On the road from Agios Nikolaos towards Sitia, in the small seaside village of Mochlos, Sochoro Greek Cuisine is a modern restaurant that expresses the vision of two young women. It offers taste, authenticity, and keeps pace with current trends.
In the name of Greece's so-called «heavy industry,» tourism, year after year, anything by the sea is handed over to the hordes of imported tourism. Referring to one of the country's most important tourist destinations, Crete, a simple drive along the coastline from Heraklion to Malia is enough to give us a picture that speaks for itself.
And because misfortunes rarely come singly, besides the landscape culture, other fields are also affected, including the culture of Greek taste. Yes, many foreign visitors speak highly of a Greek cuisine of tomato salad, feta, moussaka, and a few other dishes, ultimately describing Greek gastronomy and its creativity almost as a caricature. Fortunately, Crete – and Greece in general – have such extensive coastlines that there are still many places where aesthetics and the culture of taste find refuge.
Specifically, after Agios Nikolaos and as we get closer to Sitia, The landscape and the settlements still retain elements of their traditional aura. This includes, if not entirely, at least significant elements of traditional customs, and thus a cuisine with strong local characteristics, as well as the fertile imagination of the people involved in it.
Right here, a small seaside village, which has preserved its identity almost intact, meets a culinary space that defends its independence from supposedly innovative approaches. A space that proves that Greek cuisine is still alive and can evolve, as long as we highlight and protect it.
The Sochoro Greek Cuisine It is a restaurant quite different from the interesting restaurants and tavernas we often encounter in traditional holiday resorts. It is located in the small seaside settlement of Mochlos, on the road «Agios Nikolaos – Sitia», approximately 30 kilometers from the latter city. They «built» it with their ideas and their hands. Eleftheria and Hermione, wanting to make their vision of a restaurant different from the usual a reality.
A restaurant that – as anyone who steps through its doors will easily realize – honors and strives to keep alive authentic Greek cuisine, based on local products, while simultaneously accepting the changes that the new era brings to the world of taste. The space is unadorned, white, and clear, just like the ideas of its creators. The same applies to the menu. With about fifteen carefully selected offerings, it clearly serves both Greekness and the modern trends and demands of consumers who follow them.
In short, we're talking about a restaurant that manages its "Greekness" on two levels. On an indirect level, which relies on Greek products that form the core of the menu's offerings, and on a direct level, with dishes directly linked to tradition, such as rooster in red sauce, stuffed zucchini flowers, or octopus with fava beans.
Indeed, if you decide to dedicate a few days of your vacation to Mochlos – and find yourself in the area – it's worth taking a detour to sit at one of the tables at Sochoro Greek Cuisine. You'll be glad you did, and most importantly, you'll enjoy it.
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