Welcome to Mount Athos Area Halkidiki
Welcome to Alexandros Palace Hotel & Suites Ouranoupoli, 28 May 2015 The Monastic Cuisine “The Feast of Monastic Cuisine�
The Mount Athos Area KOUZINA The Mount Athos Area KOUZINA is the premier culinary event of the year in the region of Mount Athos! In the shadow of the sacred Athos, in the cove of the bay of Mount Athos, on the sandy Ammoliani Island, at the foot of the Aristotelian mountain, in the Strymonikos bay, in the Akantios Bay, on the verges of Cholomontas, we invite you to smell and taste our organic products and flavours in a magnificent culinary feast, in which you participate as of this day!
Enjoy! The ALEXANDROS PALACE HOTEL & SUITES The Alexandros Palace Hotel in Ouranoupolis is considered by many of its repeat guests to be one of the finest Ouranoupolis hotels. Alexandros Palace Hotel includes sophisticatedly-designed Halkidiki hotel rooms and luxury suites that are fully-equipped with a variety of comfort amenities. The management of the Alexandros Palace Halkidiki Hotel Rooms & Suites has paid extra special attention to the hotel services and facilities, which include bars, restaurants, swimming pools, conference halls, childrens facilities, and many more leisure areas. One of the finest characteristics of Alexandros Palace Mount Athos Halkidiki Hotel in Ouranoupolis, which is the envied by all Tripiti and Ouranoupolis hotels, is its location. The hotel is built on a green slope, with a view of the endless sea and golden, sandy beach which is lined with lush pine trees. The hotel complex is spread across an area of 60.000 sq. m, creating a picturesque, sea-side village.
Bon appetit! With the signature of Dina Nikolaou
THE FEAST OF MONASTIC CUISINE
Chick pea balls Potatoes with lemon Monk's salad with cherry tomatoes, nuts* and Arnea honey**, olive oil and vinegar (*Mount Athos has rich, unspoilt vegetation. The monks collect all sorts of plants, herbs and fruit and use them in their cooking). (**Arnea is famous for producing many kinds of honey, which owe their quality, colour and taste to the countless varieties of rare plants and herbs that grow on Cholomontas and the Stratoniko Mountain)
Salted cod*** with garlic sauce (***The fish and seafood of Mount Athos are renowned for their exquisite flavour. The reason they are so different from the rest is that the waters of the bay are deep and clean, as the area has many sea currents and there are no organised cultivations to affect it. Thus, our seafood is caught in very deep waters, with the highest salinity in Greece, and rich in plankton and clean food, since no rivers or streams end up in the bay to disturb the balance of the water composition)
Semolina halva with orange, almonds and sweetened cherries Wine Biological Mylopotamos from the Athonite vineyards Price per person: 35 â‚Ź
Athonite cuisine is special and unique. It draws on the fish- and vegetablebased diet of the 2,500 monks living on Mount Athos, who thanks to this are renowned for their longevity and good health. The cooking method is also unique: a wood fire, pans, pure organic ingredients from the gardens and slopes of the sacred mountain... The fish and seafood of Mount Athos are renowned for their exquisite flavour. The reason they are so different from the rest is that the waters of the bay are deep and clean, as the area has many sea currents and there are no organised cultivations to affect it. Thus, our seafood is caught in very deep waters, with the highest salinity in Greece, and rich in plankton and clean food, as no rivers or streams end up in the bay to disturb the balance of the water composition. Mount Athos products, such as olive oil, wine, herbs, etc., are prepared by the blessed hands of the monks with great love, first and foremost for humans and constitute a source of life, since the raw materials used are based on the rich organic produce of the monasteries. ALEXANDROS PALACE HOTEL & SUITES 63075 Ouranoupoli Reservations: +30 2377031424 & info@alexandroshotel-halkidiki.com www.alexandroshotel-halkidiki.com Texts – Editing: Maria Pappa Design: Cat Advertising