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A private Chef with a great experience and love for the local Cretan cuisine can prepare a private lunch or dinner for you at the comfort of your own Villa in the area of Crete.
Take a look at the following menus and feel free to ask for any change according to your dietary restrictions, preferences and/or allergies.
The Greek's Beloved Menu: Starters - greek tzatziki, kalitsounia, Greek Salad, Main Course - mousaka or pastitsio or beef or chicken with traditional pasta, Dessert - galaktompoureko (greek Custard pie with cream)
The Cretan Grill BBQ Menu: Starters - feta cheese with tomato in a clay pot, kalitsounia, greek tzatziki, Greek Salad, Main Course - cretan local sausages, pork souvlaki, pancetta, chicken chops and chicken souvlaki, beef burger, lamb chops accompanied with French fries, Dessert - loukoumades with theme honey
The Cretan Traditional Lamp Menu: Starters - marinated peppers, kalitsounia, cretan dakos, Cretan Salad, Main Course - tsigariasto lamp or viticulturist's lamp or kleftiko lamp, Dessert - yoghurt with honey or sweet and pies with honey
The Cretan Sea Flavors Menu: Starters - beetroot salad, potatoes with garlic olive oil, fresh Octopus with fava beans, green salad, Main Course -fried fish with local greens, potatoes and zucchini or mussel’s risotto or fresh cuttlefish or sea bream or sea bass, Dessert - lemon pie with ice cream vanilla
The Cretan Traditional Beef Menu: Starters - greek tzatziki, baked vegetables, cretan dakos, Green Salad, Main Course - stifado beef or beef on frying pan or soutzoukakia, Dessert - lemon pie with vanilla ice cream
The Cretan Traditional Pork Menu: Starters - zucchini patties, eggplants with feta cheese, kalitsounia, Seasons Salad, Main Course - Roast stuffed pork or boneless pork in the pot or pork with leeks/celery or chickpeas with smoked pork, Dessert - cretan cheesecake
The Cretan Traditional Chicken Menu: Starters - fried graviera cheese, kalitsounia, eggplant salad, Avocado Salad, Main Course - rooster/chicken with homemade pasta or traditional chicken with pilafi or roast stuffed chicken, Dessert - orange pie with ice cream
The Cretan Vegetarian Menu: Starters - zucchini patties, yellow split peas fava, kalitsounia, dakos, Avocado Salad, Main Course - stuffed vegetables or cretan burreki or eggplants, Dessert - loukoumades with theme honey
The Vegan Menu: Starters - beetroots and wild greens, potatoes with garlic olive oil, cretan dakos, Salad, Main Course - chickpeas in clay pot or stuffed vegetables or spinach with tomato sauce and rice or peas with artichokes, Dessert - bitter orange sweet and chalva
Private Cooking Lessons can also be offered by the local Cook in your own Villa. You are welcome to design your menu with a local Cook, cook your own handmade traditional Cretan meal and enjoy it!
The price is about 60 Euros per person for a meat menu and it is about 70 Euros per person for a fish menu, but it depends on the details of the menu you select, how many persons you will be and how far is your Villa from Chania. The menus can be adjusted according to your needs and wishes.
