Medusa Taverna serving the very best from the Cretan Diet…This Medusa Taverna Review Page is from the Completely Crete website Eating out in Crete section. The Medusa Taverna is found right on the beach in the wonderful resort of Kalyves, close to Chania here on the Greek island of Crete.
Medusa Taverna
Three things are outstanding about the Medusa Taverna in Kalyves. First they serve the best big breakfast in the village, secondly the Lamb Kleftiko is the best we've ever tasted anywhere on the Greek Island of Crete. In fact we'd go as far as to say the Lamb Kleftiko is the best in the world! Add to that the best carafe house red wine in Kalyves and you've got a recipe for sumptuousness. Big Breakfast
The British style sausage, bacon, baked beans, fried egg and tomato breakfast is perfectly cooked and is such good value. For the incredibly low price – under €6 – the big breakfast comes with toast, butter and jam, tea or coffee and a huge glass of fresh orange juice. And free sunbeds on the beach just in front of the Medusa Taverna are included in the low price. Lamb Kleftiko The melt in the mouth slow cooked Lamb Kleftiko is simply mouth-wateringly delicious. Cooked slowly and in paper with seasonal vegetables and potatoes and topped with melting cheese the lamb dish is truly wonderful. Perfectly seasoned with just the right amount of herbs added, the paper wrapped lamb dish is impeccably cooked and superbly presented. It truly looks as good as it tastes and vice versa. Red Wine
Some of the house wines served in carafes at many tavernas and restaurants in Crete can be a little uninspiring. All a drinkable but some can be described as an acquired taste – basically the more you drink the less rough they become! However top prize for house red wine goes to the Medusa Taverna in Kalyves. It is simply outstanding. It's a cabernet sauvignon and is rich, fruity and incredibly smooth. It is served in the carafe and is incredibly good value at just under €4 for a half litre. We have eaten at the Medusa Taverna in Kalyves many times and can highly recommend it for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Top marks for atmosphere, service, choice of menu and wonderfully cooked and well presented dishes. We love the Medusa Taverna and we're sure you will too! To learn more about the Cretan Diet and how it can help you live a longer and healthier life then we highly recommend Cretan Cooking brilliantly written and photographed by Nikos and Maria Psilakis. With 265 easy to follow recipes with wonderful colour photographs this recipe book is a must have for all lovers of Crete, the Cretan Diet and healthy food. The miracles of the Cretan diet, the most wholesome cuisine of the Mediterranean are unfolded in this great little recipe book. Cretan cooking has been described as the best and complete healthy diet in the world. Scientific studies confirm that people of the Island of Crete in Greece has the lowest mortality rate of Coronary diseases which is attributed to their diet. This book contains ingredients and recipes that will help you shed your weight and also improve your quality of life. Thousands of people all over the world are using this book as a guide to good and healthy cooking and living. International scientific researchers have proved that Cretan cooking offers people good health and long life. It is based more on the consumption of plenty of olive oil, vegetables, wild greens, pulses and cereals and less on the consumption of meat. Nevertheless, this does not mean that it is lacking in taste. Cretan dishes send forth fine flavours and tastes which can still be felt in the villages of the island. In this book you will find the main recipes which have been preserved on Crete for centuries, and which, together with the way of life, constitute what is called today "the miracle of the Cretan diet".
"Eat like the Cretans and you will live longer... A precious book, an encyclopaedia on the traditional nutrition of the Cretans, which hides many secrets to good health, well being and longevity" - ETHNOS NEWSPAPER, Athens, Greece "It is a marvellous and precious collection of traditional recipes which the authors have gathered with great zeal..." - TA NEA NEWSPAPER, Athens, Greece
"A wonderful collection of authentic traditional and contemporary Cretan recipes, rich in historical content" - Magazine SAVEUR, USA
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