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Traditional Easter Midnight Meal

Greeks break the Lenten fast with a light meal after midnight church service. A steaming bowl of egg-lemon soup (avgolemono), made with lamb broth, rice and spring herbs, is the most traditional dish, one made and savored all over Greece, for the Saturday night light feast. The meal is a segue to help ease the way to eating meat and dairy products after the austere 48-day period of abstention. Not every Greek fasts for the full seven weeks of Lent, but many fast for the last week, Holy Week, and the culinary rituals are still upheld on Saturday night. People return home after church with symbolic lighted candles, break crimson-colored hard-boiled eggs, savor their traditional soup, the sweet, egg-rich Easter bread tsoureki, and sometimes nibble on a little bit of roasted lamb and roasted lemon-flavorored potatoes. The next day, Easter Sunday, the real feast begins, and many parts of Greece the feasting lasts for several days after Easter. Come and join us at PYLOS for a taste of tradition.

Soup

Mageiritsa

Traditional Easter soup with fresh herbs, spring vegetables and avgolemono

Salad

Horiatiki

The classic greek village salad, with fresh tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, capers, kalamata olives, feta and a simple dressing of extra-virgin greek olive oil and red wine vinegar

Main Course (Choice of)

Carne arniou me krousta apo myrodika

Herb crusted rack of lamb served with sautéed spinach and fingerling potatoes

Arni kotsi me meli, me mikra psita lahanika

Cretan-honey braised lamb shank served with roasted baby vegetables

Dessert (Choice of)

Mouzo

PYLOS' chocolate mousse spiked with ouzo

Napoleon me mousse apo vissino kai yiaourti

Crisp phyllo napoleon layered with Greek yogurt and sour cherry mousse