Mackenzie are still, so far as I
know, a speciality of the large
cafés in Athens; one does not find
them, though, in the small tavernas
and typical Greek restaurants. The
Athenians dine very late, so they
sit in these cafés drinking oúzo or
Varvaresso brandy until nine
o’clock in the evening. After dinner
they will return to the café to eat
ices and sweet cakes with their
Turkish coffee.
In the summer fresh fruit is put
on the table in bowls of ice, melon
is served at the end of a meal, not
at the beginning, and the beautiful
pastèque, or water melon, is much