Blog: Kalliopi Kitchen by Karen Watts

A Perfect Pairing : VLK & Private Chef

Words and images by VLK`s Peter Wilcock To perfectly complement your luxury holiday experience is to find the most perfect accoutrement to any stay – booking your own outstanding Private Chef… When guests book VLK Rhodes, we consistently recommend the finest experiences available to them. Our extensive island knowledge identifying

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Summer Favourites

  Our fabulous foodie blogs based around Rhodes can be enjoyed CLICK HERE  Words and images by Karen Watts Initially I had intended this blog to be called Migrant Kitchens. However, after eating at a few of my favourite non-Greek establishments I found that due to frozen chips and house

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The Secret of the Authentic Greek Salad

Our fabulous foodie blogs based around Rhodes can be enjoyed CLICK HERE    The below was sent to us by Chef Ionel, with lots of lovely compliments as a reader himself of the Kalliopi Kitchen blogs. We love compliments so thank you Chef. Chef Ionel and I seem to have

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Meat The Grill

Words by Karen Watts Images Amy Dench, Chris Watts and other images courtesy of Nio Hori and Stavlos Restaurant   I know it is not ecologically sound to promote meat, but I’m going to do it anyway.  The grilling of meat has always been a Greek passion be it on

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An Italian Connection

Words by Karen Watts Photography by Chris Watts There is a long and twisted history of Italians in the Dodecanese. This is especially visible on Rhodes where Italian architecture from the first half of the last century features all over Rhodes. The casino was built by the Italians, as was

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creme brûlée

A Very Grande Affair

Words and image Karen Watts Opera Grande https://operagrande.com/the-bistro/ opened last July for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  I have had the pleasure of eating all three. Several times.  On arrival, be shown to a table, dump your jacket and go investigate the inside. On their first visit, most people, myself included,

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