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Welcome to Kritikos Gallery & Restaurant Ouranoupoli, 30 May 2015 The Monastic Cuisine “The Feast Of The Monastic Cuisine�


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 Ammoliani 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! Kritikos Gallery & Restaurants The Kritikos Gallery & Restaurants is the most famous and award-winning restaurant in the Mount Athos Area and beyond. For many years now it has received some of the most significant culinary distinctions in Greece, Europe, Asia and America. It is a culinary destination on its own and it specialises in Mediterranean flavours, sea dishes, monastic recipes and in authentic Athonite cuisine. Its owner, Giannis Kritikos, focuses on the quality of the ingredients, since his father (and first owner of the restaurant, Nikos Kritikos), one of the greatest local divers, taught him how to choose the freshest, purest and best-quality products! Today, you will enjoy this continuing and evolving tradition through an authentic Athonite menu that will take you on a culinary journey across Athos.

Bon appĂŠtit! With the signature of Dina Nikolaou


THE FEAST OF THE MONASTIC CUISINE

Mediterranean Sea food in the pan* (*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)

Green salad with cherry tomatoes, nuts** and Arnea honey***, olive oil and vinegar (**Mount Athos has rich, unspoilt vegetation. The monks collect all sorts of plants, herbs and fruit and use them in their cooking). (***Arnea is famous for producing many kinds of honey, which owe their quality, colour and taste to the countless varieties of rare plants and herbs that grow on Cholomontas and the Stratoniko Mountain)

Spaghetti with streams Traditional sweet: Greek “Revani” Wine Metochi Chromitsa Χ White Tsantali Price per person: 35€


Athonite cuisine is special and unique. It draws on the fish- and vegetablebased 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 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, 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. Kritikos Gallery & Restaurants 63075 Ouranoupoli Reservations: +30 2377071222 & info@okritikos.com www.okritikos.com Text – Editing: Maria Pappa Design: Cat Advertising


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