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The Greek breakfast buffet offers a variety of fresh breads, traditional rusks and bread sticks, including bread with raisins, olive bread, “tsoureki” sweet bread, “lagana” bread with onion and tomato, village style bread with feta cheese and oregano). The Cretan olives and pickles add a special touch to the breakfast buffet. There are fresh fruits and fresh juices, hot and cold beverages (tea, “diktamo”, sage, chamomile, “kanelada” (cinnamon drink), “soumada” (bitter almond drink) and sour cherry juice. The vegetables are accompanied by locally produced cheeses (feta, gruyere, “myzithra”, “manouri”, “anthotyro”) and dairies include yoghurt and local butter. Eggs dishes feature “kagianas” (eggs and tomato), “sfouggato” (zucchini omelet) as well as omelet with sausage in vinegar. The hot dishes include soup with “chondros” (traditional pasta), “apaki” (smoked pork and tomato), and traditional pies (cheese pie, wild greens pie, fennel pie). Desserts offered are “ryzogalo” (rice pudding), milk pie, “tiganites” (pancakes), “kserotigana” (fritters), “kalitsounia”, “moustalevria” (grape must pudding), pie from Sfakia and baked “myzithra” cheese with thyme honey.

Enjoy the most important meal of the day, each day with special care. It includes selected products and cuisine from Crete and the rest of Greece. Our goal is to give our customers a sense of the local gastronomy and familiarity with ingredients through taste, encouraging a friendly relationship with our country.

Breakfast contains selected products and dishes from Crete and Greece in general. Starting off with breads selection from the neighbourhood bakery, there are also traditional Cretan baked products such as barley rusks, plain or with olive oil, rusks from Sfakia, rusks with orange. The handmade cookies, baked at the hotel, are served plain or filled with local jam. Cretan “Dakos” rusk (with tomato, feta, caper, oregano and olive oil) is a must-try specialty. There is milk, yoghurt and cheese selection (“manouri”, gruyere from Crete, “anthotyro”, feta), butter and local honey. Virgin olive oil from Crete is paired with Cretan olives and local spoon sweets, jams, dried fruits. Hot dishes include omelettes with “apaki” ham, “strapatsada” (scrambled eggs with tomato and feta), “Sfouggato” (omelet with zucchini), soups, pies with traditional dough (cheese pies, pies with greens, spinach pies, leeks pies and “bougatsa”). Sweets include semolina pudding (halva) and “loukoumades” (dumplings with honey), “ksirotigana” (fritters with honey), “ryzogalo” (rice pudding), vanilla or chocolate cream, “lyhnarakia” pies with “myzithra” cheese or herbs, “kaltsounia”. Beverages offered are herbal infusions like “diktamo”, “malotira”, sage, chamomile and cool “kanelada” (with cinnamon).

The Greek breakfast buffet at the Blue Palace offers traditional beverages, such as “diktamo”, mint, sage, chamomile and linden. There is wheat and barley bread, all kinds of rusks, cookies and biscuits. Guests will find extra virgin olive oil, olives, thyme honey, jams, dried fruits and nuts.
Dairy produce includes “anthotyros”, gruyere, “kefalotyri”, “myzithra” “ksigalo” and “ksinomyzithra” cheeses, as well as yoghurt. Apart from cold cuts like “apaki” (salted pork), fresh fruits and salads are served -paired with traditional “dakos” rusk with tomato and cheese. Recommended specialty dishes are the following: “kalitsounia” (with myzithra cheese and honey), traditional pies like “bougatsa”, “tiganopita”, “chortopita”, “myzithropita” and “sarikopita”, omelet with various fillings and fried eggs with “apaki”. As for desserts, there are “kserotigana” (fritters with honey), “amygdalota” (almond paste sweets), “lychnarakia”, various spoon sweets and “loukoumades” (honey dumplings.)”

