We often do our grocery shopping in this busy pedestrian street called Montorgueil, well-loved by locals for their artisanal food options and thankfully not too touristic (for now).
You’d probably not notice the unassuming Greek traiteur (caterer) aptly named Dionysos (Dionysus is English), the Greek god of wine, fertility and harvest.
This is pretty normal as your senses are assaulted by an overwhelming number of food choices like fruit stalls, charcuterie, chocolate boutiques, bakeries, crêperie, terraces…
Just make sure you save some space in your stomach for Dionysos’ fine Greek produce yeah?
The Greek family Siassiaridis has been running its two shops in Paris for almost twenty years and are famous for their tarama, eggplant caviar and moussaka.
We’ve been visiting his shop for years, and we always buy the same produce.
We’re not messing with a winning combination ya?
kayafrenchtoast’s picks
Unless during summer, the shop only allows takeaways, so you now have a great reason to buy some snacks to bring back to your hotel for apero!
We highly recommend the marinated and vinegar-pickled poulpe (octopus) salad and their pink tarama.
Tarama is a Greek meze/dip made from the salted and cured roe of the cod, carp, or grey mullet mixed with olive oil, lemon juice, and a starchy base of bread or potatoes, or sometimes almonds.
Trust me, we’ve tasted A LOT of Greek tarama and pickled octopus salads, and these two are outstanding.
Tarama is by nature a very rich meze already, so the acidity and slight smokiness of Dionysos’ version makes it (too) easy to wolf down with some bread or savory biscuits. You won’t feel queasy unlike the ones you find in supermarkets.
We didn’t forget about the octopus salad (don’t mix up with the squid one!) which is extremely tender and flavourful.
Our family often had to resort to rationing the number of pieces per person as it disappears a bit too quickly during our apero sessions.
We did some research on octopus recipes and it’s a complicated combination of freezing the octopus beforehand and ensuring the right type of marinade, cooking temperature and duration.
With Dionysos so near our favourite hunts, I guess we’re not in a hurry to get the octopus salad recipe right… ?
Prix et Coordonnées
Tarama – a 200g portion will cost you between 5-7€
Pickled and marinated octopus salad – a 400g salad will cost between 14-20€.
14 Rue des Petits Carreaux, 75002 Paris, France (we’ve only been to this one)
3 rue Poncelet 75017 Paris, France
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