The Marin Grecian Festival is known for its exquisite food. All the food is made by hand by members of our parish using authentic recipes from Greece.

Strolling Greek musicians, Helenicks, will serenade your dining table, while you feast on your favorite dish.

Appetizers

Dolmadakia Yialanzi
Vine leaves stuffed with rice

Tiropetes
Triangles of paper thin glazed phyllo pastry filled with feta cheese

Spanakopetes
Baked spinach and feta cheese puffs in buttered phyllo pastry with egg, onion butter, olive oil, and bread crumbs

Taramosalata
Greek caviar combined with bread, oil, onion and lemon

Main Courses

Roast Lamb
California lamb prepared in the traditional Greek way with garlic and oregano

Gyro
Thin slices of barbecued meat specially seasoned with herbs and spices, served with tomatoes and onions on pita bread, and topped with our special sauce

Roast Chicken
Greek style with garlic and oregano

Moussaka
A baked delicacy prepared with sliced eggplant, ground beef, onions, tomatoes, butter, eggs, milk cheese, and seaonings

Pastitsio
A Greek "lasagne." One of our all time favorite dishes combining macaroni, ground meat, cheese and covered with bechamel sauce

Vegetable Medley
A medley of roasted vegetables Greek style

Greek Salad
A tomato and cucumber salad seaoned with onion, olive oil, vinegar, feta cheese and oregano

Pilafi
Fluffy rice simmered in butter, spices and rich chicken stock

Pastries

Baklava
Thirty or more nut filled, paper thin layers of glazed phyllo sheets of pastry soaked in pure honey make this the king of pastry desserts

Loukoumades
Feathery light honey tokens or sweet fritters deep fried to a golden brown and dipped in boiling honey

Melomakarouna
Honey cookies sprinkled with a spice-nut mixture

Koulouria
Breaded butter cookies with a light sugar glaze

Kourabiedes
Sugar covered crescent shaped cakes that melt in one's mouth

Diples
Honey rolls so thin and flaky that they crumble when they are bitten

Kataifi
A delicious pastry made of shredded phyllo rolled with nuts and honey and sprinkled with syrup

Coffee

Greek Style
This is a thick, powdered sweetened coffee that is made in a brickee or brass pan