Restaurants specializing in ancient cuisine

[alphaboi867]

Restaurants exist recreating food and dining expericances from the middle ages (Medieval Times (http://www.medievaltimes.com/), are there any that try to recreat an ancient Roman dinner party? Or serve ancient Greek cuisine?

[DanBlather]

I went to a couple in Scandanavia that had Hanseastic League-era cuisine. It was really good.

[silenus]

There used to be a resaurant in Anchorage that specialized in Tudor-era food and the whole dining experience ala Medieval Times. Turkey legs, buxom wenches and all.

[Tapioca Dextrin]

This place (http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050530/trattoria.html) kinda tried

Pompeii's busiest restaurant reopened its doors on Saturday for the first time since it was buried in Mount Vesuvius' lava nearly 2,000 years ago...Although there will be no cooking at the site, visitors will be offered a taste of Pompeii in an area not far from the restaurant. Jams, sauces and kits with instructions to make ancient Roman recipes will be sold.

[Tapioca Dextrin]

And if you ever find yourself in Trier, Germany (http://www.domstein.de/start_gb.html) you might be in luck.

Roman menus I

Cocktail - composed of dry wine, honey and spices

4 different appetizers

Soup of barley
sausage with pine-kernels / green beans
artichokes in vinegar sauce
wine roll


Main Menu

fried zucchinis and carrots with apricots, almonds and spices
ham prepared with figs and myrtle
chicken in allec sauce
fried fish fillet in fish sauce with herbs, wine and honey
lamb with herbs, wine, onions and date
venison with plums, herbs, wine, honey and vinegar
escalopes of veal in pine-nut sauce
a wine roll to each main course

Dessert

soufflé of pears

[Quartz]

Judging by the quality, some of the food that our works canteen serves was pretty ancient before it went into the pot. :D

[don't ask]

Not what you are asking for but you may be interested in the TV documentary Three Emperor's Dinner (http://www.abc.net.au/tv/documentaries/stories/s814454.htm) if you can find it. An Aussie chef attempts to authentically recreate a famous meal from 1867.

[MrDibble]

There used to be a resaurant in Anchorage that specialized in Tudor-era food and the whole dining experience ala Medieval Times. Turkey legs, buxom wenches and all.

Turkey legs and buxom wenches are hardly Tudor-era food or ambience.

If I ran a restaurant, it would serve High Medieval - Early Renn food in a proper Medieval setting (so no wenches & benches). Everything from Chaucerian Blancmange (a chicken&rice dish) to waffles for dessert. Once a month I'll do a quail-in-a-hen-in-a-duck-in-a-goose-in-a-pig roast. Turducken, eat your heart out..

[Hunter Hawk]

The Bors Hede Inne (http://www.camlann.org/bors_hede.htm) is an attempt to provide reasonably authentic medieval food to a general audience. In practice, it comes out a little meh, but you gotta give 'em points for trying.

[RealityChuck]

"So I order french toast during the Renaissance."

[Eva Luna]

If you're ever in Cordoba, Spain, check out El Caballo Rojo. (http://www.elcaballorojo.com/) I have no way to verify its authenticity in terms of faithfulness to ancient ingredients and modes of preparation, but the stuff on the menu is certainly different than what I've ever had in any other Spanish restaurant, and is in agreement with what little I know of Moorish cuisine.