A crisp phyllo triangle baked empty and then filled to order with cold pastry cream. The Elenidis family in Panorama invented the format in the 1960s; the distinction is the filling after baking, which produces a shatteringly crisp shell containing cold cream. Available at three Thessaloniki locations.
Where to eat it: 3 restaurants across 1 city.
The trigona panoramatos is Thessaloniki's defining pastry: a crisp phyllo triangle filled to order with cold cream. Elenidis invented the format and still does it best. Order two; one is never enough at the hillside original in Panorama with views of the Gulf.
Try: Trigona panoramatos (cream phyllo triangle)
The trigona panoramatos at the Elenidis Centre branch for under 3.50 euros. The city's most iconic pastry at its best for the price of a coffee. Order two.
The Thessaloniki Sunday brunch pilgrimage: drive or bus to Panorama, eat trigona at Elenidis looking over the Gulf, drink coffee on the terrace. The cream-filled phyllo triangles here are the founding version of a dish now available across the city. The view of the Thermaikos Gulf is included.
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