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FARM TO TABLE
Our effort for evolution in a healthy, Cretan and Mediterranean diet,
ends in our kitchen but starts in the field.
We take care of the ingredients used and invest in their quality
by keeping our own, private fields where we practice ethical agriculture
with absolute respect for the environment and without any use of chemicals.
We also co-operate with small, local producers and organic farmers
in order to provide safe and healthy food with a high nutritional value.
Our raki
Also available in: Our raki (or Tsikoudia) is traditionally homemade using old methods After crashing the grapes to make wine, the rest of the pulp is stored until the small distilleries open and start producing the ‘raki’. It is a high quality distilled product with the aromas and the flavour of the Liatiko variety. Liatiko Read more about Our raki ...
Our own craft lager
Also available in: Our craft lager is a fresh, unpasteurized, unfiltered lager type beer produced in limited quantities and exclusively for us by a local microbrewery (Notos Brewery, Heraklion). A high quality lager beer, brewed from selected ingredients according to our own recipe, with a traditional brewing method, mixing the right proportions and the right Read more about Our own craft lager ...
“Liatiko”: our house wine
Our wine is made from 100% Liatiko variety grapes Liatiko is a Cretan variety, one of the oldest in the Mediterranean. The grapes ripen very early and have a faint red color as their main characteristic. Our vineyards are located in the village of Veni, in the province of Mylopotamos, in Rethymnon. We make our Read more about “Liatiko”: our house wine ...
Homemade “Tirozouli” cheese
Also available in: Tirozouli – “Tir-o-“: cheese, “tiro-komo” (verb): to make cheese, “-zouli”, “zoulao” (verb): press This traditional product of Crete has its roots in mythology. Remember Amalthea (the goat that raised the Cretan Zeus), whose horn still symbolizes abundance today! The milk of Cretan sheep and goats today is processed in a traditional way, Read more about Homemade “Tirozouli” cheese ...
“Siglino”, the Cretan cured pork meat
Also available in: In Crete, “Siglino” is cooked from pork kept in the “glina”: the fat resulting from its sizzling. This method kept the pork as long as possible after the slaughter of the animal, since there were no refrigerators for storage at that time . Also available in: ...
“skioufihta”: the Cretan traditional, handmade pasta
Also available in: Skioufihta are the local pasta – handmade, delicious, cooked in different ways according to your taste The main ingredients are wheat flour, water, salt and a little olive oil. They have a cylindrical shape and are not made with a classic dough roll like many other fresh pastas. Their name “skioufihta” or Read more about “skioufihta”: the Cretan traditional, handmade pasta ...
Cretan ‘Apaki’
Also available in: “Apaki” is a particularly delicious Cretan pork, raised and prepared with love and in a special way. It is a traditional, natural product, which contains no preservatives. It gets its particular taste thanks to the choice of good raw materials, quality vinegar and the wonderful aromatic herbs of the fertile lands of Read more about Cretan ‘Apaki’ ...
‘Vlita’, nutrient local greens
Also available in: Delicious and healthy greens* from our own garden, which offer many nutrients. They are rich in iron (132 g of steamed green vegetables provide 17% of the recommended daily iron intake), making them an ideal source of iron. They are rich in vitamin C and vitamin A. They are also a source Read more about ‘Vlita’, nutrient local greens ...
Strawberries
Also available in: We pay great attention to our cultivation of strawberries *the plant can easily take all the elements of its environment (soil, water supplies and others) and the strawberry has a tendency to easily retain pesticides. Our strawberries are grown on our estate in the region of Vitsilia in Malia, without any Read more about Strawberries ...
Rocket
Also available in: Rocket is an excellent tonic and extremely healthy green It protects against osteoporosis, obesity and cancer. It cleanses the blood, removes cholesterol, strengthens the walls of blood vessels, lowers blood sugar levels, stabilizes metabolism and therefore helps in our effort to lose weight. Our cultivation of our rocket comes from our field Read more about Rocket ...
Organic cherry tomatoes
Also available in: The cherry tomatoes we use are organic and of various varieties, such as cherries, acorns, etc. Our main supplier is the certified organic farmer Vassilis Kavvalos that cultivates them in the village of Agios Vlasis, Heraklion, with a lot of passion and special attention, so that they are always delicious and healthy. Read more about Organic cherry tomatoes ...
Our heirloom ‘buffalo’ tomatoes
Also available in: Our heirloom tomatoes come from an old and forgotten variety of Crete “psomontomata” that is cultivated organically – using his own, kept seeds for us – by a certified organic farmer, Vasilis Kavvalos in Agios Vlasis village. The difference from other varieties is at colour (pink), shape and unique flavour. Also Read more about Our heirloom ‘buffalo’ tomatoes ...
Farm fresh eggs
Also available in: Most of the eggs used in our kitchen come from our chicken coop in our farm in Vitsilia, Malia. Real free roaming eggs, from chickens living in a natural habitat and under the best conditions; grazing at the grass field, under the Greek sun and clean air, eating natural and organic food. Read more about Farm fresh eggs ...
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