Famous Food in Cyprus

Cypriot cuisine has similar ingredients and flavors as Greek and Turkish food.

A typical Cypriot dinner begins with appetizers, dips, and salads, followed by meat-heavy mains, and concluding with a light dessert and traditional strong coffee that’s brewed with local beans. Eating together is cultural in this Eastern Mediterranean country and meals are often shared to build relationships and community.

Here are some of the most delicious Cypriot food you should try if you visit Cyprus.

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Appetizer (Mezze) & Main Courses

Hellimli

Halloumoti / Hellimli is a Cypriot savory pastry/ bread made with halloumi cheese, it is consisting of flour, water, salt, butter, halloumi cheese, and olive oil.

The flavor can be enhanced with chopped onions and mint.

The dough is traditionally baked in clay ovens until the exterior of the bread became golden color.

Village salad

Village salad is a rustic and simple salad, it is similar to Greek salad.

Village salad made of tomato, cucumber, whole kalamata olives, and thinly sliced red onion, with the addition of fresh lettuce, then topped with chunks of feta cheese, drizzled with extra virgin olive oil, and sprinkled with dried oregano.

Meze

Literally means “small dishes" from 5-20 dishes. It contains dishes of Pita bread, and a variety of dips* such as tzatziki, taramosalata, and hummus. Ouzo and Arak go best with a meze.

Meze acts as a tasting platter of appetizers, either as an accompaniment with drinks or as the first course. It may also