During your stay on the island make sure you try these delicious traditional dishes
Seafood
In Kalymnos you will find a wide list of traditional Greek seafood dishes, all made of good quality fresh ingredients, topped with the appropriate doze of spices and herbs, and flooded with the famous Greek olive oil.
Cheese
This is an absolute must when visiting the island, especially for those cheese lovers out there. You will of course find many of the familiar Greek cheeses on the island, but there are some that the Kalymnians make with their own recipes and good old tender, love and care.
Fila
Fila (stuffed vine leaves) are essentially Kalymno's own version of the popular dolmades. One thing that makes them unique to the island is of course the vine leaf itself, which grows on the island. Another characteristic of fila is their shape, which is small and cylindrical, and not rectangular and large.
Mermizeli
This traditional Kalymnian salad you will most definitely find at every tavern or restaurant you visit on the island. It contains ingredients that are native to Kalymnos and in a sense; you "taste" the island by trying this salad.
Seafood Pasta
Enjoy this delicious, rich, spicy, aromatic seafood pasta dish with fresh lobster and crab. A great dish for both seafood and pasta lovers
for sure!
Honey
During your stay on the island, make sure to try these delicious , mouth-watering honey that Kalymnos is known for.
You won't be disappointed.
This Unusual Greek Delicacy Is Pickled in Seawater
A delicious appetiser, spinialo consists of sea squirts (or fouskes), marine invertebrate animals that can easily be mistaken for a rock, marinated for weeks in seawater and a bit of olive oil.
Xtapodokeftedes/ Octapus meatbals
Xtapodokeftedes are made from boiling octopus, and kneading them into a mixture while adding fresh ingredients such as garlic, parsley and onion. After rolling them in flour, they are lightly fried and served with a wedge of lemon. They are absolutely delicious, especially for those seafood lovers out there.
Chickpeas
Chickpeas, a typical dish of the Cyclades and the Dodecanese, are made in a similar way in Kalymnos (chickpeas-tomato-onion-oil-salt-pepper-rosemary) only here they are called arvitsa.
Muuri.
The Easter stuffed lamb or goat gets its name from the ceramic dish in which it is baked. The filling is made with two types of rice, liver, ground beef, tomato, paste, salt, pepper and cinnamon.
Redhead goat.
Summer dish with local meat from animals that graze wild thyme and thrombi. Served with French fries.