Second Day in Santorini

Day two in Santorini:
We took a boat ride over to the Volcano in Santorini. and hiked to the top. I'd have to say that the view is spectacular!! After a nice dip in a natural hot spring, we sailed to an Island called Fira where we settled down for a much needed lunch.

[if you want a closer look, just click on the pictures]

I had the most delicious tatziki, and a wonderful Greek Salad.


We then sailed to the other side of Santorini, where we climbed millions of stairs up the side of the island to watch the sunset. After climbing, a dinner was much needed!


Mushrooms marinated in a white butter cream sauce, and the most delicious salmon ever. What I would give to have another bite!!

Re-living My Dinner in Santorini

After a long long ferry ride from Athens to Santorini, a feast for dinner was much needed!!

Location: Cesare Ristorante - Santorini

A really cute restaurant upstairs with a nice view of the little side streets





Appetizers:

1. Spanakopita!! (spinach cheese pie) #2 Greek Salad and Garlic Bread in the basket

My Meal:

Best Lamb Chops of my life

I died and went to Greek Food Heavan!!

Yassou!! I'm sorry for going MIA, I forgot to let you guys know that I went to Greece! I was traveling around for 11 days and visited Athens and the Islands of Santorini, Mykonos and Ios. I plan to make it up to you by posting pictures... O:-) Unfortunately, my camera broke right when I arrived in Mykonos....its supposed to be "waterproof"..guess NOT. Olympus will definitely be getting an angry angry call. -_-

Anyways, a special thanks to my awesome Roomies April and Teresa; they took pics of food for me :)

So I guess I'll post my pictures as a 9 part series - each day's worth of food on my trip (I only have pics from Athens and Santorini as of now)

Night of Arrival in Glyfada:

Dinner at Rigani in Glyfada - my First and MOST deilcious Gyros. I got the mixed meat - Pita bread filled with onions, tomatos, meat, tatziki and french fries.

First Day in Athens:
Lunch:

#1Stuffed Grape Leaves or Vine Leaves , #2 Rabbit...yes, and it was DELICIOUS!!!


Snacks:


#1 Pistaccio Ice cream!!!!!!!! SO GOOD!! #2 Lu Cafe in Athens: coffee with ICE CREAM!!


Dinner:
Location: Taverna Peristeria - Athens
This was by far my favorite place to eat Moussaka!!! My roomies April, Teresa and I asked a local where a great non-touristy place to eat was. We were brought to TAverna Peristeria. I recommend coming here if you ever go to Athens. The owner doesn't speak any english but I got away with "Yassou" hello, "Ti Kanis?" how are you?, and "poli kala!!!" very good!! accompanied by a thumbs up.


#1 Greek Salad ( they don't use lettuce) #2 Moussaka (closest thing i can compare it to is shepards pie, but better!) #3 Free Dessert!! - almost like a light pound cake with a sweet syrup!

Us in front of the Restaruant:



Efharisto Ellada!!!! (Thank You Greece!!)

Strawberry Fields Forever

I decided to jazz up my strawberry and turn it into a flower. Eat with your eyes first, right? :)

I'm sorry for the boring posts lately, but I promise something extra special this weekend!

it's a cake! it's a cupcake!......IT'S A PULL APART CUPCAKE CAKE THAT LOOKS LIKE ICE CREAM!!!

So this is a super special post. Last night was my BFF Anna's Birthday dinner! We've known eachother for 17 years now, and she has always been the most supportive, awesome, sweet, [insert positive adjectives] friend I could ever ask for.

She's always been a fan of my baking. Her two favorite things to eat are cupcakes and ice cream. I decided to bake her a pull apart cupcake cake. I didn't have time to take pictures of the baking process, but I do have a pic of my final product!!





HAPPY BIRTHDAY ONCE AGAIN!!!

A gift to myself

Recently there have been a lot of Birthdays within my food loving circle. I decided to get into that gift giving spirit and buy myself something nice...drum roll please....

A NEW PIPING TIP SET!!!!!! Aren't they beautiful?

Cats like gyozas too!! Thanks Joanie for posting this!