Poster

22nd – 26th October

Thessaloniki is having a moment, and Poster – the runaway success story from chef Vasilis Chamam – is the city’s hottest new restaurant. Rooted in Vasilis’ unique heritage (he has a Greek mother, a father who grew up in Jordan, a grandfather from Palestine and a grandmother from Lebanon), this is not Greek food as we know it. 

Now back in his hometown after over 20 years in London, Vasilis is reviving memories made around his own kitchen table years before, this time telling a story of his travels in the years since: “I still cook with the same principles in mind: “immigration, the diaspora, the moving and mixing of people, ingredients and recipes, relocation and adaptation.”

Expect worldly dishes like ‘grouper, grilled okra, grapes, pil pil’; ‘raw prawns, wine lees, fermented chilli flakes’; ‘cabbage souvlaki, XO bagna cauda’; ‘pork belly, crispy chili oil watermelon salad’; and ‘chilopites pasta, pork knuckle broth, mussels, pork scratchings, chermoula’ on Vasilis’ full-throttle, flavour-forward menu of modern Greek classics.