Forty leaves, one honey
Paper-thin filo, Hymettus honey, warm from the oven in Thessaloniki.
The craft
Paper-thin, forty times
Meli Phyllo layers paper-thin filo into baklava, galaktoboureko and bougatsa, drenched in Hymettus honey, a few steps off Aristotelous in Thessaloniki.
Each sheet is rolled until the marble shows through, brushed with butter, and laid down. Forty times, every morning.
Sweets
From the counter
Walnut Baklava
€4.50
Honey-soaked, forty layers
Galaktoboureko
€5.00
Custard in filo, syrup
Bougatsa
€4.00
Cream or cheese, cinnamon
Kataifi
€4.50
Shredded pastry, walnuts
Greek Coffee
€2.50
In the briki, thick and sweet
Boxes of six or twelve, tied with string.
Build a box
Four, eight or twelve
Pick a box, fill it piece by piece. The string is on us.
0 / 8 piecesBox total€0.00
Choose your sweets below.
- Walnut Baklava€4.50
- Galaktoboureko€5.00
- Bougatsa€4.00
- Kataifi€4.50
Decorative: honey pours down the page toward the next section.
Hymettus honey, poured slow
over walnuts and forty leaves
The honey
Thyme hills of Hymettus
Our honey comes from hives on the thyme slopes of Mount Hymettus, dark and slow, never heated.
It is poured while the filo is still warm, so it sinks all the way to the fortieth leaf.
The kafeneio
Warm mornings
Order a box
Boxes of six or twelve, tied with string. Order before noon for same-day pickup.
Reviews
Sat at the counter alone with a book and nobody once made me feel rushed. The Galaktoboureko on its own is worth crossing town for. People in Thessaloniki keep this one quiet and I understand why.
Maud D.5 weeks ago
Came for a quick lunch and was still there nearly two hours later. I have had Bougatsa in a lot of places and this is the one I will measure the rest against. Everything arrived at the right temperature, which should not be remarkable.
Sergio A.2 months ago
Eight of us for a birthday, which most kitchens handle badly. Not this one. The Kataifi was seasoned properly, which sounds like faint praise until you eat out often. Only gripe is the wait for a table on a Friday, and I knew that going in.
Wiebke R.3 months ago