Melbourne Greek institution, Stalactites, has re-launched
'Tsitsipas Souvlaki' for a limited time only
MELBOURNE, Australia,
Jan. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
Melbourne Greek restaurant institution 'Stalactites' has been
reveling in the success of its Hellenic heroes – Stefanos Tsitsipas and Marcos Baghdatis – during
the Australian Open and in previous years have even created special
souvlakis in their name.
This year, Stalactites has re-launched the 'Tsitsipas Souvlaki',
but this time 100% of sales are going directly to bushfire relief
(CFA and Wildlife Victoria), adding to the AUD10,000 already
donated by Stalactites and its owners.
On Friday 17 January, Tsitsipas greeted media and joined the
team in the Stalactites kitchen to prepare his 'Tsitsipas Souvlaki'
to raise awareness of the new collaboration in light of the recent
Australian bushfires.
The 'Tsitsipas Souvlaki' (AUD17) contains ingredients based on
the tennis star's collaboration with the restaurant, and includes
lamb gyros, tomato, tzatziki, fresh pomegranate, onion, fresh basil
and mint, crumbled feta, chips, and a touch of chilli.
In 2006, Marcos Baghdatis, a regular customer of the restaurant,
made the final against Roger Federer
and the restaurant created the 'Baghdatis Souvlaki' and then
followed suit during Stefanos
Tsitsipas' dream AO run in 2019 – who also lists Stalactites
as amongst his Melbourne
favourites.
"We are so proud of our Greek and Cypriot tennis players and
their success in the sport, so we and our community have really
gotten behind the souvlakis created for them. This year is extra
special to us and we're launching the Tsitsipas Souvlaki ahead of
the tournament in the hopes to raise as much money as we can for
the current bushfire crisis," says Nicole
Papasavas of Stalactites.
Last year, Stalactites donated 50% of the proceeds from the
'Tsitsipas Souvlaki' to the player's charity Together for Children
NGO, with an impressive total of AUD8,000.
The limited edition 'Tsitsipas Souvlaki' is on sale now until
the end of the Australian Open on February
2.
"We encourage everyone to come down and try the souvlaki, it's
delicious and it'll taste even better knowing it's for a good
cause!" added Papasavas.
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