Eating 20 PLATES of GREEK FOOD in Crete | EPIC 48-Hour Food Tour on Greece's Largest Island!

100 foods to eat before you die. I've been traveling and eating all around the world and here are the 100 foods you need to eat before you die. And these are in no particular order so add them to your food bucket list. Number 81, local Greek food in Crete. First meal on the island, Apiri Greek eatery. This olive oil is delicious. Bread's pretty good too. But that olive oil, wow. So far everything I've been putting in my mouth in Greece is basically, every single bite is changing my perception of what I thought what Greek food was and how it's supposed to taste. That's why I love traveling. First dish, wild green pie. This thing, pickle, spinach, some leek, I think over some dill sauce. And this thing is toasted so nicely on the outside. I wanna eat this every day of my life. I feel like kids in this country should never have a problem eating spinach. You don't need all that Popeye eating spinach, getting biceps, that kind of encouragement. You don't need any of that. Just a flavor of this is encouragement enough. This is amazing. Toasted pita inside, creamy, delicious spinach. And the dill sauce is amazing. I love dill. It just brings out so much great aroma in food. This whole thing, the cheese, the spinach, the crunchy crust, the difference in texture, the flavors. Creamy, it's spinach-y, sour, savory. It's just so satisfying, this thing. I've never had this before. This is fantastic. Next dish, lamb meatballs. Some cilantro, onions on top. It's grilled, and inside, spicy tomato sauce. This thing will make you borderline emotional. I mean, everything about it, everything. The meatball is a little charred on the outside, so you get a light, toasty little crunch. Inside, just pure, tender meat. No gamey-ness. If you're afraid of that, you won't get any of that from this dish. The sauce is spicy. It's smoky. It's a little sweet, a little crunchy. Wow. I think one reason I like Greek food so much is a lot of dishes have an element of sourness to it, which I love. I would say even if you don't like lamb, try this dish out. This may change your mind. And make sure to get the bread and just soak up all that awesome sauce. Because that is awesome sauce. Next dish, yuvetsi. This is kind of like a Greek meat stew, and it's cooked with pasta. And on top, look at this, a layer of shrimp. This is very specific. It's semi-yakko shrimp from the island of Simi. And it's fried, crispy on top, and saucy pasta on the bottom. The sauce is very savory, very buttery, very rich and thick. Pasta's delicious. I love the contrast texture with the soft pasta, the crunchy shrimp on top. I mean, this is a very hearty dish. I think just eating the pasta without the fried shrimp on top, it may be a little too rich. The shrimp actually makes this dish a little lighter, just from its amazing crispiness. Honestly, it just makes this whole dish more appealing. I think a dish with just a layer of fried shrimp on top, it's just automatically better. Last one is a smoked sea bass with dill sauce, sea urchin on top as well, with three croquettes. Mmm, oh, it's so unique. Wow. Of course, unique delicious. It's fish croquette. Wow, it's so light and crunchy on the outside. So the sea bass, the temperature is not very hot. With it, really pickled crunchy seaweed. And the sauce is some sort of pickle sauce. And just grab some of the urchin as well. Wow, wow, wow. I mean, there's just so many amazing textures and flavors here. I mean, every bite, with the mild fish, you're getting a blast, like a big hit of savory, sour flavor, which is very, very nice. On top of that, when you start to chew more and more, the smokiness of the fish comes out. Then if you want a little change of texture, bite into that crispy, delicious fish croquette. This is my first, like, real official, official Greek meal. Now, all I want to do is eat more of this stuff. That's, like, all I want to do. I'm going to go back to the hotel, sleep, and wake up, and eat more of this. Which, actually, I should do. Sounds like a good plan. All right, it's dinner time, and this time, traditional Greek food. So I've been about five hours on the island. I can tell why people come here. It's so beautiful. I mean, driving around, the water's beautiful, the hotel we're staying at is beautiful, the restaurants are amazing, but, like, this one we're sitting at right now is just so pretty. And we rented a car right there. That's the car. I mean, just comparing the taxi rates and the rental car rates, like, pretty affordable to rent a car here to just drive around. Anyway, this place, we're at, Traditional Meat and Seafood, and we're so lucky because they have a 20-dish ameze platter that usually you have to reserve, but luckily for us, because we came so early, they have it available, so ordered that. I just smell fresh mints being cut, so I see them just cutting mint from this little garden, and they told me that they don't buy anything. Cheese, they got their own cow, chickens that lay their own eggs. I'm really excited about this. I'm really excited about this. Oh, thank you. Wow. Check out this bread. There's fresh herbs, there's dry herbs, there's some peppers, there's some chilies, I think, in here. It smells buttery. There's some toast, there's some pita, and no doubt, oh, this is freshly made as well. There's some garlic dip, there's some olive dip. The garlic dip is smoky, so incredibly garlicky and rustic. I