LET’S TALK ABOUT FOOD AND DRINK…

We cook only with fresh olive oil.

Halloumi

Halloumi is an unripe, semi hard white cheese with a texture between cottage cheese and mozzarella. Halloumi may well be eaten raw but it tastes best when cooked, fried or on charcoal. It is this distinctive characteristic that makes halloumi a unique cheese. In fact, it claims to be the only

Spoon Sweets

commercially known cheese that can be cooked in a number of ways and retain its shape. Though the cheese keeps its shape, its outward appearance turns into a crispy golden brown colour taking on the grill marks a while inwards it soſtens significantly but it does not melt.

Spoon sweets are made with simple, natural ingredients, mainly fruit and sugar with a touch of lemon juice added to preserve the fruit’s original color, as the citric acid prevents oxidation. They are made by slowly and gently boiling fruit in water and sugar over several hours or days, until the syrup sets. The making of each sweet has its

Cyprus Coffee

Traditionally, Cyprus coffee is always served in small cups along with a glass of cold water. The coffee is considered strong and it is sipped slowly. At the bottom of the cup, there is a thick layer which should not be drunk. Fortune tellers have a use though for it who "interpret" the dried patterns leſt behind. Once done with the coffee, the cup is turned upside down and leſt there for a while until it is dry. Aſter that the cup is turned around again and the

Zivania

Zivania is a traditional alcoholic beverage, which has been produces for centuries in Cyprus by distillation and has played an important role in the everyday life of Cypriots. Zivania is a strong drink, high in alcoholic content which according to tradition is a distillate produced only from grapes. Zivania is characterized by its typical taste and aroma. It is colorless and it has a pleasant alcoholic content with light aroma of raisins. The typical alcohol content is 45% by volume. It is a pure drink that contains no sugars and has no acidity.

Commandaria

Taste Commandaria, just for once and you could become a passionate and romantic lover of this great wine. Each wine drop traps in it a multitude of flavors and aromas, enough to cover the full

Sheftalia

spectrum of human senses. Its colour is warm, golden to ruby, its aroma is complex and passionate, its taste is sweet, its aſtertaste is everlasting. Commandaria is a dessert wine and it should be used as such. It plays a final role in the course of a meal, writing the epilogue, so to speak and culminating in a perfect gustatory crescendo.

Sheſtalia is traditional Cypriot food. It is a type of crepinette, a sausage without skin that uses caul fat, or omentum, the membrane that surrounds the stomach of pig to wrap the ingredients rather than sausage casing. Caul fat is transparent and naturally fatty. The filling is made of ground pork mixed with finely chopped onion and parsley, salt and pepper and formed into small round balls. These balls are then placed on the spread caul fat and squares of caul fat are cut around them and wrapped, making little sausages which are put on two skewers. Sheſtalia are then grilled, preferably on charcoal until golden brown, about 20 minutes.