The national speciality is "Meze", a culinary cross section, which exists of up to 20 different dishes. It starts with salad and dips, grill, side dishes and dessert.
 As specialities are considered also the Kebabs (pieces of lamb or other meat skewered and roasted over charcoal fire), the Stifado (a stew of beef or hare cooked with wine, vinegar, onion and spices), Koubebia (vine leaves stuffed with minced meat and rice) and Tava (a tasty stew of meat, herbs and onions).
Also the vegetarians will find a variety of specialities to taste from, like Fassoulaki (green beans), Fassouli Yachni (white beans with tomato), and spinach pie and not to forget the traditional goat cheese Halloumi, which is still produced in villages nearby in the old traditional way.

The cheese is white, with distinctive layered texture, similar to mozzarella and a salty flavour. It is used in cooking, as it can be fried until brown without melting due to its higher-than-normal melting point, making it an excellent cheese for frying or grilling, as an ingredient in salads, or simply fried and served with vegetables. Cypriots like eating halloumi with watermelon in the warm months. No Cypriot meze would be complete without halloumi.

In our village tavern traditional meals are prepared with a lot of care.

With a good traditional meze you also need a good wine.
The Cypriot Wine was already in the antiquity famous for its quality and excellent taste. This has of course to do with the superb climate of the island. You find all kinds of wine, white, rose and red; from different regions of Cyprus. The village wines are liked and they go with the traditional food.
Cyprus is also famous for its honey-sweet red wine called "Commandaria". Commandaria is an excellent desert wine. People say it is the oldest wine in the world. Famous it become at the time of Richard Lionhard and the time when Cyprus was occupied by the Order of the Knights of the Temple.

We offer our guests with their meals from simple village up to a quality wine like Tihikos Cabernet Sauvignon.

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Tochni Tavern is also a proud member of the

Together with other Mediterranean countries (like Turkey, Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco, Italy, Greece, France etc.) we organize events, in order to taste the traditional kitchen of each country and exchange recipes and ideas of gourmet cooking.
In November 2006 we arranged for the first time the annual event. Participating members have been Italy, Greece, Tunisia, Catalonia and Cyprus.

Private parties for example from companies, friends, birthdays or christening are welcome.
In summer it can also be arranged around the pool in front of the tavern.