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Greece: Santorini, To Ouzeri

Location:

Famprika Shopping Center, Fira, Santorini, Greece

Many of the restaurants on the tourist-heavy Fira (in Santorini) were packed with diners trying to get a good "sea-view". We finally settled on "To Ouzeri" minus the view because it wasn't overly crowded. I've often said this is a bad sign but didn't heed my own advice here, as the menu looked interesting.

We wanted to try some of the unique items on the menu, Tomato Fritters, Stuffed Zuchini and the fried Calamari that was full of promise.

The service was really slow as it seemed that only a couple of people were running the whole show, and since we weren't in a rush, this wasn't an issue.

The worst part however, was the taste of the food. The stuffed zuchini looked appealing, however the zuchini itself was soft in the center and even had that spoiled taste. The tomato fritters were bland and greasy, as was the fried calamari (the biggest we'd ever seen). Everything was rather mediocre. They do have a blog with the recipe for the tomato fritters, so I'm going to try making them myself.

Our server even asked us how we enjoyed our meal, to which we had a lacklustre response. She was surprised. And with some rave reviews on TripAdvisor, I'm surprised too.

 

tags: Fira, Greece, Greek Wine, Greek food, Santorini, greek
categories: Greece, Greek, Lunch, Pasta, Santorini, Travel, fries
Saturday 04.21.12
Posted by Smita Jacob
Comments: 11
 

Greece: Greek Wine

What is it about wine that we love so, most especially on vacation? I don't recall having too much Greek wine before this trip and was excited to try a few. Afterall, Greece has been producing wine since ancient times, having first been prescribed for health and as disinfectants for wounds.

While this particular bottle, with its sedimentary sludge at the bottom, wasn't very tasty, it was absolutely savoured while watching the sunset in Mykonos.

Do you have a favourite Greek wine you can recommend?

 

tags: Drinks, Greece, Greek Wine, Greek food, drink, greek, photography, red wine, travel food, travel foods, wine
categories: Greece, Greek, Wine
Tuesday 04.10.12
Posted by Smita Jacob
Comments: 3