Kivo Creative Greek Restaurant – Dinner Menu
The executive chef Nikos Stergiou, a collaborator of Giannis Baxevanis & Jerome Serres, wishes you bon appetit!
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Appetizers
Piquant fish soup
Tzatziki
Fava
Tarama salad with shrimps and carob bread
Smoked eggplant salad
Tiganita bread with tomato and sour cheese
Wild greens pie by Baxevanis
Cheese pie baked on charcoal
Imam
Mussels saganaki
Grilled octopus
Tuna tartar
Marinated anchovy
Cod with light saffron-garlic sauce
Fried Squid
Lamb and beef kebab
Salads
Rucola salad
Fresh whitebait, caught off Skiathos, is artfully fried to form a thin, crunchy crust and retain its juices. Accompanied by peppery rocket, fresh tomato and a little tomato paste –rich in the antioxidant lycopene. Whitebait is the favourite fish of gourmets, who eat it whole.
Green herbs salad
with season’s fruits, local shepherd’s cheese, olive oil and sour grapes juice
Frizzy lettuce with a delicate taste, crunchy mustard leaves, piquant rocket, fragrant mint and fresh coriander blend with the juice and aroma of fruit: apples, pears, strawberries, oranges. The fresh taste is “filled in” with a little cheese and strengthened with the piquant sweetness of balsamic vinegar and unripe grapes –or their juice, which substitutes well for that of lemon.
Glistrida salad
Summer salad
Most people say that the right combination of the most simple and «humble» materials, usually is the most tasteful. This can surely be said in the case of this classic variation of the famous «greek salad». Ingredients that can be found all across the greek land, such as tomato, cucumber, caper and feta cheese are craftfully mixed in this plate along with fresh greens, such as samphire and lemongrass. The end result is a hymn to Mediterrenean diet, which will be reflected on your palate like a cool summer song.
This is a refreshing dish, full of the vitamins and minerals of tomato, cucumber, pepper, olives and aromatic herbs. Its fragrant tastes include the discreet kritamo –the shrub growing wild only by the sea and in which –according to mythology- Prometheus hid the fire he stole from Mt. Olympus for the sake of humanity. The buds and leaves of caper, growing on seaside rocks, grace the salad with a strong, peppery taste.
Upside down souvlaki
Pork fillet in roll stuffed with green salad and tomato, served with vinegraite tzatziki and pita bread croutons
Rucola-feta cheese salad
with kadaifi, strawberries and lemon thyme sorbet
It looks like an artful sweet dessert or an ice cream but is not –despite a layer of sorbet and kataifi pastry. It is a dessert but neither sweet or savoury. In all, it is an elegant composition of flavours that tease the palate –cottage and feta cheeses, thyme, juicy strawberries and a scent of butter, leaving an aftertaste of sorbet and rocket.
Pasta
Fine Seafood oven stew -” giouvetsaki”
Seafood lovers will adore this dish. After being sauteed in olive oil with a little onion and garlic, sprinkled with white wine and enriched with napolitaine sauce, the oblong kritharaki pasta is stewed in a broth of shrimps, calamari and shell fish, absorbing all their sea goodness. It is traditionally stewed in ceramic pots in the oven. It has Ottoman roots and is popular throughout the eastern Mediterranean but is now considered a traditional Greek dish, one of the richest and most delicious of the country’s cuisine.
Seafood pasta in the oven
Τhe average Greek eats more than 10 kg of pasta annually, and the hundreds of different pasta recipes no doubt require imagination and art. In Kivo’s well-tested speciality, our chef has gone for spaghetti. He boils it in a light broth of shell fish and shrimps, spices it up with garlic, onion and basil, and adds some white wine and sauce napolitaine. It comes out of the oven in individual portions, well-wrapped up in baking paper and aluminum foil that retain their flavours and fragrances until served.
Smoked risotto
with mushrooms and sundried tuna
You will find that our smoked risotto exceeds all usual expectations. This is due to two particular secrets. The first is hidden in the sea area of the Sporades islands, including Skiathos, and it is the tuna fish which the local fishermen catch. The fish are cleaned, smoked and sold in sterilized jars without preservatives. The second secret is hidden in the way our chef “builds” the risotto until it arrives at your plate, scented by the smoked tuna, the grated parmesan and the fresh butter.