The “Axos” hotel serves local delicacies for breakfast, made with love by the owner herself.
A variety of breads is offered, Cretan rusks and local cookies. The strained yoghurt is paired with homemade jams, organic thyme honey and handmade spoon sweets. Guests may also try the pancakes, or “tiganites”, with brown sugar, cinnamon and thyme honey. The traditional barley rusk “dakos” can be combined with onions, tomato and basil or olive paste. Cheeses like feta, “ksinomyzithra”, gruyere and “manouri” are served with a variety of cold cuts. Specialty dishes include the traditional “grandma’s sfougato”, an omelet made with free range eggs, organic tomatoes and vegetables. The smoked pork (“apaki”) and village style sausage accompany classic fried eggs. “Kolokythokeftedes”, cooked in virgin olive oil, consist of organic zucchinis, fresh oregano and mint. The traditional “chylopites” is pasta with a sauce made with fresh tomato, thyme and oregano, garnished with Cretan “anthotyro” cheese.
There are also fresh fruits, juices, coffee, various herbal teas (chamomile, “dictamo”) and milk. Desserts include walnut pie with honey syrup, orange pie with homemade phyllo, and traditional vanilla “submarine”.

A wide selection of local delicacies is served at the breakfast buffet of the Bali Beach Hotel. The menu alternates daily so that guests can taste as many local flavors as possible. The day starts with coffee or herbal beverages such as tea, chamomile, sage or juices, with a variety of cakes and cookies. The freshly baked bread (village style, wheat, barley, multi grey and rye) is paired with honey, jams made with various fruits, cheeses and cold cuts. Hot dishes from the Cretan cuisine include village style sausage, cheese pie with “ksinomyzithra” cheese and mint, pie with greens, “sfouggato” omelet with tomato and oregano, and many more. Desserts feature cream-filled “bougatsa” pie, “ryzogalo” (rice pudding), “loukoumades” (honey dumplings) or “tiganites” (fritters). Traditional products like the Cretan “dakos” rusk, olives, olive oil, and raisins can be paired with yoghurt, as well as a selection of fresh fruits.

A wide selection of local delicacies is served at the breakfast buffet of the Bali Beach Hotel. The menu alternates daily so that guests can taste as many local flavors as possible. The day starts with coffee or herbal beverages such as tea, chamomile, sage or juices, with a variety of cakes and cookies. The freshly baked bread (village style, wheat, barley, multi grey and rye) is paired with honey, jams made with various fruits, cheeses and cold cuts. Hot dishes from the Cretan cuisine include village style sausage, cheese pie with “ksinomyzithra” cheese and mint, pie with greens, “sfouggato” omelet with tomato and oregano, and many more. Desserts feature cream-filled “bougatsa” pie, “ryzogalo” (rice pudding), “loukoumades” (honey dumplings) or “tiganites” (fritters). Traditional products like the Cretan “dakos” rusk, olives, olive oil, and raisins can be paired with yoghurt, as well as a selection of fresh fruits.

The Greek breakfast buffet offers traditional dishes made from fresh ingredients. For starters there is freshly baked bread, biscuits and cakes. Guests will find barley rusks, carob bread sticks, mini “dakos” rusks with “myzithra” cheese and oregano, hot pies of Sfakia, “tiganites” (pancakes), “kserotigana” (fritters), and traditional “avgokalamara”. There is also “pasteli” (sesame and honey paste), “lychnarakia” with cinnamon, “skaltsounia” of Chania with wild greens, mini fennel pies (“marathopitaki”), “kalitsounia” (with “myzithra” cheese and spearmint from the garden).
Dairy products include “‘ryzogalo” (rice pudding), local yoghurt, Cretan gruyere, “pichtogalo” from Chania (the well known “ksynomyzithra” cheese), fresh “anthotyros” cheese and dry “anthotyros” cheese with olive oil. Eggs are cooked in various ways including the “strapatsada” (scrambled eggs with tomato and smoked “apaki” pork or zucchini). There are also fresh and dried fruits, as well as freshly squeezed orange juice. Spoon sweets, olives, fresh olive oil, thyme honey and tahini are traditional products recommended for their nutritional value.

