What dishes come to mind when you hear the words "Greek cuisine"? Business Insider's Anneta Konstantinides bets she could guess.
A thick pita overflowing with gyro meat, fries poking out like spikes from glistening white tzatziki. Maybe a colorful horiatiki salad of cucumber, tomato, and red onion, topped with a thick square of feta. Or perhaps you have a sweet tooth and are fantasizing about baklava, with its flaky phyllo and glossy syrup.
As a proud Greek American, Konstantinides grew up with (and loves) all of the above. She also knows there's so much more to Greek cuisine than the same few things.
So on a trip back to her parents' homeland, she decided to explore the world of Greek fine dining. She went to dinner at Makris Athens, a Michelin-starred restaurant that explores Greek gastronomy through the kind of wildly playful and imaginative dishes you'd expect to see on "Chef's Table."
It was a meal where nothing was as it seemed — and that was a good thing.
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