How to pronounce Staka

Staka is written στάκα where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈstaka/. In plain English letters that is STAH-kah, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Staka?

Staka is a snack of Greece. Where it comes from: Crete. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are dairy & cheese. It tastes rich and sour.

Where Staka comes from

Staka is one of 37 signature dishes of Greece on this map. See all dishes from Crete.

• Dakos ντάκος · Snack · Crete

  Dakos, also known as koukouvagia, is a Cretan dish built on paximadi, a hard rusk that is usually made from barley, shaped round, cut in half and baked twice.

• Kalitsounia καλιτσούνια · Snack · Crete

  Kalitsounia are small pies associated with Crete, made in both savoury and sweet versions.

• Apaki απάκι · Snack · Crete

  Apaki is a traditional cured meat from the mountains of Crete.

• Boureki of Chania μπουρέκι Χανίων · Main dish · Crete

  Boureki of Chania is a traditional pie from the city of Chania in western Crete.

• Tsikoudia τσικουδιά · Drink · Crete

  Tsikoudia is Crete's own spirit, a fragrant pomace brandy of Cretan origin with 40 to 65 per cent alcohol.

• Moussaka μουσακάς · Main dish · Greece

  Layered aubergine dishes were cooked across the Ottoman world and the Arab world, and the name comes from Arabic.

Food of Greece

Dishes like Staka in other countries

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• Užice kajmak ужички кајмак · Snack · Western Serbia (Užice), Serbia

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• Burrata · Snack · Andria (Apulia), Italy

  Burrata is a ball of fresh mozzarella with a soft centre of cream and shreds of cheese, called stracciatella.

• Brânză de burduf · Snack · Carpathians, Romania

  Brânză de burduf, also called by the more general name brânză frământată, "kneaded cheese", is one of the Romanian specialities traditionally made at the stâna, the mountain sheepfold.