About

This is a blog of gastronomic happiness, pleasure and desires, fulfilled or otherwise.

Its name is a composite of two words.

Gastro and Olvios.

Olvios is a word used by Omer in the Greek epic poem Iliad, and it means ‘happy’.

I present dishes I have tasted in eating establishments, and dishes I have cooked in my kitchen.

Some of the eating establishment I have visited are presented in separate posts, and linked to the relevant dishes.