Panigyri Festival Food is the embodiment of culinary memories. Chef Fanis Maikantis and journalist Katerina Karsioti invite you to Santorini.
Stories written between nature and next to beautiful and large groups of people have greatness of soul, aroma and emotions climbing high, conveying an authentic experience as if it emerges from your family home with the experience becoming a direct memory.
Fira in Santorini, your own house, your own outdoor courtyard, your own insular family home conveys an authentic gastronomic experience that unfolds a genuine memory.
This is none other than unsurpassed flavors that have been imprinted in the mind and heart.
Herbs’ aromas and plants that surround you, from the all-white setting colored by bougainvillea and from the unsurpassed scent of the wood oven that takes you back in time.
Because at the tables the most beautiful stories are unfolded and reborn then, now and in the future and through gastronomy the most wonderful narrative is created resembling heritage and at the same time whispering exploration and discovery.
You design the experience Explore… flavors & Discover… whole places
Yes… you are at Panigyri Festival Food by Chef Fanis Maikantis
The place where gastronomy is “dance”, a “celebration”, a “festival” of unique materials and products, recipes of then and now and with the primary sector having the first say!
The Gastronomic Oasis of Santorini with an authentic “Panigyri” of Tastes revolves 360 degrees around you …
An insular gem with intense traditional finesse but also with minimal aesthetics is a real oasis… for your palate.
Under a wooden pergola and next to an open kitchen, the freedom of performance of each dish is a milestone and of course the main point.
This is the element that the island needed, that was missing, that one definitely would desire to encounter.
Fanis Maikantis, Chef, who for many years, envisioned an open house in the island, where original recipes with authenticity would be the companions of each visitor.
Each dish is a living organism in which the collection of materials and products from various parts of Greece finally create a “place” or otherwise a “festival”.
A “festival” with a delicious profile that has origins, has roots and of course… narrative.
A gastronomic place where the Greek tradition evolves in the most original, creative and innovative way.
Favorite raw materials and others that are forgotten are put under the microscope of Chefs and are reborn in the most beautiful way, in a way that in the end the memory is the ultimate star.
Impressive and at the same time fascinating is the fact that you will see sun-dried tomatoes but also eels, mixinaria, cod and mackerel and after days you will get the opportunity to taste them on your table with combinations that will undoubtedly trigger all the senses.
There will also be no dish that you do not try not combined with its own, all-inclusive extra virgin olive oil.
Different varieties, different Greek brands from every part of Greece embalm in the restaurant, each proposing its own unique green finesse.
The experiential of the case has the first say at Panigyri.
From the very first moment you feel like you are in a large estate.
On the one hand you will be guided to the garden and learn about the seasonality and the incredible combinations.
On the other hand you will be in an open kitchen that really pushes you to ask enjoying everything that you imagine.
Ultimately, will find yourself flipping through the minimal menu which is like an ark – and this is because it is constantly changing – which will point at you dishes with a directorial structure and local ingredients… from Santorini and nearby islands.
Do not hesitate to ask the storyline hidden behind the fava beans, the cherry tomatoes, the amazing melitini, a traditional sweet of the island which you will admire while enjoying it.
Textures, aromas, authentic characters of Santorini where you will savor in the restaurant with all its different variations.
At Panigyri Festival Food, gastronomy has no borders because it travels, it has no limits because every element and every material is utilized in the best unique way, it is unconfined due to its philosophy and personality.
After all, you understand the populace better through gastronomy…
Next to the wood oven… time of food is a ritual
The feeling of cooking with friends is unsurpassed!
The feeling of cooking at the restaurant is one of the elements that launches your experience at the Panigyri Festival Food.
Cooking with the chefs, to decide at that time what you will enjoy, to choose the vegetables of your salad but also the extra virgin olive oil that will accompany the baked bread and the dish of your day.
Food time is Sacred like a Rite and in Fira of Santorini it is not just an idea but has turned in practice.
Your Menu of the Day at Panigyri Festival Food is Your Experience…
The summer landscape demands the greenest salad with all its aromas to enclose you in grapes, kale and zucchini with the cucumber pickle and the sour cheese in pistachio nuts completing an intoxicating result.
Yes, the “greens of the Earth” is a favorite fresh salad that relaxes combined with extra virgin olive oil of the Koroneiki variety or 8k olive oil directly from Monemvasia in the Peloponnese.
All of a sudden, directly from the wood-fired oven, you host on your table a sourdough bread of slow maturation, full of grace and taste from the past, as if you were in your village and offered by your beloved grandmother.
Memory that is never erased, with an authentic whiff and taste.
You enjoy it with Santorini tomato paste that has something “royal”, with Agrinio olives that their intensity is fixed and with extra virgin Ziro olive oil from the bewitched Sitia that boasts for its PDO green gold.
