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Carob & Olive · Melidoni, Rethymno · Season May – Oct.
Toasted bread with traditional smoked Apaki and select Graviera cheese — a rich and flavourful snack.
Carefully fried to preserve their natural taste and rich texture.
Creamy Greek yoghurt served with sweet, aromatic honey from the local area.
Tender blossoms filled with rice and fresh herbs, prepared in traditional fashion.
Vine leaves filled with rice and fresh herbs, served with yoghurt.
An original starter based on carob rusk, with fine cheese mousse, fresh tomato and mint.
Aromatic smoked pork, served with fresh onions and peppers.
Feta wrapped in a fine crispy pastry sheet, baked golden brown and finished with honey.
Traditional Cretan pastry with a soft cheese filling, drizzled with sweet honey.
Oven-baked Feta with tomatoes and peppers, finished with extra virgin olive oil.
Tender Greek Manouri cheese, grilled with a lightly golden crust and creamy texture inside.
Crispy croquettes filled with fine Greek cheeses.
Fresh yoghurt mixed with cucumber, garlic and extra virgin olive oil.
Selection of fine Greek olives, marinated in extra virgin olive oil.
Fresh mushrooms sautéed in aromatic garlic butter.
Round, handmade potato chips with crispy texture and golden colour.
Tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, red onion, olives and Feta — refreshing and flavourful.
Cretan carob rusk, tomatoes, Feta, oregano and extra virgin olive oil.
Tender beetroot slices with fresh orange, olive oil and a delicate balsamic note.
Fresh vegetables, nuts, sweet pickled beetroot, Graviera cheese and honey vinaigrette.
With smoked Apaki, fresh vegetables, dried figs, apricots and Cretan Graviera — sweet and savoury.
Juicy chicken fillet in layers with creamy filling, wrapped in crisp puff pastry, baked golden brown.
Traditional Greek chicken gyros, slow-cooked and sliced thin, served with pita and accompaniments.
Juicy traditional handmade bifteki, carefully prepared and served as a portion.
Traditional handmade bifteki filled with Feta, carefully grilled.
Juicy pork belly, slow-cooked and glazed with house-made barbecue sauce.
Selected pork souvlaki from traditional farming, carefully grilled.
Traditional handmade meatballs with fresh herbs, accompanied by a rich fresh tomato sauce.
Juicy lamb chops from local farming, carefully grilled to emphasise their natural flavour.
Skilfully sautéed chicken pieces combined with juicy mushrooms and tender cream.
Two pork souvlaki, two bifteki, two pork belly pieces and fluffy pita — ideal for sharing.
Homemade pasta combined with fresh tomato in a rich, velvety sauce.
Homemade pasta carefully prepared and served with rich minced meat.
Homemade pasta in rich cream sauce with fresh mushrooms, delicate texture and warm traditional character.
Creamy Greek yoghurt with fine olive confit — a harmonious balance between natural tartness and sweet fruit.
Traditional Greek beetroot confit from fresh beetroot, with vivid purple colour and rich sweet flavour.
Creamy homemade ice cream from fresh Cretan sheep milk — rich in texture with a gentle, natural sweetness.
Traditional Greek dessert, submerged in water.