Greek Island Sojourn: A week on Mykonos

I asked the maître D’ if I could pass through the restaurant because I wanted a chance to explore the beach know as Super Paradise Beach located just outside the restaurant property. As seems typical for many Mediterranean cultures, the beach is both honored as well as garnered for its beauty and its wealth or as a valuable income source. I proceeded across the tailored and landscaped ‘plage’ passing by two other small but also well-known restaurant bars. Deciding finally to return back to the largest and most eloquent and practically opulent JackieO’s to try to be seated for an early dinner repast.

It was amusing that I had almost taken them by surprise as I wasn’t quite dressed for a meal in such a swank establishment. I actually had to be shown and then escorted separately by at least three men, all restaurant employers ( bar staffer, then maître d’ and finally my meal waiter, before I was seated and shown the menu. There may have been one of two other person who were also involved in shepherding the sole customer through the almost labyrinthian level of the spacious culinary Mecca, known a JackieO’s.

The name JackieO’s is prominently displayed at various places along the roadway, so you really cannot miss it. When I got to the entrance of the restaurant itself, I asked the maître D’ if I could pass through the restaurant because I wanted a chance to explore the beach know as Super Paradise Beach located just outside the restaurant property. As seems typical for many Mediterranean cultures, the beach is both honored as well as garnered for its beauty and its wealth or as a valuable income source. I proceeded across the tailored and landscaped ‘plage’ passing by two other small but also well-known restaurant bars. Deciding finally to return back to the largest and most eloquent and practically opulent JackieO’s to try to be seated for an early dinner repast. Looking at the menu was simple enough. An appetizer looked good, but this time I figured I was not going overdo it as is my usual pattern. So I went directly to the main entrees: pasta, seafood and meat (or vegetarian). I choose the seafood pasta dish with original handmade pasta and strips of fresh squid in a lightly tomatoed sauce. It costs 35 euros, a bit pricey but this is Mykonos, after all. I also went ahead an ordered one of the four desserts: a sorbet concoction composed of lemon verbena cream, fuit salad atop a yogurt sorbet, decorated with honey crème and walnut crumble price is 20 euros.

The name JackieO’s is prominently displayed at various places along the roadway, so you really cannot miss it. When I got to the entrance of the restaurant itself, I asked the maître D’ if I could pass through the restaurant because I wanted a chance to explore the beach know as Super Paradise Beach located just outside the restaurant property. As seems typical for many Mediterranean cultures, the beach is both honored as well as garnered for its beauty and its wealth or as a valuable income source. I proceeded across the tailored and landscaped ‘plage’ passing by two other small but also well-known restaurant bars. Deciding finally to return back to the largest and most eloquent and practically opulent JackieO’s to try to be seated for an early dinner repast.

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@seefallus_dk Your time in the island of Mykonos was interesting.You are describing your dinner in the restaurant and the walk on the beach like unforgetable experiences,because IT IS MYKONOS.That’s ok.I am sure it has to be that way for you and me and many others because we are going to like it anyway.

Response to JoseFelix (previous commenter)

I can’t really say I loved the food or the restaurant/ bar / club as it appeared that afternoon± my first on Mykonos. Normally, I am a frugal tourist, but I’m not averse to giving a ‘great’ place the good ol’ try. Actually, I’ve had much better food elsewhere on Mykonos. I’ll describe those meals and ‘endroits’ in separate article here on Google Local Guides Travel board Thanks for taking time to read and reply. Usually, most people find what I write too lengthy to actually digest my writing.