Top 50 Greek Foods & Flavours for Summer

Famed for its beautiful salads, mouthwatering seafood, vegetable dishes, grilled meats, and flaky filo pites, Greek food is simple and packed with flavour. Summer on the Aegean offers a variety of fresh food bursting with colour and here we have picked the Top 50 foods and drinks you should try while visiting Greece. 

So transport yourself to a white-washed island with our selection of sunny Greek foods, flavours, and drinks, and pretend you’re on holiday until you can get there!

Greek Seafood

  • Whitebait
  • Squid
  • Octopus
  • Baby Prawns
  • Sardines
  • Sea Urchin & Symian prawns
  • Mussels
  • Prawn Saganaki
  • Grilled Octopus

  • Lobster Pasta
  • Grilled Fish 

Traditional Greek Dishes 

Gemista (stuffed vegetables)

  • Briam (baked vegetables) 
  • Moussaka 

Greek Side Dishes 

  • Kolokithakia Vrasta (boiled zucchini) 
  • Kolokythokeftedes (zucchini fitters) 
  • Homemade Bread & Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • Taramosalata (fish roe dip) 
  • Tzatziki (Greek yogurt & garlic dip)
  • Baked Feta
  • Dolmadakia (stuffed vine leaves) 

Greek Salads

  • Greek Salad
  • Politiki (cabbage & carrot salad) 
  • Lentil Salad

Greek Vegan/ Vegetarian dishes

  • Horta (wild greens) 
  • Pantzaria (boiled beetroot) 

  • Baked Eggplant
  • Gigantes Plaki (giant beans in red sauce) 
  • Fava (yellow split pea puree) 

Greek Meat 

Grilled meat platter (includes a variety of red meat, homemade sausages & chicken)

Casual Greek Street Food

  • Spanakopita/Tiropita (spinach and cheese pie) 
  • Grilled Corn
  • Koulouri (sesame bread) 
  • Souvlaki Pita (souvlaki wrapped in Pita bread) 
  • Tiganites Patates (fried potatoes) 

Fresh Greek Fruit

  • Watermelon
  • Peaches
  • Grapes

Figs

Greek Dessert

  • Greek flavoured Gelato
  • Loukoumades (Greek small donut puffs) 
  • Syrupy sweets (includes custard pie, baklava & kataifi) 
  • Bougatsa (traditional custard pie) 
  • Nutella & Banana Crepe

  • Spoon Sweets
  • Ipovrihio (submarine) 
  • Greek Yogurt & Honey

Greek Drinks

Freddo Cappuccino & Frappe (iced coffees)

  • Mastiha Liqueur
  • Greek beer
  • Ouzo (anise-flavoured aperitif) 

Greek House wine

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