INSANE Greek Street Food 🇬🇷 CRETE SEAFOOD PARADISE + Village BBQ Pork + 101 year-old Bougatsa

In this video we are road tripping all over Crete on a mission to eat everything. I'm talking some of the best seafood I've ever had, crazy beautiful views that don't even feel real and cozy little village taverns still cooking the old school way. Honestly this place is pure magic. Buckle up we are eating our way through Crete. Buongiorno guys it's Marcin Estra and I'm in Crete, Greece. Today we're gonna be starting an amazing road trip around the island. We're gonna be visiting local villages, beaches, we're gonna be having some of the most delicious seafood, visiting local taverns. You'll be amazed even more than me. So let's go. To start our day we made it to a super legendary spot here in Chania since 1924. Oh this is an icon here in Chania. Look at this. The menu is very simple. Bugazza only, one with cream and one with cheese. We got the one with cheese because we already tried the one with cream. They make the bugazza super fresh constantly in the lab right next to us and then right at the front they slice it, they weigh it and they serve it to the customers. Look at this, look how flaky. Just with a little bit of sugar on top. Let's go for it. Oh it's really warm, so cheesy, nice and sour. It's a punch in the face. I absolutely love it. Super fresh. The pastry, the fillo, is super thin, almost like paper thin and crispy. I love it. Very good and look at the cheese, it's so creamy. It's not warm, it's salty. I think this came out of the oven right now. It's so delicious and I mean look how many people. This place is an institution. And look at the old sign over there. They framed it like a piece of art. This is a top place for sure. And after this, we start our road trip. Now things are getting serious. Get ready for a seafood feast of your dreams. I will show you everything from the start please. The smaller one, right side, you make the fries. Okay. All of the fish you can check by yourself, by press it, check it, smell it. Whether you like it, if it's fresh or not. All right. Oh wow. Local fish from this area, the name is Karos. That's a rock fish in the same family from Papagal, from the kayak fish. The red one is a female and the black one is a male. Oh beautiful. It's more tasty. Sea breams. Oh sea breams, yes. Of course. We fish with lines and with nets. We have and small and bigger fishes. For example grouper. Oh super fresh, super fresh. Everything is fresh here except the big shrimps and my wife. All the others are fresh. I didn't want to laugh. And here I have also tuna. Oh nice. Yes, tuna. The name is Magadi from the same family from tuna. Red mullet, a different size. Look, look the size from mullet. This is amazing, oh freshly caught every day. Except two things I told you. What about the story with the octopus there? We dry it for half or three days. That's a traditional way to dry an octopus. We never boil here the octopus. All of the other taverns, they make it soft by boiling. Okay, okay. So what's happened? If you boil the octopus, yes it's more soft, but all of the taste is still in the water. All right. We taste it on the octopus. The octopus, it's an experience in this tavern. You convinced me. Which fish do you recommend? Let's say first time here. We have one of the local fish, scallops, or a small tuna. Oh Max, now don't worry, don't worry, don't worry. This is the end of someone who works. So what's the story of this place? They opened in 1976. This is the one who opened. Captain Fidias, who I believe had fishing boats. They catch fish every day and that's for themselves. They're famous for octopus here. Drying and making the meat soft, the old traditional way. Amazing. I love it. I'm loving it. Very nice. Wow. Yeah, very nice. The best octopus, this family, Captain Fidias. The best chef. That's amazing. Thank you. Thank you. Mamma mia. We ordered one so we can get it as an entree to share. I'm super pumped. This place is an institution and 100% is worth coming all the way here from Chania. An hour and a half by car. Look at the Cretan map and this is where we are. Sfinari. We came right from here. An hour and a half. Beautiful, huh? Thank you. We just received our super mega fresh grilled octopus. Look at this. Wow. Grilled on charcoal by the master and finished with the extra virgin olive oil that they make and parsley. Oh my goodness. Let's get a piece. Nice, meaty, chewy, smoky and you can taste the sea. Mamma, you can really taste the sea. Super fresh and got a nice crunchy outer layer. Got a nice bite to it. I understand the reason why they're famous for it. Oh wow, this is very nice. Insane. What amazes me is the freshness. It's very good, huh? Mamma mia, super good. Super good. I know. Super nice. Oh, can't wait for the fish now. Here is your grilled fish, please. Oh my god, beautiful. Cinnamon, herbs, olive oil and lemon. For the fish? Yes. Thank you very much. Our beautiful fish is here. We got the local fish called Scaros. This is the female one, nicely grilled. Then we got tuna, even this one super fresh, grilled just so with the lemon and olive oil. They also gave us some extra that you pour on top. We also got some grills just to make ourselves think that we are healthy and let's go for it. Okay, Max. This area, not many bones. Oh, that's not your average fish. Yes, it's quite a lot of flavor. Nice, savory, perfectly grilled. They pour some lemon so it's citrusy, meaty. So far, not too bony. Okay, let's use my hands. Oh mamma mia, oh mamma mia. So you know what we do? It's all like this. Oh, the