Dakos

Dakos for many is the Cretan artistic take on the famous Greek salad. It is a meze (light meal) that has a base of soaked dried bread or barley rusk, and on top of it chopped tomatoes, mizithra (or crumbled feta) cheese, capers and oregano, and sometimes olives and pepper. The dish is also known as koukouvagia (which means "owl" in Greek), and is similar to the Italian bruschetta. Although dakos is a traditional Cretan recipe, during the last decades it has become very popular all over Greece, and now you can find it in almost every tavern in the country. But, as always, the best place to taste the authentic dakos is in its birthplace.