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Tzatziki
Rich yoghurt with cucumber and garlic
Stuffed vine leaves (Dolmadakia)
Fresh vine leaves stuffed with spiced rice, tomatoes, onion and herbs
Zucchini balls (Kolokitho-keftedes)
minced zucchini spiced with graviera, feta, herbs and onion - fired in extra virgin olive oil
Feta-Saganaki
Baked feta cheese seasoned with minced tomato, peppers, onion and oregano
Graviera cheese
Well matured hard yellow cheese made from sheep's milk
Graviera-Saganaki
Fried in extra virgin olive oil
Keftedes
Minced beef and pork balls spiced with garlic, herbs and onions - fried in extra virgin olive oil
Apaki
Pork meat smoked with local herbs and vinegar
Traditional smoked sausages (Loukanika Kapnista)
Home-made, grilled
Tirokafteri
Feta cheese dip - spiced with chilli peppers, oregano and olive oil
Dakos
Dry bread (rusk) laced with local extra virgin olive oil, minced tomato, garlic and feta cheese
Feta
Native white cheese from the village
Mizithra
Creamy white cheese from the village
Fried cheese balls (Tirokeftedes)
mix of feta - graviera - kefalotyri - fired in extra virgin olive oil
Snails (Saligaria)
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Salads
Cretan Salad (Kritiki Salata)
Small Cretan Salad (Mikri Kritiki Salata)
Greek Salad (Choriatiki)
Tuna Fish Salad (Tono salata)
Cucumber Salad (Angouri Salata)
Tomato Salad (Tomatosalata)
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Cooked
Lamb in cheese sauce
Our own famous recipe
Sfakia lamb (Tsigariasto)
Simmered in a rich sauce of aged red wine and local extra virgin oil
Lamb in tomato sauce (Arni Kokkinisto)
Cooked in red wine, tomato and extra virgin oil, spiced with garlic and onions
Chicken in tomato sauce (Kotopoulo Kokkinisto)
Cooked in a rich tomato sauce, red wine, onions, garlic and local herbs
Pork ovenbaked with vegetables
Stewed in red wine sauce with tomatoes, peppers, onions garlic and herbs
Beef in tomato sauce
Cooked in olive oil with plenty of onions, souced with cinnamon, tomato, laurel, garlic and herbs
Rabbit stew (Kuneli)
Cooked in olive oil with plenty of onions, spiced with garlic, cinnamon and laurel leaf
Liver Stew (Sikoti)
Cooked in olive oil with plenty of onions, spiced with garlic, cinnamon and laurel leaf
Moussaka
Souffle of eggplant, potato and minced meat, mildly spiced and topped with bechamel sauce
Stuffed Eggplant (Pappoutsakia)
Eggplant halves filled with minced meat & graviera cheese, topped with bechamel sauce, baked in the oven
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On the grill
Mixed Grill
Five kinds of grilled meat
Smoked pork chops (Kapnisti Mpritzola chirini)
Lamb chops (Paidakia)
Pork chops (Mpritzola Chirini
Chicken fillet (Kotopoulo fileto)
Chicken chops (Kotopaidakia)
Souvlaki
Spiced pork chops grilled on a stick
Burgers (Mpifteki)
lightly spiced beef and pork balls
Sausages (Loukanika Choriatika)
Homemade, mildly spiced
Schnitzel
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Vegetarian
Boureki
Zuchinni souffle - spiced with graviera & feta cheese, herbs, onion and a touch of garlic
Stuffed tomatoes & peppers (Gemista)
Tomatoes and peppers filled with spiced rice, baked in the oven
Green Beans (Fasolakia)
Fresh string beans cooked Cretan style in a rich gravy of tomatoes, herbvs and extra virgin oil
Filled eggplant (Melitzanes yemistes)
Whole eggplant filled with tomatoes, feta cheese, onions and garlic, baked in the oven
Giant white beans (Gigantes)
Homemade fashion - baked in creamy tomato sauce and herbs
Briam
Mixed vegetables - oven-baked with feta cheese
Soup of the day
Either white bean soup (fasolada) according to an old family recipe, or lentil soup in homemade tradition (fakies)
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Seafood
Lavraki
Grilled bass with vegetables and fried potatoes
Tsipoura
Grilled bream with vegetables and fried potatoes
Shrimps
Grilled, with garlic, olive oil, lemon sauce, mayo
Octopus
Grilled, with a sauce of vinegar, oregano, olive oil
Calamari
Fried, served with fried potatoes and tzatziki
Fresh small fried fish
Sword fish
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Pasta
Spaghetti Bolognese (Makaronada me kima)
Spaghetti Napolitana (Makaronada me tomata)
Spaghetti Carbonara
Pastitsio
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