oh how I wish I was there right now.....
There were lots of things we loved about Cyprus, the weather, the sights, the beaches, and of course the food. It was a wonderful blend of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavors. Incredibly fresh Greek salads with the creamiest feta (which I'm sure was not pasteurized), grilled, salty halloumi, Lebanese style kabobs, rich tzatziki and tahini (tashi), incredibly fresh fish, grilled meats, and the most amazing olive oil. While I find Italian olive oils earthy and Spanish to be nutty, the Cypriot olive oil had a rich and complex fruitiness to it. I only brought back two bottles and now I am really regretting it. Most of our dinners were the Mediterranean meze style which was often 20, yes, 20 plates of food. We spent a day on the Turkish side of Cyprus where we saw some sights and had a meze lunch with a main dish of grilled chicken and I picked up a few different varieties of Turkish paprika with strong aromatics. I love traveling and it felt great getting in a rejuvenating, international trip before our addition arrives. Of course, it also felt great eating a lot, taking a lot of naps by the beach and reading a book I couldn't put down.
Moussaka! One of my favorite dishes I had there....and a fabulous afternoon nap followed.
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