Traditional Santorinian dishes include the fava dip, a salad with cherry tomatoes with chloro cheese, the santorini cucumber 'Katsouni' and capers, tomatokeftedes (tomato rissoles), and the round fat baby courgettes grown locally. Favourite main courses are dishes of grilled meat, or seafood such as octopus, squid, red snappers and kalamari. Santorini also grows its own watermelon, which is small, dark in colour with lots of pips, and has an excellent taste.

Santorinian wine by the bottle or barreled wine produced locally, raki or a light beer accompany the meal. No meal is complete without Greek pastries and thick strong coffee. Taverns are usually cheaper than restaurants - they offer simple but tasty dishes ...