Seaside Lunch

Banking business in Samos Town, followed by frappe’s in the Town Square, then on to a seaside café in Avlakia, with Dimitris and a buddy, who brought fresh raw sea urchin, (a prized Greek delicacy). The café served us dishes of stewed tomatoes, feta cheese, and shrimp; a kind of field peas and snaps, that grow among the grape vines; stewed okra and tomatoes, with fried potatoes; toasted bread with olive oil and herbed garlic; a mixed seafood bait plate, of fried squid, grilled octopus, fried finger smelt, (eaten whole, head, eyes, guts, and tail); served with Amstel Beer and Ouzo. Then home for a nap.

photo by Newell