Food

I'm sure most of you will be happy to make your way through all the delicious food that Cyprus has to offer, but here are some ideas of what you should look out for and try!

Pastourmas: Armenian (beef) spicy sausage
Loukanika: Wine soaked (pork) sausage
Souvlaki: kebab pieces, can be chicken or pork
Sheftalia: Chargrilled lamb or pork mince with herbs
Kleftiko: Lamb shank in the oven with herbs and bay leaf
Souvla: big pieces of meat on a spit. We make souvla with chicken, lamb and beef.
Kalamari: Squid, normally in batter
Oktapodi: Octupus, normally chargrilled and accompanied by oil,lemon and parsley dressing
Barbouni: Red mullet, nomally wiuth batter
Tsipoura: Sea bass, normally chargrilled
Choriatiki slata: Greek salad
Lahmadjou: Baked flat thin almost pizza-like crust with mince lamb, parsley and other herbs. Squeeze lots of lemon, roll fajita style and enjoy!
Boureki: Pastry filled with anari (Cypriot equivalent of riccotta) or can be savoury and contain halloumi and or spinach
From a bakery try the "almira", which means a selection of little baked savoury tasty things! From olive pies, spinach pies, halloumi pies to mini pizzas and mini sausage rolls.

With a mezze (which can be either a fish one or a normal one), the standard things you will always get are salad, pitta, taramas, tzatziki and tahini, the chargrilled meats at the end and some fish in the middle. All the other dishes will vary according to the taverna/restaurant.