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What to eat in Thessaloniki
For a quick introduction to Thessaloniki’s food, start with bougatsa or a sesame koulouri, then look for an ouzeri meal built around small shared dishes. Seafood and soutzoukakia offer different directions for a longer meal.
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These dishes make the city’s food choices easier to read. Bougatsa is a cream-filled pastry often eaten at breakfast, while koulouri is a sesame bread you can pick up from a bakery or street seller. At an ouzeri, small plates accompany ouzo or tsipouro; mussels, octopus and fava are among the examples to look for.
What to look for
Bougatsa is a cream-filled pastry associated with breakfast.
Soutzoukakia appear grilled or in a tomato and cumin sauce.
Mussels feature in rice dishes and tomato-based saganaki.
Useful to know
Start with a pastry if you want a short food stop; save an ouzeri for a slower shared meal.
For seafood, look for mussel dishes such as mydopilafo or mydia saganaki.
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