HAVING lived here in the old village for seven years we have become accustomed to the ways of the village, but there is always something to surprise us.
We decided after returning from Chania to go out for a meal instead of cooking at home. There is a small taverna opened only this year by a young lad we have always seen in the village. His father owns a taverna at the back of the villiage square, but son Petros has branched out on his own. We were having our meal but we noticed lots of people came in, did not eat or drink, but went to the bar, and then left! The penny suddenly dropped. The village kiosk is closed until next week due to a family illness,and rather than the whole village be without cigarettes and cigars, they had made arrangements with Petros to sell a limited rangefrom his taverna.
What a civilised way to conduct business, all done by word of mouth. Talking of the new taverna - it is really excellent value. Petros has roped in his sister to help with cooking, but the prices are great. We had small plates of fava (bean mash), dolmades (stuffed vine leaves), apaki (smoked pork), chicken souvlaki and chips, a carafe of wine and Sprite with a basket of bread and plates of spoon sweets to follow. When the bill arrived it was 12 euros (About 10 pounds) remarkable value for two.
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