Santorini Restaurant, Seoul
Santorini is a Greek restaurant located in Itaewon, Seoul, in the alley behind the Hamilton Hotel. The owner is a Greek so be rest assured about the authenticity of the food. The restaurant offers mild but special Greek dishes, also creating an exotic atmosphere inside its interior. There are balcony-like sidewall with cobalt-blue colored window frames at the restaurant adorned with some Greek items and paintings. Almost every Greek dish is usually cooked with olive oil. Greek dishes are traditionally served warm rather than hot.
The restaurant offers starters like Greek salad (14,000 won), a mix four-spread combo (12,000 won) for an appetizer and a pork souvlaki (18,000 won) for a main dish which is marinated and cooked on a rotisserie. The Greek salad is mixed with chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and feta cheese with fresh olives. The food is simple and really delicious. The mix combo consists of four colorful spreads; tzatziki (a Greek sauce or dip made of strainted yogurt flavored with garlic and onion), taramosalata (a Greek caviar spread with pale pink color), eggplant spread and skordalia (a Greek garlic potato sauce). You can also try the spreads on fresh bread for tastes that range from sweet to fresh sour white sauce, which stimulates the appetites before digging into the main dish. Lamb dishes are also available.
If you don't want to venture too far into new food, it is recommendable to order gyros and pita bread (18,000 won). The baked bread stuffed with tzatziki, feta cheese, pork and salted potatoes tastes like a kebab sandwich. You can try a number of assorted Greek wines, which are rarely served in Korea. The restaurant serves Greek signature wines such as Cava Cambas, Naoussa Boutari and Mavrodaphne, costing from 20,000-80,000 won. White wines such as Santorini cost from 30,000 to 50,000 won. You can also try some real Greek coffee which is somewhat muddy or, have the Nescafe Frappe, which is famous in Greece.
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