might like the olive dip better. The flavor is so rich and deep. There's a lot of food coming, so I gotta lay off this. Already so good. Oh my gosh, you gotta see this. This is something incredible. Look at this. This is a feast for the ages. I mean, this whole thing is about, I mean, with the tray, easily, easily 30 pounds. So colorful, so much aroma. I mean, there's salads, there's oven roasted dishes, there's fried, there's grilled. It's overwhelming just to look at, to smell. Let's eat. Okay, let's just start with the grape leaves here. Grape leaves drizzled with olive oil, very fragrant. Inside, the rice absorbed all that great fragrant flavor as well. I don't think I actually liked stuffed grape leaves before. I'll be honest, it wasn't one of my favorite things. That's phenomenal though. This bread, tomatoes, olives, herbs, feta. Something with simple ingredients just like that. Every bite, the fresh sweet tomatoes, the delicious feta, creamy and nutty. The olives with their own unique flavors and then the herbs giving an even deeper flavor. Cheese is remarkable. I'm gonna use that as a palate cleanser between my bites of meat. All right, gotta do this. This is a cut of pork belly. Look at this. Beautifully charred. You can see all the herbs on this as well. Again, drizzled in olive oil. Seasoned perfectly. The herbs kind of balances out the greasiness of the pork belly. Okay, I'm gonna actually jump to this side because this is the fried stuff. Fried eggplant. Oh, that's so good. It's sweet. It has a little crunch on the outside, mainly because I let it sit here for the last 10 minutes. And this is definitely fresh eggplant. And dip this in a little tzatziki sauce. Tastes even more fresh and that just kind of highlights the sweetness of the eggplant itself. Oh, that's perfect. Zucchini. A lot of the stuff, things I didn't think I would typically like, like just fried vegetables. Now I feel like I eat this every single day of the week. I think that's some kind of cream sauce with olive inside and some mayo. There's just so much going on and so much good stuff. Look at this. Little clams, olive oil, fresh herbs. These are ingredients that I'm very familiar with. Somehow they just taste different right now. They do. I mean, clams and olive oil. I have this many times before. Here, for some reason, it's more fragrant. The sweetness of the clam is highlighted so much. Fried zucchini flowers stuffed with rice. I don't know what it is. It may be the olive oil. It may be just the dedication and love that goes into these dishes. After you take a bite, after you chew, after everything goes down, that flavor just lingers in your mouth and it just makes you crave for more. Grab a souvlaki skewer. Unreal. Bite on the outside. You just taste the smoke and the fire. And they roasted the pita as well with herbs on top. Like nothing, it's simple. Some dishes may look a little simple like fried eggplant. No, no, no. It's not just a fried eggplant. There's so much effort put in to make sure everything tastes the best it can taste. That's good. It's so good. I about dropped a tear. Oh, I know this eggplant. It's gonna be amazing. I know it. I feel it. I usually have a sixth sense for these things. You get that nice tangy sweetness from the fresh tomatoes, the creamy feta cheese, the balsamic adds a sour umami profile, and I'm just chewing on that fresh mint. Brings just another sensation into my mouth. Beef sausage. You can see the herbs and onions minced inside of the meat while the outside is just a perfect layer of char. Oh, I gotta try this. This is the feta oven baked. I should have got to this first. Oh my goodness. It's cheese. What was I thinking? All this stuff is unbelievable. I feel like any of these 20 dishes, I could order a full-size one, and I would be already so overwhelmed. So happy. But to get all these together on my plate, I'm just, is this what food heaven is like? It might be. The rose pepper with the balsamic and the fresh rock garlic goes so well with a crunchy spinach pie. Or you could just dunk this a little bit into the tomato and feta. You don't need to because this on its own is already flaky and delicious. But there's so much stuff to play with here. Why not? Or dunk it into the eggplant a little. There's really no wrong way to do this. Grilled sardines. Just that. Some olive oil. Perfect. Oh, I forgot about the cheese pie here. Again, cheese, everything. Made fresh here. All that cheese with that flaky crust is just unreal. And finally, a giant prawn cooked in olive oil. Herbs, spices, and all that juice. And all that good stuff right in the head. Slurp that up. That's just so unbelievably sweet. All right, I think I tried everything so far. I can't even describe to you how good this is. I mean, there's something so special about all these dishes. I guess that makes sense because I'm literally eating food out of a family's kitchen right now. I don't know how it can get better than this. I don't think it can. So happy I was able to be here and enjoy this. All right, now a little personal time with the food. All right, almost done. My stomach is full, but this meal just made me happy. Dessert too. Can't forget about that. Souffle is airy. This whole thing is so chocolatey. Ice cream is so milky too. First full day here in Greece and to be able to get a meal like this. If I'm only in Greece for this one day, I'd go home happy. Just making a quick visit to Heraclius today. I found this really cool lunch spot where