Santorini… Praia de Akrotiri… À beira-mar, existe há muitos anos uma pequena e tradicional caverna, construída pelo tio Nikolas com as próprias mãos quando ele era jovem. Feita com muito amor e paixão, a caverna ofereceu uma espécie de abrigo para ele e seu barquinho.
Sempre ao seu lado estava sua esposa, tia Efstathia, cuja culinária “mágica” enlouquecia todo mundo. O inesquecível Spiros Marinatos, diretor do projeto de escavação no sítio arqueológico de Akrotiri, sugeriu ao tio Nicolas que transformasse este abrigo em uma pequena taberna, para os famintos operários da escavação, oferecendo-lhes guloseimas tradicionais e deliciosas como tomates, fava, “ queijo cloro, espaguete com molho e bastante peixe fresco.
Com o passar dos anos, a gruta tornou-se rapidamente conhecida pelos visitantes da ilha, já que após a visita à escavação costumavam dirigir-se à praia para provar os populares petiscos da Tia Efstathias e o vinho rico em sabor e especiarias do Tio Nicolas.
Em 1981, a “Caverna de Nicolas” passou para a filha, Margarita, que aprendeu a arte de cozinhar com a esposa do Sr. Marinato. O seu amor pela cozinha tradicional e pelos produtos locais, que ela e o seu marido, Nicolas, cultivam, valeu-lhe o Prémio Gourmet, como a melhor taberna tradicional de 2007-2008 em Santorini.
Cardápio
COVER
Fresh rustic bread.
Dry-baked pita bread on the coals.
Toasted slices of bread spread with garlic, oregano and olive oil.
SANTORINI DELICACIES
Fresh vegetables from our production fried in olive oil. They contain small tomatoes, fresh and dried onion, basil, zucchini and flour.
A variation of the well-known Santorinian tomatoballs with cod fish (awarded as the best tomatoballs in Santorini).
Vine leaves filled with rice, dill and onion.
Legumes with rich flavor and aroma, boiled with dry onion and olive oil. Served with capers and thinly sliced onion.
The most delicious variant of fava sauteed with onion and capers. Served with sun-dried tomatoes.
Cooked on the coals. It is served thin-cut with garlic, olive oil and parsley.
Contains our locally produced cheese, chloro, feta, kefalotyri and Cretan gruyere.
A platter that allows you to taste the gastronomy of Santorini. It contains tomato balls, dolmadakia, fava, chloro, grilled eggplant and Santorini salad.
APPETIZERS
Contains marinated anchovy, vegetables from our garden, octopus in vinegar, taramas cream spread, etc.
Contains sausage, fried pork, salad, spicy cheese cream spread, etc.
Cream spread of yogurt, garlic and cucumber.
Cream spread of mixed cheeses and spicy pepper.
Cream spread of fish eggs.
Mashed potatoes with garlic and olive oil.
Fried cheese (kefalotyri) with lemon.
Grilled with tomato, bell pepper, olive oil and oregano.
Hand-cut fresh potatoes, fried in oil.
Thin zucchini slices fried in oil.
The traditional Greek sushi. Anchovies fillet marinated with vinegar, salt and garlic.
Chopped slices fried in sunflower oil. Served with grated cheese.
SALADS
With organic products and local cheese, all from our own garden, showcasing the unique flavors of island.
Boiled cabbage with marinated anchovies and salted codfish.
Tomato, cucumber, pepper, onion, olives, feta and olive oil.
Rusk served with rubbed tomato, capers, feta cheese, olive oil and oregano.
Mixed green salad with different kinds of lettuces served with balsamic vinegar.
Boiled greens (wild greens or radishes).
Broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, carrot, potato.
SOUPS
Warm velvety soup with fresh vegetables from our garden.
Warm velvety soup with fresh vegetables, mussels, shrimp and calamari.
Warm velvety soup with fresh vegetables and fresh fish of the day.
MAIN COURSES
Fish fillet of the day, sauteed with tomato from Santorini, capers, garlic and rosemary with a touch of Santorini assyrtiko wine. Served with grilled vegetables.
Santorini's fava stands out for its unique taste, but when combined with rice and seafood it is unique.
Fried cod fish fillet served with vegetables and skordalia.
The flavors of an entire island on a plate, made only with fresh ingredients from Santorini, white eggplant, zucchini, potato, onion, peppers, chloro cheese and tomato sauce with basil.
Tomatoes and peppers stuffed with rice, onion and herbs.
With Santorini tomato sauce, garlic and basil.
Tomato sauce with fresh minced beef.
Fresh chicken fillet grilled. It is accompanied with fried potatoes.
Made with fresh beef minced meat grilled. Served with fried potatoes.
Fresh pork fillet grilled. It is accompanied with fried potatoes.
Lamb chops and thighs cooked with lemon or tomato. Served with fried potatoes.
With pork, chicken, burger, sausage and potatoes.
SEAFOOD
Fresh calamari fried.
Grilled fresh calamari over charcoals.
Top quality shrimp fried or grilled.
Small shrimp in tomato sauce, feta cheese and pepper.
Fresh cuttlefish, fried or grilled.
Balls made from minced fresh cuttlefish.
Poached with lemon and ouzo.
With tomato sauce and feta cheese.
Fresh octopus with oil, vinegar and pickles.
SEAFOOD PASTA
Sauteed lobster with orzotto, vegetables and tomato sauce.
Delicious lobster pasta with fresh lobster and Santorini tomato sauce.
Orzotto with various seafood, vegetables and tomato sauce.
Orzotto with peeled shrimp, tomato sauce and basil.
Large and small shrimp with tomato sauce.
Various seafood with tomato basil sauce and ouzo aroma.
FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA
Contains calamari, shrimp, mussels, octopus.
Contains various fish of the day.
Contains fish of the day, grilled calamari, grilled shrimp, grilled lobster.
FRESH FISH
WATER
REFRESHMENTS
OUZO
TSIPOURO
BEERS
OUR WINE "THE CAVE OF NIKOLAS" 750 ml
COFFEES
SWEETS - ICE CREAMS
in various flavors
