Top 10 Foods and Drinks in the Greek Cuisine
The Top Ten
1 Greek Salad
2 Souvlaki
3 Greek Feta
4 Tzatziki
5 Gyro
6 Keftedes
(aka Greek meatballs) - fried meatballs
7 Ouzo
8 Moussaka
9 Dolmades
Dolmades are stuffed grape leaves, usually with rice and ground meat.
Often served with tzatziki, yogurt, or egg-lemon sauce.
10 Greek Coffee
The same type of coffee is called Turkish Coffee in Turkey (it uses a method of preparing unfiltered coffee)
The Contenders
11 Olives
Olives are one of my favourite snacks and are way to low on the list
12 Yogurt
Greek yogurt aka Strained yogurt, yogurt cheese, or labaneh, is yogurt that has been strained to remove most of its whey, resulting in a thicker consistency than unstrained yogurt.
13 Oranges
14 Baklava
15 Lamb
16 Metaxa
17 Mastika
Mastika is a liqueur seasoned with mastic, a resin gathered from the mastic tree (a small evergreen tree native to the Mediterranean region).
18 Spanakopita
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