Peskesi in Heraklion

The Peskesi was created in 2015 at Heraklion of Crete and within 4 years he wrote a Myth. Creator of the Panagiotis Magganas, who was involved in nutrition and weight loss centers in Athens and when he was introduced to the secrets of the Cretan diet, he left life in the big city and was repatriated to Crete. He bought a field in Harassos and started growing seeds from local varieties - some of which are about to be lost. Down town, "To be accessible to everyone", he reconstructed with great taste the old mansion of Captain Polyxingis and set out to teach the world the authentic Cretan delicacies.

When Peskesi opened, it was a disaster. Huge range of Cretan delicacies, all the Cretan vineyard - and only this one - in front of your eyes, aesthetics of everything high level, excellent service and various findings that impressed you… "Très beau pour être vrai", I had said to myself, because we were not accustomed to such flawless situations and so, as every year, I came back in 2018 with the relative anxiety.

The space always warm and friendly, the staff young children kind, informed and willing to tell everything.

Values ​​and philosophy of the store recorded batch times in the menu entry. To clarify things from the beginning:

"Our goal and our passion to discover the secrets and enjoy its benefits Cretan diet. To base our daily habits on the pure and natural products of the Cretan land, cultivating many of them on our estate, but also in collaboration with local producers. To integrate in our life the process of "slow" cooking that creates homemade dishes, made with love. And finally to highlight aromas, emotions and flavors that have been forgotten in every table we set! We use only extra virgin olive oil from our estate in Harasos Hersonissos. Staka, chip and stakoboutur are made by us, seafood and fish are just what we find fresh every day, our meats are fresh and the herbs contained in our natural soft drinks and homemade liqueurs come entirely from our property… »

The dishes are all Cretan at very affordable prices (that's why you meet a lot of young people). Apart from the salads (Kastrini, Cretan Choriatiki, ofti and lakadaria), the eggs or the fried potatoes with staka, the stuffed zucchini stuffed with mizithra, the snails hambi, the Sfakian convergent before the cup (smoked and smoked) , the creokakkavo (pork cooked with honey and thyme with legume puree - a dish of Minoan Crete), the thick with eggplants and galomizithra and the pork of Kantanos (of Minoan origin).

The wines divided into categories with peculiar taste characteristics such as: "white citrus", "floral white", "barrel white", "tropical white", "soft red", "moderate red", "full red", "red refreshing" and " sweet wines ”include labels from the leading winemakers of the Cretan vineyard: Manousaki, Gavala, Douloufaki, Zacharioudaki, Titaki, Diamantaki, Lyraraki, Michalaki, Paterianaki, Alexaki, Stratarilaki, D.

And one of the details that made the difference: After the meal they brought one to the table gauze who showered her with rituals forty herbs (medicine and wellness medicine consisting of 40 herbs):

"As if you lost your health and you want to gain it, only with herbs of the earth will you regain it…".

However, we found our gastronomic health in Peskesi.