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What to eat in Piraeus? Where to eat in Piraeus? 4 Traditional Foods You Have To Try in Piraeus

The best traditional dishes in Piraeus and the best authentic restaurants that make them, recommended by industry professionals.
Last update: Thu Mar 27 2025
4 Traditional Foods You Have To Try in Piraeus
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Greek salad, also known as village salad or horiatiki is the national dish of Greece, consisting of quartered tomatoes, sliced red onions, and chunky slices of cucumber. Depending on the region, there can also be olives, green peppers, feta cheese, oregano, salt, pepper, or a typical dressing made from olive oil and lemon or vinegar (optionally).


When feta cheese is present in the salad, it is usually just sliced, but in some cases it's mixed in with a fork until slightly crumbled. Its name suggests that it was a rural dish, when farmers would take some essential ingredients to the field and mix them together. 

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Sweet Pastry

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This internationally known, decadent, and sugar-packed dessert is usually made with a mixture of flour, sugar, yeast, and salt, which is deep-fried and then bathed in syrup or honey. The origin of lokma fritters is ancient but often debated. It is presumed that they first appeared in Greece or Turkey, though some suggest Arabic origin.


The dish is considered to be one of the oldest recorded desserts in Greek history. It is said that the pastries were even given to winning Olympians as a treat and were called honey tokens. Loukoumades, or loukmades in Cyprus, can be found throughout the streets of Greece, in shops selling nothing else but this caloric dessert. 
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Salad

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Horta is a traditional salad consisting of steamed or boiled greens and weeds that are drizzled with lemon juice and olive oil. The greens usually include dandelion, vleeta, nettles, wild spinach, mustard greens, and chicory. The flavor of the salad can be more or less bitter, depending on the plant.


Horta is consumed throughout Greece, and it's especially popular during summer because it's refreshing and easy to prepare. Although it's commonly eaten on its own, horta can also be served as an accompaniment to fish or grilled meat dishes.

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This traditional Greek dessert consists of numerous phyllo sheets that are sprinkled with melted butter and coupled with a light semolina custard. When baked and well-chilled, the pastry is traditionally doused in the orange spiced, sugary syrup, allowing the layers to absorb the flavors and transform galaktoboureko into a soft, velvety treat.


This Greek classic is commonly found in pastry shops and traditional taverns across the country.

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