Part 20 of 25 World Cuisines to try. (1/5) Today’s Cuisine: #Cyprus Since starting this food exploration I’ve met a great deal of fellow food enthusiasts -the most interesting were a pair Wall-Street guys who only take vacations to try out high class restaurants around the world. Their humor and their laid back demeanor made up for the amount of pretentiousness I listened through their many food explorations as well and they had a few fun insights and brought attention to my attention a lot of tips in my own exploration. They, and countless others since speaking with them at the beginning of the year, have mentioned to take a day to explore #Queens if I ever have any trouble finding a particular culture’s dish. And for #CypriotCuisine, I had to do just that. I traveled to #Astoria with a dear friend of mine to a Greek / #Cypriot restaurant named Zenon Taverna – I researched and found out that the restaurant is owned and operated by Greek Cypriot immigrants so I know that I was in for the real thing. They started us out slow and easy with the first dish, a #CyprusSalad. The #CypriotSalad has a couple of distinctions that separate it from a Greek Salad. It contains all the ingredients inherently in #Greek salad, but additionally includes lettuce, parsley or cilantro, and coriander (which is a spice more commonly found in Cyprus than Greece). #ZenonTaverna #CypriotMezePlatter #KypriakiMezedes #Meze #Mediterranean #cypriotcuisine (at ZENON TAVERNA)