olive oil. God bless olive oil. It's very nice and with the touch of lemon, makes everything alive, really. Now on to the tuna. Oh yeah, this is different. We all know tuna, super meaty, super meaty. Let's go for it. Oh yeah, oh yeah. The previous one was good, but the tuna, maybe I have a soft spot for tuna, but this one is very good. Super meaty, tender. This is like a steak. Let's do like this. Let's pour the sauce all over. Beautiful. Let's get some more. Wow, look. Even more sauce. It's so satisfying. You're joking. Super fresh. Mamma mia. And also what I love is how passionate and knowledgeable the owners are and super welcoming. So as soon as we arrived, they came outside to greet us. They welcomed us. They showed us the fresh catch of the day. They told us all about it. It was fantastic. You can really tell that they take a lot of pride in what they do. This is a place that has been running from generation to generation. They pass it down from their father to their children, maybe grandchildren. They keep the tradition alive. This is Creta, ladies and gentlemen. It doesn't get any better than this. Almost forgot the greens. I love greens, but in this case we ordered them just to add some extra color and to make us feel better. Oh my god, amazing. A little bit bitter and with the lemon. Wow. This has been boiled and sautéed in a pan, maybe with garlic. It's pretty nice. Oh, I underestimated it. See? Do not underestimate veggies. And also one more thing. They make their own wine. Barrel aged house white here. We tried it already and it's fantastic. So this is cheers to you. Boom. It's definitely stronger than other whites that we had before and certainly tastes different. She's very, very good. Ragazzi, we just finished our lunch. Everything was absolutely delicious. Shirley can confirm. Oh, even the veggies were super good. So which fish was your favorite? The small ones. Scaros, the local one. My favorite was the tuna. So I like both, but the tuna with the octopus, we both can confirm was insane. We've just been given homemade lucumades with honey and cinnamon and sesame. Look at this. And of course, raki. Buon appetito. That's what I needed. Sweet, soft, fluffy, airy. Mamma mia. Oh, what a meal. And the location is spectacular. We are in Spinari beach. It's beautiful. Cheers. Wow, this is strong. Mamma mia. I'm on fire. Attenzione. This experience so far has been incredible. This road trip continues. We're gonna go to other villages, to other taverns. It's gonna be epic. Yamas. Yamas. Thank you so much. Wow, that's very strong. Very, very nice. Very nice. Your name? Manolis. Manolis. Max. Max. Shirley. Thank you very much. Thank you. And once again, the hospitality. I mean, Greek hospitality, come on. Second to none. After the amazing seafood feast, still the weather is not the greatest, but we head into Elafonisi, which is one of the most popular and beautiful beaches in Crete. Wow, the road is fantastic. Around the mountains. Hopefully the weather is not gonna get worse, because it opened up. So during lunch, it rained for around 10-15 minutes, but now it's good. Okay, see you in Elafonisi. Ragazzi, we made it to Elafonisi beach. Mamma mia, look at this beauty. Amore. Look at that. There is the little island over there. Mamma mia, so peaceful. All right, let's take some time off, amore. Let's do it. Let's enjoy just the two of us in peace. Ragazzi, we stopped by a mountain village tavern on the side of the road. It's beautiful, so peaceful. Look at the view. So mountains, you've got two beautiful churches. I don't know if you can see, but there is the sea over there. The view is amazing. It's super peaceful. We order a few dishes. Dacos, which are like the Cretan bruschetta, then a local homemade pie, and another dish that the owner told me that is the invention of his brother in the kitchen. I cannot wait, actually. Everything sounds pretty delicious, and we are just enjoying the atmosphere here. Here, it's just so cute. Look, it's like we have a treasure. We've got local extra virgin olive oil. Yes, this place is so nice and peaceful. Beautiful. And the food has arrived. We have the homemade pie with smoked pork and cheese. We have dacos with the dry bread, tomato, cheese, maybe it's feta cheese, and an olive on top. Then we have pork cooked with feta, so with fries. Let's try one fry, just like that, to break the ice. Nice. Let's start with the pie. You see the pork salivating, like pizza. Smoky, soft, flaky, cheesy. Attention, ladies and gentlemen. And it's not greasy at all. Attenzione, attenzione, I can have 10 of this. Unbelievable, unbelievable. So good, look. Cheese, pork. Wow, super good. I did not expect that. Oh my god. And now on to the dacos. Let's go for it. Buon appetito. I think it's not feta, it's mesitra, the Cretan cheese. The tomato, nice and sweet. I love this bread. It's nice and crunchy, quite filling. And the olive oil, wow. Cretan bruschetta, the cheese and tomatoes, wow, together are perfect. It just tastes fresh. Crunchiness, creaminess, juicy tomatoes. The food tastes even better with this view. Let's try some pork before it gets too cold. Look, look how cheesy. It's cooked with feta. Unbelievable. Incredible. It completely disintegrates. You know what I want to do now? The combo that I want to do is with this. Let's try to put some of the pork, extra pork. Mamma mia, look at this. So good. Oh, I'm sure it's good. Ridiculous. Sit back and enjoy. Mamma mia. Quanto è buono, quanto è buono. Super good. We are flying, flying. Ridiculous. We decided to end with the dessert. Look at this beauty. We are