Bizarre Foods: Greece

Greece

Andrew meets Greeks passionate about food in Athens and on the remote island of Kalymnos. He travels the country, tasting food rich in Greek history and culture. Andrew eats at the finest eateries and samples the best home-cooked meals.

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Unique foods in Greece

Andrew eats tripe soup, cow-lung soup, sea squirt and goat in ...

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Top 5 moments in Greece

Andrew counts down his memorable moments in Greece.

03:17

Souvlaki and gyros in Greece

Andrew explains the difference between souvlaki and gyros.

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Behind-the-Scenes Greece

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Restaurant

Baraktares

Andrew eats at one of Athens most famous souvlaki restaurants.

Mitropoleos 88, Plateia Monastirakiou, Athens, Greece

Restaurant

I Epirus

Andrew visits a 24-hour soup restaurant in Athens’ Central Market featuring soups made with tripe, cows’ feet and lungs.

Filopimenos 4 & Stoa Maneta, Athens Central Market, Athens 10551, Greece

Restaurant

Ta Vlahika

Andrew heads to the Vari district known as a meat lover’s heaven to eat at this famous Greek grill house to eat kokoretsi and a whole pig and lamb roasted over hot coals.

Attica, Greece

Restaurant

Varoulko

Chef Lefteris Lazarou takes Andrew to his famous Michelin-star restaurant, Varoulko, to prepare a seafood feast.

80 Piraeus Street, Athens, Greece

Restaurant

Varvaris/O Sfougaras

Andrew goes where the locals go to eat drink, smoke and socialize. This back-alley taverna serves classic Greek dishes.

Hora-Panagia, Kalymnos 85200, Greece

Activity

Siametis Gemistoi Loukoumades

Andrew tries a Greek dessert -- hot balls of fried dough rolled in honey and nuts.

Attica, Greece

Activity

Athens Central Market

Andrew meets award-winning cookbook author, chef and food historian, Diane Kochilas, at Athens’ Central Market.

Athinas 42 Street, Athens, Greece 1055

Activity

Piraeus Market

Michelin-star restaurant owner and chef, Lefteris Lazarou, shows Andrew modern cooking techniques featuring a prehistoric monkfish.

Gounari Street, Piraeus 18531, Attica, Greece

Activity

Fishing on the Aegean Sea

Andrew and two Greek fishermen head out on the Aegean Sea to catch their next meal.

Kalymnos, Greece

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