Register today! | Already registered? Sign in

traveldk.com

from Eyewitness Travel Guides: the world's bestselling travel guides
  • Personal guide
  • Open
Member image

Crete : Meze Dishes

Submit an attraction

Make sure your favorite shops, restaurants, hotels and more are listed.

Submit an attraction illustration
Win a trip to Bolivia & Peru
Win a trip to Bolivia & Peru

Enter to win

Competition open to UK residents only

Join our free monthly newsletter

Advertisement

Top 10 Meze Dishes

No one has rated this yet.
Rate it
  • Review this attraction
  • 1. Octopus (Oktapodi)

    A favourite accompaniment to a glass of ouzo, raki or retsina is a dish of octopus chunks, cooked in oil, herbs and vinegar, and served cold.

  • 2. Marides

    Tiny whitebait are coated in flour, flash-fried and served with a slice of lemon as a snack or a first course.

  • 3. Loukanika

    These smoked and spiced pork sausages are a typically Cretan snack, served more often in winter.

  • 4. Baked Potatoes

    Another typical winter snack served in mountain village ouzeries, often cooked in a wood-burning stove in the middle of the café.

  • 5. Saganitika

    A strongly flavoured cheese that is frequently served fried or grilled as a meze dish.

  • 6. Karpousi

    Sweet and refreshing pink cubes of chilled watermelon are among the most popular summertime meze.

  • 7. Olives

    You will see more than 40 different kinds of olive for sale in Greek markets. Their strong flavours complement a glass of retsina wonderfully.

  • 8. Gigantes

    A more substantial dish: large white beans simmered in oil, herbs and tomatoes. Served cold in summer.

  • 9. Spanakopites

    Tiny spinach pies made with flaky filo pastry.

  • 10. Melitzanosalata

    A delicious savoury dip made by pureeing grilled aubergines with herbs, usually served with crusty bread.

Write a review

If you were signed in, you could write a review here. Register for a free account, or if you're already a member, sign in.

Advertisement

 Latest guides