Whenever I come to Crete, I try to stay in Kaliviani - reason: the restaurant Grambussa. I know many restaurants, but only a few that have such a spirit: Something between traditional and modern - the cuisine between high-end mama cuisine and "new authentic creta kitchen style" - great! The whole place (which, by the way, you enter through a "wine barrel door") is so lovingly decorated - you can't get enough of it. The menu - in the form of a newspaper - reveals the range of cuisine in six languages. The team is mega-friendly and Cretan-casual. So it's not for the quickie... but what comes on the table: salad with tomato, onion, pepper, cucumber, misithra,(Cretan fresh goat cheese), olives, oregano, stamnagathi (Cretan leafy vegetables), paximadi (Cretan rusk) - from their own cultivation - baked vegetables - grilled Cretan sausages, artichokes with cheese, roasted lamb liver and my highlight: Local fish (I've forgotten the name again) grilled with grilled vegetables. Delicious. The house wine, not outstanding but delicious, carries the whole evening and in between you can "shoot off" with raki. Actually, everything about this restaurant is beautiful - almost all year round. It's worth making a trip to Kaliviani, because you rarely find such a culinary scenario on the island. By the way: the kitchen is "open" and the ladies at the cooker are always happy for a friendly word and if you are interested in the ingredients and the preparation. If you are still hungry at the end, which is doubtful due to the size of the portions, you can help yourself at the fruit bar... I've known the restaurant for almost 15 years now and I'm happy to be back every time, because every year there's something new: There is something new every year.

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