Salt &Pepper, Alati & Piperi, Salz & Pfeffer
A Feast in any Language

​The restaurant, signed down a side turn off the main shopping street in Vartholomio, is open all day, every day, all year round – quiet in winter, busy in summer. You can also order a meal to take away. All the team speak English, as well as German. The food is excellent, using local produce and the best meat and fish to create dishes that are way above the average Greek taverna meal, yet not above the average price. A bowl of plump olives (their own produce), fresh bread and a bottle of chilled water appear before any dishes are ordered. When we went for lunch with two friends (one vegetarian, one eating no red meat), a feast quickly followed: Greek salad with feta cheese, horta (wild greens), saganaki (breaded cheese fried in olive oil), stuffed peppers, chicken in a white wine sauce, tender oven-cooked beef in a tomato sauce (for the carnivores), roast potatoes, a carafe of wine, with fresh apples and mandarin oranges to finish. All this on a quiet weekday afternoon!

There is good free WiFi and coffee is also available.

The enterprising Michaelis has undertaken a new venture this winter selling home-produced olives, olive oil and sweet preserves. The top quality, certificated extra virgin oil is available in 3 sizes in smart glass bottles under his own label.

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