Boukadoura Restaurant in Nikiti, Halkidiki

The charismatic mistress-cook Giota Koufadaki created at the beginning of the 21st century in Boukadoura restaurant at Elia beach in Nikiti of Halkidiki, perhaps the best ambassador of Greek gastronomy in Halkidiki. First of all, the cuisine is based on traditional Greek cuisine endowed with truly authentic taste (Greek Cuisine Award).

The place is amazing on the sea, among the pines, without any obstacles to enjoy the unique sea of ​​Halkidiki and the sunset. The building is an old family farmhouse - here Giota gathered her little olives from her family estate - a covered terrace with heavy wooden beams, a flowered courtyard, white linen tablecloths and towels and an endless and unsightly view of the Aegean Sea. The atmosphere exudes a nobility and an ethos. Serving is done with care full of warmth and honesty as kitchen and serving is mainly a family affair.

Before the main dishes start to land on the table, the cheese arrives, made by the hands of Mrs. Giota with aromatic herbs and pistachio of Aegina accompanied by raspberry jam and wine and the musk salad with the colorful tomatoes is shown first and art is presented to you de table with its exquisite tableware.

The next dish is the variety with pickles which is a sour paradise: Pickled kiwi, carrot, fresh beans, mountain fern, kritamo, pumpkin, vine sprouts and the sweetest pickled garlic I have ever tasted! Its menu: moussaka only with aubergines, kebabs wrapped in vine leaves, fish yachni with plenty of onions and kolobaropita (pumpkin pie), cabbage stuffing, octopus vinegar, meatballs with tuna, "psima" and "kashtiko" including the depicted sea pasturma, made of fresh cod and plenty of cement!

The delicacies in Boukadoura have no end: smoked mackerel in the pan with marathoriza, fried greens with feta cheese, hunkar begati, kabourmadome appetizers and much more.

Giota's salad - a poem, elegant with the oil and the petimezi of Halkidiki, the autumn pomegranate with the smile of the noblewoman in front of me - was the best farewell memory from a very rich in flavors and knowledge two days in Halkidiki.