Sometimes I forget just how cheap things can be in Greece. Last night I wanted a simple dinner and found a taverna just a few minutes from the hotel that looked like it could deliver this. One of the reasons I chose it was that there seemed to be several Greek groups and family parties in the taverna; indeed, they outnumbered the foreign visitors.
I had some bread and olive oil as a starter, then a pasta dish – penne pasta with chicken bits and mushrooms, all in a creamy sauce. With this I had a 250 ml glass of local wine, followed by a coffee. They also gave me a free mini-dessert and a shot of Raki. Cost? €10.50
A short while later I was in a bar in the centre of the village where I could have spent more than that on a small measure of single malt scotch. Readers, I didn’t.
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