A three-day trip to Damascus should satisfy anyone’s retail therapy needs
DAMASCUS was once the trading capital of the Arab world. Merchants stopped there on their way to India and China, buying and selling spices and carpets. Today, it’s a Cypriot shopping mecca for anything from tailor-made curtains and blinds to seriously intimidating curved daggers.
Beauty therapy is not just for women as one salon in Nicosia intends to prove
World class products
There are lots of products out there but whoch are the ones you should be buying?
One of the most popular Classic Cocktails, that falls in the category of the hot coffee drinks is the Irish Coffee. Joe Sheridan, head bartender at Shannon Airport, Ireland created the original recipe shortly after WWII.
MUNCHIES RESTAURANT
Chicken a la King
Serves 4
1-kilo chicken fillet, cut into small strips
2 red peppers, cut into strips
200 grams sliced mushrooms
1 coffee cup of white wine
½ litre of fresh cream
Onions, finely cut
Salt
Pepper
l Fry chicken with a little butter until golden, then empty on to a plate.
Olive trees are always associated with Cyprus’s landscape. Green olives, crushed garlic, freshly ground coriander seeds covered in olive oil and garnished with a slice of lemon and served with crusty bread makes an instant appetiser. For years the Mediterranean diet, and olive oil in particular, were linked with a healthy heart.
Zaffron
Food for the taste
With a menu refreshingly clear of towers of this and beds of that, Zaffron is a culinary delight
‘WOULD you would like to see the menu?’ This opening gambit made by waiters is one I am constantly baffled by. The temptation is always there to respond with ‘No I’ll just sit here and suck on my napkin’.
The noble art of spitting
In a continuing series on how to be a great wine taster, we look at why you don’t actually need to drink wine
IT’S heartbreaking but true: there are no tasting faculties in your throat, so you don’t need to swallow wine to taste it.
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
