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Takeaways

Traditional taste and authentic
recipes. Discover exclusively
Myconian products from
small companies with high
standards of freshness,
seasonality and flavour.

Lena's house

A myconian townhouse of the 19th century,
part of a larger building that belonged to
the war hero-captain Nicholaos Sourmelis,
and can be found in the centre of Mykonos
town, Chora.

BESIDES THE Archeological Museum, there are two more
museums in Chora - the Aegean Maritime Museum and the
Folklore Museum of Mykonos. Lena’s House, which forms
part of the Folklore Museum, is as a typical example of a 19th
century middle-class house, complete with furnishings dating from
that period. It is well worth a visit, as it showcases a beautiful
collection of European and Greek 19th century furniture, as
Discover the famous SWEET OR SAVOURY, raw or cooked, local products Mykonou’, run by the Koukas family, and other well as everyday items and ornaments, embroideries, mirrors,
«kalathakia» (small tarts
with an almond-based filling), are always high-quality. The Mykonos amygdalota important producers such as Giorgos Xenarios, gravures and household effects, all displayed in the manner of
the local creamy cheeses and (macaroons) are real petits bijoux dusted with caster supply the local supermarkets with the creamy, their era. The Drakopoulou family donated the house, which
the excellent pork products, sugar. You can find them at the Skaropoulos shop peppery Mykonos feta spread kopanisti (Cyclades bears the name of its last resident, Lena Skirvanou. Lena’s
such as louza (lean, air-dried
tenderloin flavoured with (now operating as ‘Matsoukas’) and the patisserie PDO), the dried xynotyro and the tart tyrovolia. House is in the centre of Chora, at Tria Pigadia, next to the
spices and oregano). ‘Kyklamino’ – don’t forget to try the almond-based You will find excellent pork products, such as Aegean Maritime Museum, tel. +30 6942-487224.
pastry called rozedes, the kalathakia (small tarts louza (lean, air-dried tenderloin flavoured with
with an almond-based filling) and the skaltsounia spices and oregano) and top-quality sausages, at Museums must make it easier for people to see clearly in
(walnut-filled, crescent-shaped pastries). As for the the three main meat producers/sellers, Madoupas, all directions, to choose their path among many others
island’s famous dairy products, the ‘Tyrokomeio Markaras and Menaghias. in the past. At the same time, they must help them to be
inspired by the beauty of a place like Chora.

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