I'm sure there's lots of puns to be made on Rhodes and roads but I am too tired after a vast and Epicurean meal which Jane and Tom and I had at Ta Koupia, said by the London Guardian to be one of the world's top 10 restaurants. I have never eaten so much in my life and I have totally negated all the exercise I got from climbing up the Acropolis of Rhodes this morning and the clock tower this afternoon...We ate outside in a lovely garden next to a pond which emitted recorded frog-noises every half hour or so - decidedly strange, since everything else was very elegant.
Yesterday we visited Patmos for a morning to see the Cave of the Apocalypse where St John had his REvelation, thence to Rhodes by catamaran which was fun and fast and not good for those who suffer from motion sickness. Rhodes is a pretty place but quite full of English tourists who embarrass me but don't seem to make an impression on anyone else in our group, so I'm learning to live with it. I'm going to waddle up the stairs to bed now...
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This is too funny! When I "Googled" Ta Koupia, your blog entry was in the top 4 listings. Just incredible. Sadly, information for this restaurant in English is rather hard to come by and your description is by far the most interesting. Of course!
Oh no - all I really talked about were the recorded frog noises, and I want to have it on record that the setting was beautiful - whitewashed walls in a garden full of lovely flowers, and the food was incredible, especially the 1st course which had about 10 different salads and the main course which had the poshest and best gyros I have ever eaten. Ta Koupia, s'agapao!
And for Koupia, read, of course, Kioupia. Apparently it means some sort of ancient pot.
Dear Both,
I wanted to add that the restaurant ta kioupia has a website, with photos etc, mainly for the establishment in Athens, However I can assure you that the food, the service and the actual place, is also as good as the one in Rhodes, in a different way ..
have a look here: http://www.takioupia.com/en/index.html
www.takioupia.com
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