The breakfast buffet includes local products and showcases traditional recipes. There are vegetables from the hotel vegetable garden, bread products (various types of bread, rusks, “dakos”, bread with cheese) baked at the hotel, based on a traditional Cretan recipe and paired with local jams and homemade spoon sweets. The dairy products include cheeses such as “myzithra”, feta and gruyere, as well as yoghurt, which is paired with Cretan honey. Guests will taste various kinds of local olives, virgin olive oil and a wide variety of cold cuts. There is also a fresh or dried fruit selection. Specialty dishes include various omelettes, “strapatsada” (scrambled eggs with tomato and feta, “Sfouggato” (omelet with zucchini), various pies with traditional Cretan phyllo dough (cheese pies, wild greens pies, spinach pies, leeks pies, pies with “myzithra” cheese, “skaltsounia”, “lychnarakia”, “bougatsa”). Sweets feature semolina pudding (halva with honey and cinnamon), “loukoumades” (dumplings) and “tiganites” (fritters) with honey, traditional “ksirotigana” with honey, various creams and “ryzogalo” (rice pudding). Beverages include herbal teas like sage, chamomile, “malotira”, “dictamo”) as well as traditional “soumada” (bitter almond) and Greek coffee.

At breakfast, the hotel owners give a personal warm welcome to guests. The Avli does not feature a buffet. Guests order from the menu and the cook prepares it on the spot. Morning visitors find a basket with a variety of breads, “anthogalo” (fresh cream), a variety of local goat’s butter, fresh butter, homemade jam and grandma’s cake, honey from Sfakia and freshly squeezed juice (orange, apple, pineapple, peach and tomato). There is also tea from a mixture of Cretan herbs, and a selection of classic beverages. Guests can also try traditional yoghurt with thyme honey and fresh fruits. Other specialties include fried gruyere in batter (“saganaki”),”hondro”” (ground wheat soaked in milk with raisins), “ryzogalo” (rice pudding), strapatsada”” (scrambled eggs and tomato), “anthogalo” with “apaki” (local smoked pork or bacon), “anthotyro” cheese omelet, goat’s cheese, tomato and local sausage, “sfouggato” omelet with “anthotyro” cheese and zucchini. There is also the option of local fried sausage or the selection of Cretan cheeses and local cold cuts, pie of Sfakia (pie filled with myzithra and goat’s cheese served with walnuts and honey) and “tiganopita”, a pie served with sugar and cinnamon.

Breakfast at the Astron offers a plethora of local fresh products and dishes based on traditional recipes. Guests may start their breakfast with traditional herbal teas like “dictamo”, “malotira”, sage, marjoram, “melisochorto” and verbena. Greek strained yoghurt, local honey, spoon sweets, traditional bread, barley rusk, buns, “kalitsounia” of Ierapetra and “anevata”, fresh local fruits and vegetables, are also offered. There is also “kefalotyri” cheese from Crete, sweet “myzithra” cheese, and a variety of other delicacies. Homemade dishes from the grandmother’s recipes
are the traditional “kavroumades”, traditional “loukoumi”, “moustokouloura” (buns made with grape must) and all kinds of biscuits! Highly recommended is the “sfouggato” omelet with zucchinis and the local traditional pies. Sweet treats include “diples” (traditional fritters) with cinnamon and honey, “tiganites” (pancakes) and “loukoumades” (honey dumplings), “galatopita” (milk pie), cakes, semolina pudding (halva) and “ryzogalo” (rice pudding).

The rich breakfast buffet features Cretan and other Greek products. Among other things, guests will find fresh bread in a variety of types, homemade jams, local honey and fresh butter. There is also a wide selection of local cold cuts and cheeses. Also served is a selection of phyllo pastry delicacies such as “diples” (fritters), “kalitsounia”, pies of Sfakia, “loukoumades” (honey dumplings) and “tiganites”. There are also various kinds of olives, olive paste and the traditional “dakos” rusk with olive oil and tomato. Guests will find fresh vegetables and fruits from the land of Crete. Among the hot dishes, highly recommended is the traditional “sfouggato” (omelet with zucchinis), village style sausages, baked vegetables and pies made with local ingredients such as pie with cheese, pie with greens and “galatopita” (milk pie). Desserts include walnut pie, apple pie, “lychnarakia” (with sweet myzithra cheese) and various kinds of cakes and biscuits.

The hotel supports the Greek, and especially the Cretan market, showing its respect for the importance of the proper Mediterranean diet. At the breakfast buffet, guests will find Greek cheeses, Cretan sausages, “strapatsada” (scrambled eggs with tomato), fresh fruits, extra virgin olive oil, fresh bread, dried fruits, tahini (sesame paste) with honey, carob jam, “tiganites” (pancakes), traditional “kalitsouni” and “lychnaraki”, and many other Cretan delicacies.