Photos: Diego Delso, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Nintentoad125, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Dietmar Rabich, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Photos: Diego Delso, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Nintentoad125, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Dietmar Rabich, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pastitsada in a Corfiot kitchen
Your local guide
Panos Theotokis
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Highlights
- A dish unique to this island
- A spice blend explained in full
- Sauce built slowly, step by step
- A family recipe, generations old
- Corfiot cooking, shown at home
About this tour
This session shows pastisada, one of Corfu's most recognisable dishes, cooked in a home kitchen. You see the tomato sauce built up with its distinctive spice blend and then the finished dish, with the recipe's history in my own family explained along the way. It stays within this one kitchen.
I move slowly through the sauce's stages, since the spice balance takes real explaining to get across properly on camera. Questions about the recipe come up often, and I answer them the way my own family has always discussed food.
This suits anyone curious about Corfu's distinctive food culture beyond the more generic Greek dishes. It also works well paired with the kumquat session for a fuller taste of the island's kitchens.
Included
- Live video session with a local guide
- A close look at the dishes and where locals buy them
- A short list of places and dishes to try later
Not included
- Food and drinks shown on camera
- Travel to the city
Itinerary
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Welcome and sound check 5 min
The guide joins the video call, checks the picture and sound with you, and gives you a quick sense of Corfu before heading out.
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Sauce Preparation 21 min
The camera shows the tomato sauce being built up slowly, and I explain the spice blend that sets Corfiot pastisada apart from mainland versions of similar dishes.
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The Finished Dish 21 min
You see the finished sauce paired with thick pasta, and I point out how this recipe has been passed down and slightly adjusted across generations of my own family.
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Your questions 9 min
Time to ask anything about Corfu: prices, safety, food, or whatever you are curious about.
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A short list to keep 4 min
Before you go, the guide sums up with a few things worth remembering: a dish to try: Sofrito (veal in garlic and white wine sauce) and Garitsa, worth a slower look.
Good to know
- A stable wifi or mobile connection makes the picture smoother than a shaky one.
- Any phone, tablet or laptop with a camera works. You watch, the guide does the walking.
- Times are shown in Athens time, so check the time where you are before you book.
- The session is not recorded, and recording it yourself is not allowed. Feel free to take your own notes.
- Ask questions any time, out loud or in the chat. The guide will pause to answer.
- Sessions run in small groups, up to 10 people, so there is room for everyone to ask something.
Questions about this tour
What will the session cover?
The guide walks through Corfu, showing you Sauce Preparation and The Finished Dish live on camera, plus whatever else you would like to see.
What happens if my connection drops?
Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up on anything you missed.
Can I ask the guide questions during the session, or is it a fixed script?
Anything, any time. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.
Do I need to buy or cook anything?
No. This is a conversation: the guide describes the dishes and where to find them, so you can try them yourself whenever suits you.
How it works
- You get one join link after booking.
- Join from any device: phone, tablet or laptop.
- We meet on Google Meet and the link comes with your booking. I keep the phone close to the stove, so the sauce and spices stay in clear view.
Times shown in Athens time (EET)
Cancellation
Flexible
- Cancel up to 24 hours before the start: full refund.
- Cancel less than 24 hours before the start, or no-show: no refund.
- If the guide cancels or the date does not reach its minimum group: full refund.
- Cancel in My Account → Bookings; the refund is calculated from the start time in the tour's local time.
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