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It really shouldn’t have surprised me, the Greek culture being one of the oldest in the world and all, but the Greeks have a ton of traditional foods!  What with the different alphabet and the difficult pronunciations, it’s hard to remember what everything is.  So here is a guide to some of the traditional Greek food you’ll be ordering and eating when you travel through Greece.   Savory Greek Foods Barbounia Barbounia (μπαρμπούνι) are red mullet fish, small little fish that are red in color and delicious fried.  There’s a lot of picking meat off the bones and it takes quite a few to make a meal, but the taste is well worth the effort. Biftekia When Yoav, our Tripology Adventures guide, kept offering hamburgers as an option at lunch, I felt a little offended we were being offered an American dish when we were in the heart of Greece.  What I eventually realized was we were actually being offered a traditional Greek food called biftekia (μπιφτέκια).  We receiv...

Greece has an abundance of food and dishes unique to the country and it can be overwhelming for a traveler to Greece who doesn’t have knowledge of Greek food beyond Greek salad and baklava.  A great introduction to traditional Greek food is with an Athens food tour.  Even better is an Athens food tour that also provides an overview of the layout and sites of Athens, all while riding around on three wheels.  Scooterise provides such a food tour of Athens. The Vehicle Scooterise provides tours of Athens on trikkes , battery powered three-wheeled scooters.  Scooterise’s motto is “see more, sweat less” because the trikkes enable their guests to zip around Athens, covering a lot of territory in a short amount of time. Driving a trikke is a little bit like driving a Segway in that you’re standing on a moving battery powered vehicle.  However, while a Segway is controlled by moving the handlebar, a trikke is controlled by a throttle on the handle and brakes.  Dr...

Stockholm may be the capital city of Sweden, but Gothenburg is Sweden’s food capital and was actually voted as such in 2012.  Gothenburg, Göteborg in Swedish, recently added to its culinary accolades by gaining two more Michelin stars.  Gothenburg already boasted four Michelin-starred restaurants: Bhoga, Restaurang 28+, Sjömagasinet, and Thörnströms Kök. On February 26, 2015, Michelin announced its 2015 stars for Scandinavia and added two more Michelin starred restaurants to Gothenburg’s list: SK Mat & Människor and KOKA.   Six Michelin stars is quite an accomplishment for a city with a population around 500,000, but it isn’t a complete surprise because of the great food the region offers.  As Gothenburg is a coastal town in West Sweden, high-quality fish and shellfish are plentiful.  The area also provides mushrooms, berries, dairy products, and other local and organic ingredients that are showcased in Gothenburg’s restaurants. Related:  48 Hour...