In Cyprus, there are 320-340 sunny days a year, with sufficient sunshine, fruits, vegetables, etc. can be harvested all year round. In addition, it is an island country and is rich in seafood. More than 3,000 years of foreign rule and merchants from all over the world brought different cooking techniques. After absorbing the flavors of Greece, Turkey, Albania, Lebanon, Syria, Italy, France, the United Kingdom and other places, the Cypriots created own unique food culture.

Almost every hotel and restaurant has a set meal. The set meal usually consists of 15-20 kinds of dishes, costs about 5-7.5 Cypriot pounds, is delicious and generous, and is full of traditional Cypriot family flavors. There are two types of set meals: seafood set and meat set. The seafood set includes fish, shrimp, crab, squid and other seafood-based meals. The meat set is mainly grilled sausages and ribs, in addition to fresh vegetables and olive oil. Mainly rural packages, and mixed packages between the two or three.

In Cyprus, fish is more expensive than meat, so the seafood set meal is more expensive than the meat set meal, and the greater the price difference between the two, the more fresh the fish used. Generally, the set meal can only be ordered by two or more people.

The most famous cheese that is suitable for wine is cheese made from goat's milk. There are two types of cheese, soft and hard. It is very salty but has a good taste. The most popular way is to bake it on a mesh vessel. There are also cheeses made from sheep's milk or cow's milk, most of which are processed in small shops in mountain villages.

The most famous unique snack is a brown lollipop called Sujouko, which is made of almonds and grape juice. String the almonds together with something like shredded squid to make a core, and then repeatedly dip them in a paste made of flour and grape juice. It is elastic, with the sweetness of grape juice and the aroma of almonds. There is also a popular snack called "Lady's Finger", which is shaped like a woman's finger.

There are three types of coffee in Cyprus: one is filtered coffee, which is to put coffee beans in a plastic filter, then put it on the coffee cup and brew hot water yourself; the other is common Instant coffee comes with a bag of coffee powder and you brew it yourself with hot water; there is also a kind of instant coffee that you serve with the right coffee and water, and you can adjust the intensity yourself. This last type of coffee is said to be boiled by boiling coffee and hot water in a small pot the size of a loaf of bread on hot sand. A thick layer of coffee powder will be left at the bottom of the cup. , can't drink.

Cypriots eat black bread, olives and yogurt every day, sometimes with cheese, tomatoes and cucumbers. The main seasoning is olive oil and spices. Meat is only eaten on Sundays, holidays and banquets. The banquet when treating guests has a special name: "Maizi", during which there are twenty or thirty dishes. Wine and coffee are common drinks in Cyprus. In big cities, there are already a large number of modern houses, but in the vast rural areas, people still live in traditional houses. Compared with the dwellings of the late Neolithic Age, rural architecture has remained almost unchanged. Houses are generally built of adobe, stone and ordinary wood, with mostly flat roofs for drying agricultural products and sleeping on them. A house usually has three rooms, one for food and accommodation, one for storage, and the other for raising livestock. There is a patio in the middle of the house, and under the grape trellis in the yard is a well, a honeycomb-shaped earthen stove, and an outdoor toilet. The yard is surrounded by lemon bushes, and not far from the house is the family's field. The farmhouse looks particularly quiet and beautiful.