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Eating in Chania
The gastronomy in Chania is an important piece for Greek’s life and it has already worldwide fame of the best cuisine. Non doubt, it conforms a part of their culture. Local cuisine includes healthy delicacies such as ntakos (salad) and kalitsounia (a tasty mix cheese which holds a sweet taste). Also visitors can find fresh fish in all coastal taverns as well as local meat in the various mountainous villages. If somebody wants to taste Mediterranean or International cuisine, visitor must be sure exists restaurants that cover their requirements. Thus there’s no case that someone who visits Chania won’t try the gastronomic taste, because of the traditional hospitality of local people.
Fish super - Meal in Chania
Due to good quality of the products and the amazing taste of Greece’s food and wine; Chania as part of this country has also a first class cuisine. So is common for Greeks to make a lunch of Mezedes or Hors D’oeuvre. Typical dishes include fried meatballs, squash balls, octopus, shrimp, squid, cheese, olives, tzatziki (garlicky yogurt and cucumbers), eggplant dip, small sausages and giant beans. For the evening meal, Greek taverns serve such specialities as Moussaka (lamb, eggplant and bechamel sauce), pastitsio (lamb or goat meat with macaroni and tomatoes), stifado (braised beef with onions) and paidakia (grilled lamb or goat chops). A lot of restaurants, Greek tavernas and outzeri(seving ouzo, an anise-flavored liqueur) visitors will find in all tourist areas of Chania.
Also Greece is famous for its herbs and spices which they use in every dish to add an extra taste and delight the senses. The famous herbs of great quality and easy to find in Greece are the chamomile, the mountain tea, sage, basil, mint, parsley and much more. The supreme Greek spices are the sesame, the cumin, the machlepi and the valuable red saffron.
Furthermore Greece is considered as a big producer of wines and local alcohols. Tsipouro is a strong alcohol a bit like Ouzo (the most famous Greek alcohol is the trade mark of the country) but with a stronger taste of anis. Chania like in other parts of Greece make its own Tsipouro, also called Raki which is really strong. Greeks drink it with ice and sometimes add a bit of water.
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