Athens does not stop at the historic city center. A little while ago, I told you a bit about Kerameikos and Gazi, the hip area of Athens, now it is time to turn our backs to the ancient city and take a look at its modern face and one of the loveliest gardens of Athens, FUGA. Continue reading
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A couple of weeks back I was invited to the launch of Holmes Place cafe, they celebrated their new menu with brunch. I had my doubts as you can imagine, Holmes Place are renown for their state of the art gym facilities in Athens. What is the foodie going to do at the gym? Continue reading
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Last Tuesday I was a guest to a very special anniversary. Executive Chef Nikos Giannopoulos celebrated 25 years of flavours at the Parliament, the restaurant at Athens Plaza hotel. It was a journey of flavour, marking every year with a very special dish.
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So here is me, being out with friends for the best part of last week. We went for drinks, we went for food, we went all over the place, even to the open-air cinema; the screens have started opening their doors the past couple of weeks. It’s been a while that I wanted to do a best of list of places for going out in Athens and I am always met with indecisiveness – there are too many places with gorgeous views to the Parthenon, scrumptious food and delectable cocktails. My lists are growing long, very long indeed but here are a few gems I visited last week that I will definitely recommend to anyone stopping by Athens for a long weekend. Continue reading
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I took this photo on one of the many outings to my local haunt, a tiny street-corner cafe. It’s an old house turned coffee shop, or kafeneio. In the proper Greek fashion they serve coffee in the mornings, but come lunch the kitchen opens, offering some of the most delicious traditional dishes like ntolmadakia, tiropitakia, seafood nibbles and grills – you name it – until late into the evening.
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