The blessed sea of Ouranoupolis! Set against the holy Mount Athos peninsula and under the imposing top – symbol of Mount Athos lies a vast expanse of the Aegean sea, which hosts the most magnificent beaches - fringed by the verdant slopes of Mount Athos - an important productive resource for the entire region. Fish of all kinds are caught every day by the local fishing boats and transform the picturesque local fishing ports into an everyday buzzing festival of creation! Restaurant Lemoniadis 63075 Ouranoupolis Reservations: 23770 71355 & info@xenonasdioni.com Texts - Editing: Maria I. Pappa Design: Cat Advertising
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Welcome to Restaurant Lemoniadis Ouranoupolis, 26 May 2016 The Cuisine of the Sea “The Feast of the Sea”
THE FEAST OF THE SEA 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 Ammouliani Island, at the foot of the Aristotelian mountain, in the Strymonikos bay, in the Akanthios 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 Restaurant Lemoniadis In 1960, Iosif Lemoniadis from Ouranoupoli had a brilliant idea! To create a restaurant in front of the Mount Athos Bay, overlooking the port of Ouranoupoli, in order to welcome visitors to Mount Athos and offer wonderful seafood delicacies to the then few residents. The principle he adhered to was to always use fresh, premium quality fish, caught early in the morning by the famous local fishermen and fresh vegetables, which he obtained from local orchards, gardens and estates. Since then, all things, life and the economy included, have changed. Nevertheless, at the Lemoniadis restaurant, grandfather Iosif's principles are still intact, applied until today in practice by his son Michael and his grandsons, Iosif and Elias. Pure flavours that combine seafood with Athonite cuisine, Mediterranean dishes with emphasis on local organic products and fresh seafood, traditional cooking methods, exemplary cleanliness, order, incredible service, polite people...: these are the magical ingredients and quality features of the Lemoniadis restaurant - grandfather Iosif's legacy that transcends space and time! Tellingly, half a century later, this Restaurant continues to attract Greek and foreign visitors with its cuisine, always maintaining the principles and tradition of an erstwhile, unique era.
Bon appetit!
Appetizer trilogy: Saganaki shrimps, cooked in fresh tomato and finished with aniseed tsipouro Steamed mussels* from Olympiada Fresh octopus salad The dishes are accompanied by athonite aniseed tsipouro (* Olympiada is famous for its mussels’ production. The clean water of Strimonikos gulf, the Aristotelian Mountain with the rich vegetation, the virgin environment, the content of the sea water make the Olympiada mussels delicious, big, heavy, strong and healthy)
Fish** «lemonato» (with lemon sauce), a classic Mount Athos recipe (**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)
Desert: Walnut cake with nuts*** from Mount Athos (***Mount Athos has rich, unsolid vegetation. The monks collect all sorts of plants, herbs and fruit and use them in their cooking). The dish is accompanied by the sweet athonite wine Nama Milopotamos
Wine
Metochi Chromitsa White Price per person: 25€