Island handmade pasta
with lobster and sauce made out of its corals
This is the island version of macaroni, which is usually made of hard wheat, patiently kneaded into thin sticks and then cut and cooked. As with all pasta, macaroni becomes tastier with each ingredient added. The discreet sea taste is imparted by lobster, shrimps and calamari; the aroma by estragon and basil; the colour by saffron, cherry tomatoes and parsley. But the impressive visual and tasteful result is due to our chef’s art and imagination!
Shrimps pasta
with tomato and verbena
Τhis is always a select pasta dish and Kivo’s version is surely a special one. It imparts the delicate sea taste of the shrimps, is accompanied by a light tomato sauce and exudes a distinct but discreet aroma. If you search for the source of this aroma you will locate it in the brandy, the deep red saffron and the fragrance of the lemon plant –reminiscent of freshly cut citrus fruit.
Fish
Grilled fish of the day
with wild greens and vegetables
Fish stuffed with Baxevanis’ herbs
in the oven for one or more persons
Let’s be clear about it: all fish crossing Kivo’s threshold are select and absolutely fresh. They are caught around the island at night or early in the morning and arrive at your plate on the same day. A fresh fish exuding the smell of the sea is guaranteed to be a good one. But a fish stuffed with freshly cut vegetables and fragrant herbs becomes unrivalled: carrot, broccoli, cauliflower, tomato, leek, dill, hartwort and many others are matched with the smell of the sea to create this feasty dish.
Βass fish filet
Poached grouper fish
Meat
Chicken kebab
with pita, tzatziki and a roasted tomato
Kebab requires skill and imagination, as you will realize from this recipe. The word, derived from Arabic or Persian, means the “dry” cooking method –that is, beef, chicken, fish or even vegetables are cooked straight on the grill, pan or baking pot. The secret is to retain their juices and serve them with those complements that suit them. On Kivo’s colourful dish, two juicy kebabs from minced chicken are accompanied by grilled vegetables, warm pita bread and light, fresh tzatziki.
Moussaka by Baxevanis
Stuffed chicken
with sweet onions, raisins and walnuts
Any kind of “stuffed” dish leaves the field open for the chef’s creative inspiration and is a small surprise for those at the eating end. This must be surely one of the tastiest poultry dishes you have ever tried. The stuffing includes raisins, walnut, celery and mushrooms but there are several other ingredients that scent the juices of the meat, offering a sweet aftertaste. We’ll let you guess them…
Pork fillet
Pork steak
Lamb grown up by the sea
Lamp chops with pastrami essence
Beef
Tagliata (sliced beef steak)
Desserts
Traditional baklava
The popularity of this dessert is indicated by the fact that several eastern Mediterranean countries claim its origin. The Greek traditional version is multifaceted, with the fragrances of cinnamon, cloves and goat butter overwhelming the sense of smell. The baked fyllo pastry, which envelopes the walnut and sesame filling, absorbs all the sweetness of the syrup it soaks in. Fresh cream in between the layers of the filling moderate the intensity of the rich taste.
Baklava by Baxevanis
This “design” version of the traditionally oriental baklava dessert derives its name from its creator, our award-winning chef Giannis Baxevanis. It takes the form of a tower built by alternating layers of crunchy, thick fyllo pastry and a magic mix of spices, boiled or dried fruit and vanilla ice cream. A joy to delicate palates!
Bitter chocolate bar
Strawberry soup
Chocolate fondant
A sweet speciality of our chef, with a full, rich taste which will not disappoint even the most demanding gourmets and chocolate aficionados. The fondant is served in a coffee cup, steeped in delicious chocolate and scented with a small baton of Madagascar vanilla. A little sweet indulgence to conclude a perfect meal or simply to enjoy on the veranda with the captivating sea views.
Marenga Trilogy
Saragli with cream and caramelized apple
Country style yogurt
with quince or bergamot preserve