shoelaces, they're almost like grated hash, but fries with hash fine with pistachio crusted lamb with this beautiful uh what looks like a brown lamb jus reduction and I'm not sure what it is exactly, but it looks delicious and we're going to start making it.

It looks like maybe a pear or poached fruit. I'm not sure we're going to try it and see what This is like, and you know, every time they serve you a bone in a restaurant, you're allowed to pick it up and go to Fred Flintstone, so let's go to Fred Flintstone in the land of the stone in Athens in Horizons and we know that it will be so. pretty good, you forgot to say it's not over yet, look, you're chewing on the bone, paula girl knows what she's doing, this is a really good rack of lamb, it's fabulous, it's tender, it's rare, the pistachios give it a wonderful nutty and earthy flavor. and what I love about this juice is that it's actually more like a perfectly salty and perfectly seasoned sauce, it's really delicious.

I'm going to take a little dip again and we're going to suck the bone, so I have to say it because you know me. wow and I'm looking for my napkin this is so good the fat on the lamb rock is fabulous the sauce the potatoes at this point look so good crispy light delicious with the little bit of red I have left from the syrah mixture dinner is a gift No you get in, thanks for watching and remember to subscribe, like, comment and share the video. If you are interested in joining me on one of my private European tours, visit markfilis.com.