having homemade sheep yogurt, honey, made by them, and look at on top, pollen. Mamma mia, it looks fantastic. I cannot handle it actually. I really want to give it a try. Let's go for it. Mamma mia, look at this. What a masterpiece. Sour, sweet, refreshing, and this pollen on top is like sweet chunks. Very unique. There is this thick layer on top. It's amazing. The yogurt is good, but the honey is unbelievable. What a meal we had though. We came here by accident. I mean, I made my research, but it wasn't actually planned, but then we decided to stop. What a meal, what a surprise. Simple, nice service, amazing view, you breathe fresh air. Really, really nice. Ragazzi, for dinner, we made it to a local dealer's tavern. This is amazing. Everything is done still the traditional way. Look, they're cooking in this stone oven. They cook vegetables, moussaka, and many other traditional dishes, Cretan dishes, and look at this. They also cook on woo-fi. They fry french fries on woo-fi. Unbelievable. Look at the wood over there. Mountain view. It doesn't get any better than this, and follow me. Over there, they grill meat, pork, sausages, everything. Then look at this setup. Beautiful, huh? Mamma mia, it really feels like you are deep in the village. They smoke pork and a lot more, and then they keep it hot near the fire on wood. Amazing. What a beautiful setup. I'm super excited, Shirley as well. We are quite impressed. I heard a lot of good things about this place, and I cannot wait to try the food, and also to find the table, because it's quite busy. Let's go. Our food has arrived. We have feta saganaki, so feta cheese with tomatoes and peppers baked in the oven. Then we have their go-to dish. This is smoked pork belly. Mamma mia, look at this. This is the one that we saw before. How could I say no to it? Then this is goat, young goat, cooked in the oven, in the stone oven that I showed you before, with olive oil and bay leaves. Everything served with potatoes fried in olive oil on wood. Unbelievable. So they cook everything in olive wood, lots of dishes in a stone oven. It doesn't get any more traditional than this. We are in the middle of the village, in the middle of almost nowhere. It's very beautiful. It really feels like we are in a farm. Okay, let's try the dishes. I'm sure 100% they're gonna be amazing. Okay, let's start with the feta. Mamma mia, look at this. Mamma mia, look at this. Beautiful. Oh, so soft. Okay, let's grab one piece with tomato and peppers. You think it's too hot if I eat in one bite? Okay, let's go for it. It looks amazing, smells delicious. Wow. Buon appetito. Wow. Wow. Completely disintegrates in your mouth. I love the contrast with the sourness of the cheese, sweetness of the tomatoes and the bitterness of the green peppers. Wow. And I love the crunch from the peppers. Now, serious stuff with the bread. Oh, it's a bit spicy, huh? With the pepper. Look at this. This is the real deal. Mamma mia. Oh, so good. Oh, the cat. The cat is here. Mamma, it's so cute, guys. You should see this cat. Orange, chunky. I can't touch it now. I'm very tempted, but I'm eating later. Now, focus, Max. I did not expect it to be a bit spicy. Nice. So it's creamy. I love the crunch from the peppers. There is a bit of black pepper as well. Mamma mia. Melt in your mouth. This is a must-try dish here in Greece. Insane. Now, let's go for the goat. This is one of their recommendations, so I couldn't say no. With olive oil and bay leaves. Attenzione. Buon appetito. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Attenzione. Wow. Nice fatty. You can taste bay leaves. It's a bit oily. Actually, the flavor is not as strong as lamb. It's actually less intense. Usually, lamb is very strong. No matter how you cook it, okay, you can cover it with spices and everything, but the flavor is strong. Actually, goat is a lot more subtle compared to lamb. Very nice. It's a bit fatty. I love it. Goat is quite popular animal here in Crete, so certainly they know how to cook it. Very delicious. Tender. Nicely cooked in the oven. It doesn't get any better than this. Wow. Fantastico. Now, I want to try the fries cooked on wood and in olive oil. Oh, not greasy at all. Mamma mia. Oh, way different. Way different. Oh, man, what I've been waiting for. Smoked pork belly. Let's go for it. Look at this. Look. Simply seasoned with oregano and our boy here soon will be fed. Look how cute. Collaboration. Tender. Tender. Tender. Tender. Fatty. Nice and salty. Savory. The skin almost has a bit of a crunch. I don't think it's smoky. I can't taste the smokiness. It's delicious. It's very good. This is definitely slow cooked because it's very tender. I love it. How can you dislike pork belly unless it's cooked the wrong way? I saw basically everyone having this and I said I have to have it. Then the waitress said I think you should try the goat because it's delicious. She told us that it's as soon as I saw another table having it served on a clay pot was sold to me. Great food. Great atmosphere. Now at night it's really nice. Pretty cozy. I think during summer it's even better because it's warm. You can come here for lunch and have a nice experience and enjoy the tables outside over there because they're beautiful. What an experience. So this really is Cretan traditional cuisine. If you come here look for Bob. That's him. Super cute cat. He's even furry now. It's like a train. Look. Oh I thought we were friends. Look. Now he's leaving. See. By the way the meal was amazing. Company even better. We are wrapping up our first day of this amazing road trip. And see you tomorrow.