Dec 1, 2008

Heraklion - or how we ate two extra days

Heraklion probably deserves more credit than we gave it. It's home the one of the world's foremost collections of Minoan art, it has a lovely harbor, and some an over-the-top church to lend it cultural charm.

But truth be told, we were not that impressed. At least not until we went looking for dinner.

After a day exploring the nearby sites we went to book our ferry passage out of town only to discover the next ferry had been delayed by bad weather and wouldn't be leaving for a few days. So the search for something to keep us occupied began. Two days later we were sorry to leave...

Our first night we never made it to dinner because on our way to "real" food we found an entire restaurant devoted to chocolate fondue. We ordered a single serving (dark with ganache and hazelnuts) and discovered it came with a table's worth of fruit, waffles, cream puffs, and cookies for dipping. My cup runneth over. Literally.
The delights weren't limited to sweets. Among other things we enjoyed Manouri cheese, grilled and then bruleed with balsamic and honey, beet salad with fresh yogurt, and meatballs in raki sauce. And then there was the baklavas. Let me just leave you wıth these:


Yea. Amazing. And now I don't fit in my pants.
xoxo Jessie

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