Monovarietal with the particularly aromatic characteristics of the Koroneiki variety play a leading role and the aromas of freshly cut grass, artichoke, herbs and tomato leaves passing one by one from your palate.
Μake a plot twist and receive on your table a dish that you will love… with an excellent texture, with a really subversive taste in a combination that simply surprises.
Do not forget that at Panigyri Festival Food the opportunity to try some raw materials more misunderstood such as lamb brains, sweetbreads, beef tongue and a lot more goodies.
It’s time for beef tongue, which is perfectly accompanied by smoked corn cream, pickled almonds and citrus assorted with The Sin extra virgin olive oil will leave the most smoked wonderful aftertaste.
The next dish test has a great momentum, an awesome intensity with a delicious profile that is really as genuine as this particular recipe.
Greet the crunchy rabbit meatballs with stew sauce and black olive fillet, a delicious dish that is elevated with the Myrtolia variety and Salvation olive oil.
Let your spirit flow to the magic of the moment.
What would you say to follow-through with a real challenge that is none other than the open pie on the grill with lamb brains, fragrant rock sapphire and lemon fillet…
A challenge that will reward you with the above. He who dares wins!
The gastronomic scenario could not bring to a close with the sweetest touch.
Sweet, fancy, soft, cool and very creative.
With this dish you will be definitely left in awe inasmuch very simply in every spoon you will be seeking to find what you taste…
And yes it is Thyme Cream with grapes, raisin cookie, thyme sorbet and olive oil caramel.
A refined and renowned delight at the Panigyri Festival Food.
“Because… the gastronomic narrative at Panigyri is a… constant challenge!
The game of exploring green gold starts with… “Olive Oil Experience Santorini” by Panigyri Festival Food & Olive Epitome
A trip to the wonderful world of extra virgin olive oil
Olive Oil Experience Santorini is an additional service designed by Panigyri Festival Food restaurant and Olive Epitome.
Different varieties of extra virgin olive oil found in every part of the country are highlighted revealing its special character, the importance of tasting green gold, its correct uses but also its great introduction to Greek cuisines.
“Olive oil offers a unique journey through time, history, cultural heritage and gastronomy.” Ιt’s world is as great as !!! the very same !!!
Elegant and expensive Greek product offers memories, a palette of aromas and taste that impresses as well as a huge nutritional value.
With a rich character and a narrative that runs you back to your roots, it designs for you the most personal experience.
Olive oil tasting is in the foreground on your table…
An experience
Different Greek Labels
Distinctive Varieties
Α personal event
Explore and Discover its outstanding personality through the Olive Oil Experience Santorini
In a garden next to the Panigyri Festival Food restaurant, the extra virgin olive oil has found its place, conveying to the visitor an unsurpassed great condition.
Under almond trees and Santorini peanuts but also next to greens and herbs, “push” your sense of smell to acquire more and more aromas , which through tasting you will enter the process of discovering and naming them.
Uncovering the green gold, the diamond that is born in nature and spreads in the ether with the most imposing personality…
Because behind the extra virgin olive oil are hidden fresh greens, almond, tomato, chamomile, artichoke and green apple but also an abundance of spices.
Through the tasting and the sommelier’s guidance, you will walk into special taste paths, you will single out elements, you will welcome favorite Greek varieties and finally…
Discover the green gold, the diamond that is born in nature and spreads in the ether with the most imposing personality.
Your table receives eight extra virgin olive oils from different labels, each of which is accompanied according to the taste profile with its own unique dish.
Varieties such as Koroneiki, Megaritiki, Athinoelia and Mavroelia, Tsounati, Lianoelia, Manaki, Tsampidoelia and Kolovi, convey in a charming way their profile, character and aromatic characteristics.
The extra virgin olive oil in the excellent service … of gastronomy
They are recommended to you and through the Olive Oil experience Santorini are enabled…
Olive oil tasting is an actual ritual.
You manage to acquaint yourself with the history and culture of the olive, the uses of olive oil, the familiarity with quality olive oil and the factors that affect its quality, the principles of cultivation, oil producing and storage, the organoleptic evaluation and of course the huge importance of olive oil in gastronomy.
A veritable “game” of flavors and aromas through, which you first explore and then discover!
About the Authors
In Fira, Santorini, Chef Fanis Maikantis and Journalist-Guide Katerina Karsioti “lead” the visitor-reader to the authentic story hidden behind the Panigyri Festival Food where the gastronomic experience… has a memory!
They also design your menu of the day which includes six subversive dishes that activate all the senses and are a real… challenge, with the three favorite local products of the island, fava beans, cherry tomatoes and melitini waiting to unfold their own tale.
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