Welcome to Mount Athos Area Halkidiki
Welcome to “Xriso Agkistri” Ouranoupolis, 1 June 2017 The Monastic Cuisine «The Feast Of The Monastic Cuisine»
Το 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 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 “Xriso Agkistri” At the beach of Ouranoupolis, where the eye seems to be lost between the harbor, Mount Athos Gulf, Ammouliani island and top of the blessed Athos, Elias leaned passion, experience, love and effort of a lifetime, so that to create a wonderful restaurant. This is “Xriso Akgistri”, which "plays" not only with the architecture, style and colors of Mount Athos monasteries but also with the Mediterranean landscape, creating at the same time a special kitchen mosaic: the Mount Athos cuisine, the sea cuisine and the Mediterranean cuisine. The secret of their success is the use of excellent raw material for cooking, exemplary cleanliness, excellent service, unique hospitality, love for good food, the constant updating of the gastronomy, the development of each technique and skill.
Bon Apetit!
THE FEAST OF THE MONASTIC CUISINE
Appetizers trilogy Fresh calamari with oregano, cooked in an athonite wine Steamed spinach, served with tahini and red beans* from Paleochori Eggplant with feta cheese** “like a salad” (*Paleochori is famous for the production of red beans, which are called by the locals “boubouniaria” or “barbounofasoula”. The wet soil at the “foot” of Kakavos and the Aristotelian Mountain favors their cultivation and make the product sweet, tasty “full” and very delicious) (**Arnaia region is famous for the production of Greek feta and local goat cheese. The cheese factory of Theofilos Karayiannis is a reference point of this rich organic production).
Steamed cod*** “agioritikos”, cooked with artichokes
(***The fish and seafood of Mount Athos are renowned for their exquisite flavor. 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 organized 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 Revani Loukoumi**** millefeuille
(****For the monks of Mount Athos “loukoumi” is the official «visitors’ welcome sweet») The dishes are accompanied by the sweet athonite wine Nama Milopotamos and strong tsipouro
Wine White wine from Mount Athos (3 glasses per person) Price per person: 27€
Athonite cuisine is special and unique. It draws on the fish- and vegetable-based 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 flavor. 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 organized 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. To Xriso Agkistri 63075 Ouranoupoli Reservations: +30 23770 71039 & info@toxrisoagkistri.com www.toxrisoagkistri.com Texts - Editing: Maria I. Pappa Design: Cat Advertising
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