Since ancient times, Cretan cuisine has been based on several basic elements: olive oil, herbs, fish and seafood, goat or lamb meat, vegetables and fruits grown on the island. Later, Venetian and Ottoman influences were added to them, which created a special cuisine. Crete has many dishes that are found everywhere in the mainland of Greece, but also some specific only to this area.
- Dakos (cretian salad) on Paximadi bread with feta cheese and olives
- Breakfast Mix
- Cretan Meze and Rosé wine
- Calamari and chips
- Souvlaki in pita bread
- Tzatzíki
- fried aubergine
- Stamnagathi, a variety of wild chicory that only grows in the mounanious areas in Crete
- more Calamari...
- grilled sardines
- me having a "Mamos" beer in the streets of Athens
- greek coffee and "spoon sweets" preserved oranges in sirup