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Below you can find most well known Cretan traditional foods:
- DAKOS its name may vary form one region to the other, some people call it koukouvagia. It is made with a barley rusk topped with a salad filling of tomatoes, feta cheese olive oil and herbs.
- GAMOPILAFO a compound word of gamos, wedding, and pilafi, rice. It is the traditional delicacy served at weddings. It is similar to risotto, made with rice boiled in broth with a dash of lemon juice and butter. As for the result, we invite you to find out.
- SFAKIANES PITES are the delicious pies made on the southern cost of Crete. They are pancakes stuffed with wild greens, picked on the Cretan mountains, or feta cheese. The dough recipe includes raki and olive oil. Try it with local honey on top. You can’t miss it!
For more information, please read our article We do love good food in Crete!
