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Restaurants in Crete
Restaurants in Crete
The Cretans themselves eat out late, after 10 or 11 PM, and often in a group. They prefer dinner in a good taverna, a small local restaurant offering the local cuisine. Most dishes are fresh from that day. The menu is only for tourists, Cretans ask the waiter for specialties, and have a look in the kitchen or in a 'vitrine', glass display case. Dinner is usually outside.
Fresh fish becomes more and more rare, and is expensive, priced by its weight. Restaurants and tavernas by law have to display if the fish that they offer is fresh or frozen. Thus, always ask your waiter to show you the fish and weight it in front of you before you order.
Common Appetizers:
Tsatziki Famous cucumber dip that can go well with almost anything
Taramosalata Cod roe-based dip
Kalamari Deep fried squid
Skorthalia Greek garlic mashed potatoes
Gigantes Lima beans in a tomato sauce (can be spicy or not)
Common Entrees:
Bifteki Greek hamburger patties
Souvlaki Sticks of meat served in or without a pita bread
Fricasse Lamb and garden beans in a creamy lemon sauce
Pilafi Greek style rice
Psari A way to prepare Black Grouper or other types of fish
Moussaka Famous eggplant casserole
Greek people seldom have breakfast. They do enjoy a copious lunch.
There are options of cheap Greek fast food Called "gyropitta" by Cretans (mainland Greeks call it "giros pitta" as two separate words, and their definition is somewhat different as a single mainland Greece "giros pitta" is usually too small to replace a decent meal, instead of Cretan Giropitta which is bigger by far, having almost a serving of french fries added and with bigger pitta). As always, there are tourist-traps among those. Prefer those that locals do.
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