you can go in. There's food on trays. You can just point to whatever you want. Owner's so nice. Came down, kind of explain what each dish is. It's also a sit-down place. So we pointed to a bunch of food they're going to bring out to us. So get to try out a bunch of different Greek dishes. Oh, this smells so good. Tastes even better. Creamy, sour potatoes. Giant artichoke as well. Beef and mushroom is perfect to eat with these potatoes. It's so savory that a little sourness is just very, very nice. Oh my god, this fish is good. So fresh. The outside is just the best crunch. Watch out for little bones though. But that fish is amazing. This fish is probably one of the best fried fish I've ever had in my life. It's that good. It really is. Oh, this place is so good. So good. Thank you. Oh my gosh, this is the best soda ever. I think it's a Greek soda. I'm not sure. This is delicious. Tastes like a refreshing Melanie Molina. Dinner is at the restaurant Avri Malia. And just like I feel like most restaurants in Greece, it's just got this very homey, comforting vibe. I mean, look at this. Right there, there's the kitchen. You see the fresh produce in the back. I mean, everything looks incredibly fresh. Tomatoes, peppers, onions. There's a brick oven where they're cooking the bread. And they specifically tell you that they don't have a microwave in the restaurant. All the produce is fresh. All the bread is freshly made. They even make their own olive oil. So and all the foods in Greece is actually very, very affordable. Appetizers are usually around 4 euros. Entrees about 6 to 10, 11. Look at this, a banana soda. Tastes like banana and bubblegum. I have to taste a little funky. Dish number one. This is a trio of Greek cheese, all grilled. So the three cheeses are Minori Halloumi and Tirol Zouli. And served with homemade citrus jam. This country, the food, especially when concerning cheese or olive oil or seafood or meat or pretty much everything else. Everything is just so fresh. This cheese is amazing. Very crumbly, very nutty. Especially when grilled, brings out an even smokier flavor. Dipped that in some of that delicious jam. That's amazing. We'll eat it with a fig. All right, so this is a classic dish. We want to try this forever, never had this. It's called a moussaka. There's eggplant, minced meat, potatoes. And this is a very, very classic Greek dish. And this thing is just fresh from the oven. Oh wow, this is so good. Because this whole bowl was in the oven. The potato is seared on the bottom. So you get some of that nice scallopy texture and flavor on the bottom of this dish. Eggplant, zucchini, sweet and tender. The potato is mushy. There's gooey cheese. It's smoky, it's meaty, it's creamy. It's just a giant bowl of hot love. This is the lamb dish. And it's cooked inside parchment paper. Which seals in all that nice juice. Potatoes, feta cheese, onions, carrots. Over a giant lamb shank. And look at this, oh my gosh. The top is toasted. And the bottom, because it's sealed with the paper. This is where all that juice is being kept. Oh, look how tender that is. And this part, oh, you got the bone. You got some marrow, some cartilage, some tendon. This is too good for words. To top, you get a little sear from the fire bottom. Oh, juicy meat. Especially when you eat it with that sweet tangy tomato. Also, there's so much herbs in here. I think some oregano, thyme. You taste the delicious olive oil they added to this dish. And as soon as they brought it over on the paper, or it was being unwrapped, you can smell how good this is. Another perfect dinner in Greece. That was a fun day at the beach. The waters here are the clearest I've ever seen in my life. It's like a swimming pool, but it's the ocean. Two more hours drive back and grabbing some dinner at Poseidon Fish Tavern. So this place is so cool. You go into the kitchen, they have all the fish freshly caught this morning. And you can choose whatever you want. They cook it right here for you. And this is all cooked over red hot charcoal. It's gonna be amazing. And a typical meal starts with fresh bread, fresh olive oil, and vinegar. Food is here. Scallops got here first. Look at that. Oh man, citrusy, buttery, a blast of olive oil over just the most sweetest scallops. And it has a bit of roll in there for even more flavor. So glad we got a bunch of these. Oh, it's so good. This is so good, it hurts. This thing tastes like it just jumped into the bowl. You taste that great flavor of the charcoal and just the sweet meat of the prime. Of course, the head, absolutely delicious. With all that great umami flavor. Octopus just got here, check this out. Oh, that's tender. Just waiting on two more fish and some vegetables. We're eating a lot more vegetables here in Greece because vegetables are awesome here. I mean, they're fried. It's not super healthy, but it tastes great. Fried zucchini, love it so much in this country. Tuna is superb. And they recommended cooking it to a medium here. Melts in your mouth, delicious. Fresh herbs on top, brings out even more fragrance from the fish. Oh, so good, so good, so good. Red snapper, flaky, tender, juicy. So nicely charred on the outside with a delicious blast of smoke. We can definitely tell this is cooked over an open fire. Everything I had today, just as fresh as it can be. And everything, it just comes with a perfect amount of oils, herbs, and seasoning to just highlight that delicious fresh flavor of the seafood. This is an experience.