Food in Cyprus

Food in Cyprus is one of the reasons that the quality of living in Cyprus is maintained at such high standards. Due to the weather conditions on the island there is a big variety on fresh vegetables, fruits, meat and dairy products, while fish and other seafood comes right from the Mediterranean sea. In the recent past, one of the main sectors where majority of Cypriots workforce was occupied is the agriculture sector. Until now there are many people, mainly in the rural areas working in the agriculture sector, making sure that whatever comes on your table is fresh, traditionally brought-up and free from any radiation.

Eating out can be delightful, especially when you know that all the ingredients used in a recipy, are fresh and healthy. The great majority of restaurants in Cyprus, serving traditional or International dishes, thrive to use whatever is best and the result is really good. Some of the most popular dishes amongst the locals and the visitors are “souvlakia” in “pita” bread, “gemista”, “calamari” with fries and traditional village salad. Some Cypriot traditional food products are, the “halloumi” cheese, “Comandaria” a type of sweet wine, several cold cuts like “chiromeri”, “posirti” and “lountza” and “flaouna”, which is baked on Easter time. All these delicacies are served in traditional taverns all over the island.

Cypriot Dishes are often very simple and easy to cook. Traditional Cyprus food includes pork, lamb chicken and fish served with potatoes, pasta, rice and pulses (beans, lentils etc). Cauliflower casseroled with meat and potatos in tomato sauce, fried pork chops with “Commanderia” and coriander, green beans in a tomato sauce with carrot, potatoes and onions, a vegetable named “kolokasi” cooked with tomato and celery, black eyed beans cooked with a vegetable called “lahano”, “pourghouri”, which is cracked bulgher wheat with cracked vermicelli, cooked with onion and tomatoes and all manner of stuffed courgette, peppers, aubergines and mushrooms are only some of the traditional Cypriot dishes.

Cyprus cuisine is even though influenced by many neighbouring countries, is based of the Mediterranean diet. Thus Cypriot traditional meals are always accompanied with bread, a vegetable salad, perhaps yogurt, water, freshly squeezed juice or wine for a drink and fruits for dessert. Lots of fresh lemon is squeezed over several dishes, while various herbs and spices like mint, thyme, oregano, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, roka, parsley and celery, add taste and liven up each dish. Despite the fact that Cypriots enjoy to taste other countries’ cuisine, the majority of the population stick to the Mediterranean diet.
This is the secret of longevity! Mediterranean diet is proven to promote a good health, maintaining a strong hard. This explains why many people live at a ripe old age, here in Cyprus.

Cyprus food market is wide, because nutrition is very important for Cypriots. Cyprus produces food from all the nutritional categories and therefore is considered to be self-sufficient. Yet by the terms of free competition there are also several and various imported goods and products. At the supermarkets all over Cyprus one can find world’s most popular brands in food products. Cyprus foods are strictly not Genetically Modified, but there are some imported Genetically Modified Food on the supermarket shelves. 

Cyprus is the ideal place to live, for those who want to take up the Mediterranean Nutrition and change food habits. Again, if you are a Vegetarian Cyprus will look like heaven with all those fresh vegetables and fruits and all the tasty and healthy recipes cooked at the restaurants. Every restaurant’s menu includes dishes that are vegetarian. Regardless if you are eating out or cooking your own meals food in Cyprus is what you say good value of money, with top quality at a low cost.

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