Food tour of Greece’s Peloponnese: Best restaurants and dishes

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Don’t expect Michelin stars or “exotic” ingredients or recipes – the majority of restaurants on Greece’s Peloponnese peninsula are family affairs serving traditional dishes using home-grown produce. Matoula, Monemvasia open image in gallery Courgette patties at Matoula Monemvasia, a mighty rock off the Peloponnese’s southeast coast, is Greece’s Gibraltar and, with its ancient churches, castles and cobbled streets, oozes history. facebook.com Arcadiani, Psari, near Megalopolis open image in gallery The vegetable garden at Arcadiani Based in the mountain hamlet of Psari, Arcadiani is a remarkable place, combining a cookery school, a deli selling homemade traditional products, a museum of cookery books and implements, and a farm-to-table restaurant serving produce from its two-and-a-half-hectare garden. Mama’s Flavours Kalamata Food Tour open image in gallery A food tour means you get to experience multiple Kalamata specialities Getting under the skin of a place the size of the Peloponnesian coastal city of Kalamata can be tricky, so joining one of Maria Monastirioti’s food tours is a delicious short cut.