Xaire! Welcome to our establishment. While we are proud of our selection of traditional, "classic" Greek dishes, we also offer a wide variety of Roman dishes as well. We hope you enjoy your meal, and that it strengthens and refreshes you during your time in the library.
All dishes comes with your choice of wine. Pick from the drinks menu.
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From the first hour to the fourth | |
| "Classic" Greek Style | Roman Style | |
| Bread and olive oil. Pick from wheat, or rye, in big loaves or small. Wine is provided for dipping. | Bread and cheese. Pick from wheat, Cilician loaves (large and gritty), Cappadocian (soft and salty), or suet bread. Wine or goat's milk is provided for dipping. | |
| Barley puls (paste/porridge) - This is first steeped, and then slowly roasted with flax and coriander seeds. | Barley puls, Roman style - This is not steeped, and is roasted with flax, coriander, and millet. | |
| Flavored breads - Pick from honey-and-oil, or cheese breads, mushroom-shaped topped with poppy seeds, rolls on a spit (a favorite with warriors), wine wafer bread, and dice (square loaves with aniseed, cheese, and oil). |
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From the fifth hour to the ninth. | |
| Pick one or two hot dishes from the deipnon section. | Or choose one of the two items below. | |
| Cold meat, bread, and fruit | Cold meat and eggs |
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After the ninth hour | |
| Buy food for deipnon and take it home as your contribution to a party! Choose as many dishes as desired. | ||
| Greek Style Dishes | Roman Style Dishes | |
| Fish: Pick from sole, tunny, mackerel, young shark, mullet, turbot, carp, halibut. | Fish: Fresh fish in olive oil, or fish in plum or apricot sauce. | |
| Meat and poultry: Pick from goat, mutton, pork, deer, hare, partridge, songbirds, or snails. Choose either baked or roasted. Or choose roast thrush with milk cakes. | Meat and Poultry: Choose any meat with liquamen/garum (fermented fish sauce). Or choose poultry cooked in oil, vinegar, honey, wine, mint, and pepper, or cold chicken with dill, mint, dates, vinegar, liquamen, and mustard. | |
| Eggs: House Choice--peacock eggs (quite superior, you'll agree!). We also serve fox-goose eggs and hen's eggs. | Eggs: Choose any eggs with liquamen | |
| Vegetables: Choose from Beans and garlic; Peas and onions; Beans, garlic, onions, radishes, turnips; or Asparagus and garlic. | Vegetables: Mushrooms in honey | |
| Fruits: Pick up to three: Grapes, Figs, Apples, Quinces, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Cherries, Blackberries | ||
| Sweets: Honeycakes with spices, sweetmeats | Sweets: Cold tart with honey |
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| Finger food: Sea urchins, sweet wine sop of bread or marinated fish, sturgeon pieces |
| Bread: Choose from the morning menu. |
| Olives: We carefully pick the very best! |
| Figs: Freshly bought at market. |
| Delicacies: "Classic" Copaic eels from Boeotia, wrapped in beet leaves and roasted over coals. |
| Choose from various strengths: | Choose from our fine selection of wines. We have something for everyone. | |
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Local Attic wine, with resin (our special value deal) | |
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Black wine (strong and sweet) | |
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Golden wine (dry and wholesome) | |
| White wine (weak, for our younger patrons) | ||
| We also have wine from various well-known wine-producing areas: | ||
| "Classic" wines from Thasos, Cos, Lesbos, Rhodes, and the House Choice-- wine from Chios | ||
| Exotic wines from Egypt | ||
| Delicious wines from Rome |
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