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Welcome to “Traditional Restaurant Bakatsianos” ARNEA, 28 MAY 2018 THE MONASTIC CUISINE «The Feast of the Monastic Cuisine»
The feast of the Monastic Cuisine
The KOUZINA culinary festival KOUZINA is the premier culinary event of the year in Eastern Halkidiki! 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 Traditional Restaurant «Bakatsianos» The «Traditional Restaurant Bakatsianos» is built on the dense forest of Agia Paraskevi in Arnaia! It is one of the utmost quality culinary spots of Eastern Halkidiki. Its owner Dimitris Polyzos, studied the culinary art abroad and managed to combine his professional training with the local tradition, by creating dishes with unique character, tastes which make the best of out of the local products and highlight every tasteful aspect of the region. Today you will enjoy an authentic monastic menu, through which the use of the monks’* production is promoted to everyone. The above mentioned production is famous for its purity and its quality.
enjoy!
*the products are produced at the Monastic House of Virgin May - Paleochori
Menu
Spring salad served with shrimps* and citrus fruits sauce (* The fish and seafood of Mount Athos and Strymonikos gulf are renowned for their exquisite flavor. The reason they are so different from the rest is that the waters of the two 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)
Steamed spinach, served with red beans**, smoked fish and pasta made by red peppers (**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)
Fresh calamari with oregano cooked in a local wine - sprinkled with athonian “krokos”
Desert Semolina halva, accompanied by wild raspberry spoon sweet (the raspberries have been collected by loca housekeepers on the slops of Cholomontas Mountain)
Wine Estate Claudia Papayianni «Ex Arnon» / White Price per person: 26€
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. Traditional Restaurant Bakatsianos 63074 Arnea Reservation: ++30 2372022750 info@bakatsianos.gr Texts - Editing: Maria I. Pappa
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