Fournoi, with its long tradition in fishing, offers excellent quality seafood and fresh fish (sea bream, white mullet, red porgy) dished out in the island’s numerous tavernas and restaurants. Try grilled shrimps and octopus, squid, mussels, clams, delicious kakavia (fish soup) and the famous lobster spaghetti.
Meat lovers should try the local recipe for stuffed goat with rice, fennel and herbs, while the local festivals serve goat in red sauce.
The traditional appetizers of Fournoi include karivoloi (snails), fava pies, koukoumavla (bread with salt and oil), legumes (rice with beans, chickpeas and lentils), soufiko (mixed roasted vegetables in the pot) and pougakia (pies with fennel and mizithra cheese).
Refresh yourself with an aromatic orange juice, the local famous soft drink of Fournoi.
Fourni is famous for its honey, as its special taste comes from the aromatic plants of the island (thyme, savory, sage).
If you love sweets, look for the traditional cookies, the so-called foinikia, gria (pie with honey or sugar or cheese), the katimeria, pieces of fried dough accompanied by myzithra cheese and spoon sweets, such as quince.
Local cheeses include myzithra, ladotyri and kopanisti.