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Greece
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Athens, Greece, Restaurants
Coffee, Iced or Hot and Gritty – Athens
08.08.11 | Permalink | 5 Comments
When jet-lagged in a foreign country, easy access to coffee is priceless. Fortunately, Athens is a coffee city, so wherever we went, a caffeinated beverage wasn’t more than a coffee bean’s throw away. MORE »
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Greece, Restaurants, Santorini
Eats Along Perivolos Beach – Santorini
08.04.11 | Permalink | 3 Comments
Although we found better food on other beaches, we spent the most time at Perivolos Beach. It was the sandiest of the beaches (it’s a black beach similar to Perissa, but with smaller volcanic pebbles and with a wider beachfront), had the nicest umbrellas and chairs, and the cleanest restrooms (which hopefully meant no excuse for people to do their business in the water). Here are just a few quick notes on some of the food we had along the beach. MORE »
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Greece, Restaurants, Santorini
Dinner at Red Bicycle – Santorini
08.01.11 | Permalink | 2 Comments
Red Bicycle or Kokkino Podilato is probably best known from Giada in Paradise. In the episode, Giada goes to Red Bicycle for breakfast. (She also goes to another restaurant and orders tomato fritters only to wrap them in a napkin for later. Is it just me, or is that ghetto granny-style?) Well, I didn’t go there for breakfast, and in fact, I didn’t even plan to go there because of all the online reviews saying it was overpriced and overrated, but one night while aimlessly wandering the marble streets of Oia looking for a place to eat (the place I originally wanted to go to was closed for a event), my little group stumbled upon Red Bicycle. MORE »
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Greece, Restaurants, Santorini
Seaside Lunch at Dimitris – Santorini
07.16.11 | Permalink | 3 Comments
The previous night, David, Alvin, Alli, and I had dinner at Santorini’s fanciest restaurant. By fancy, I mean it was full of gelées and foams. It wasn’t horrible, but it also wasn’t worth the money. Alvin and Alli also complained the hostess who kept coming over to their side of the table had serious B.O. Not very appetizing for any establishment. So after a little snorkeling in Amoudi Bay, I wasn’t expecting much when we came upon Dimitris, a less fancy restaurant overlooking the bay. (By the way, snorkeling isn’t great in Amoudi, but we had a nice swim. An invigorating, icy cold swim.) But when the owner took us back to the kitchen to show us the refrigerated case full of fresh seafood and gave us an in depth explanation of all of its occupants, I knew it was a good sign. MORE »
