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Im off out today round me Dads for a MEZE, a Greek meal that is to die for, with Belly Dancers and Plate smashing and flowing alcohole.
What a night
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meze
Trust me find your nearest Greek Restaurant and book now you wont regret it.
What a night
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meze
Trust me find your nearest Greek Restaurant and book now
you wont regret it.
They do have some good dishes but then so do Poland. The Greeks have their heads up their backsides when it comes to food. Every damn menu has the same afore-mentioned dishes on and in general they were not good.
On a recent trip to Corfu we found an Italian restaurant where the chef actually had an idea about food and respect for ingredients. We ate there 3 times in one week because it beat Kleftico, Stiffado and Moussaka every time.
On a recent trip to Corfu we found an Italian restaurant where the chef actually had an idea about food and respect for ingredients. We ate there 3 times in one week because it beat Kleftico, Stiffado and Moussaka every time.
Like I said, Greek food is great when it's prepared and cooked well.
A prawn sagnaki using fresh prawns is a thing of deliciousness. But you need the freshest prawns, and the right chef to cook them to the correct Greek recipe.
And gyros.
Compared to a proper Greek gyros, a kebab is just greasy averageness.
A prawn sagnaki using fresh prawns is a thing of deliciousness. But you need the freshest prawns, and the right chef to cook them to the correct Greek recipe.
And gyros.
Compared to a proper Greek gyros, a kebab is just greasy averageness.
Like any food, brilliant when done well and deeply average at best when not. Sadly though my authentic experience of proper Greek food, and indeed Greece, was a week in Corfu...
Personally I'm a Turkish man over a Greek man; and really enjoy a proper meze without all the silly plate smashing.
Personally I'm a Turkish man over a Greek man; and really enjoy a proper meze without all the silly plate smashing.
fan-attic-deano said:
Im off out today round me Dads for a MEZE, a Greek meal that is to die for, with Belly Dancers and Plate smashing and flowing alcohole.
What a night
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meze
Trust me find your nearest Greek Restaurant and book now you wont regret it.
Well just for the record, I went to this Greek place in Norwich, what a let down the food was, no belly dancers or plate smashing, But we had a laugh when the waiter feel over a table "PMSL" and the family bonding was 2nd to none. The restaurant in Waltham Abbey is way better. Red Hot World Buffet is the next mission What a night
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meze
Trust me find your nearest Greek Restaurant and book now
you wont regret it.
I'm suprised by some of the comments above.
I really like the dishes you do get in a meze, especially when I'm in Greece, as it's perfect, light summer holiday food. I also agree that the Turkish influence is a positive benefit.
But it's not all good. Tucking into a stodgy mousakka or a heavy stifado on a hot August evening is not my cup of tea at all. Watching people struggling through a moussaka or stifado on holiday reminds me of the tourists in France confronted by a steaming pot of cassoulet in the south-west of France - it might be the local speciality, but it's the wrong time of year to be eating it!
I'm more than happy on a week's holiday to work through through a differring selection of fresh salads, feta cheese, olives, fish, octopus & squid, tzaziki, big beans, grilled aubergines, stuffed tomatoes, houmous, dolmades (stuffed vine leaves), grilled meats & bread.
I'm happiest when left to graze through these dishes with a jug of local wine on an extended lunch at a quayside taverna.
Sure, Greece is not Tuscany, but like anywhere, freshness and simplicity are the most inmportant ingredients, and I can't remember too many bad meals in the time I've been to Greece.
I really like the dishes you do get in a meze, especially when I'm in Greece, as it's perfect, light summer holiday food. I also agree that the Turkish influence is a positive benefit.
But it's not all good. Tucking into a stodgy mousakka or a heavy stifado on a hot August evening is not my cup of tea at all. Watching people struggling through a moussaka or stifado on holiday reminds me of the tourists in France confronted by a steaming pot of cassoulet in the south-west of France - it might be the local speciality, but it's the wrong time of year to be eating it!
I'm more than happy on a week's holiday to work through through a differring selection of fresh salads, feta cheese, olives, fish, octopus & squid, tzaziki, big beans, grilled aubergines, stuffed tomatoes, houmous, dolmades (stuffed vine leaves), grilled meats & bread.
I'm happiest when left to graze through these dishes with a jug of local wine on an extended lunch at a quayside taverna.
Sure, Greece is not Tuscany, but like anywhere, freshness and simplicity are the most inmportant ingredients, and I can't remember too many bad meals in the time I've been to Greece.
prand said:
I'm suprised by some of the comments above.
I really like the dishes you do get in a meze, especially when I'm in Greece, as it's perfect, light summer holiday food. I also agree that the Turkish influence is a positive benefit.
But it's not all good. Tucking into a stodgy mousakka or a heavy stifado on a hot August evening is not my cup of tea at all. Watching people struggling through a moussaka or stifado on holiday reminds me of the tourists in France confronted by a steaming pot of cassoulet in the south-west of France - it might be the local speciality, but it's the wrong time of year to be eating it!
I'm more than happy on a week's holiday to work through through a differring selection of fresh salads, feta cheese, olives, fish, octopus & squid, tzaziki, big beans, grilled aubergines, stuffed tomatoes, houmous, dolmades (stuffed vine leaves), grilled meats & bread.
I'm happiest when left to graze through these dishes with a jug of local wine on an extended lunch at a quayside taverna.
Sure, Greece is not Tuscany, but like anywhere, freshness and simplicity are the most inmportant ingredients, and I can't remember too many bad meals in the time I've been to Greece.
I'll second that.I really like the dishes you do get in a meze, especially when I'm in Greece, as it's perfect, light summer holiday food. I also agree that the Turkish influence is a positive benefit.
But it's not all good. Tucking into a stodgy mousakka or a heavy stifado on a hot August evening is not my cup of tea at all. Watching people struggling through a moussaka or stifado on holiday reminds me of the tourists in France confronted by a steaming pot of cassoulet in the south-west of France - it might be the local speciality, but it's the wrong time of year to be eating it!
I'm more than happy on a week's holiday to work through through a differring selection of fresh salads, feta cheese, olives, fish, octopus & squid, tzaziki, big beans, grilled aubergines, stuffed tomatoes, houmous, dolmades (stuffed vine leaves), grilled meats & bread.
I'm happiest when left to graze through these dishes with a jug of local wine on an extended lunch at a quayside taverna.
Sure, Greece is not Tuscany, but like anywhere, freshness and simplicity are the most inmportant ingredients, and I can't remember too many bad meals in the time I've been to Greece.
Though I do have a soft spot for a slow cooked lamb kleftiko.
Greek kitchen is a hell lot more then the usual heavy meety suspects
Lots of veg, fresh fisch (bloody xpensive) and fruit form a meal
and a well done greek salad (without the strange add ons the UK greek tavernas seem to think we like- just tomatoes, feta, cucumber, olives, oregano and perhaps a few caper leaves with the best olive oil and vinegar)isa summer dinner in its own right....
Lots of veg, fresh fisch (bloody xpensive) and fruit form a meal
and a well done greek salad (without the strange add ons the UK greek tavernas seem to think we like- just tomatoes, feta, cucumber, olives, oregano and perhaps a few caper leaves with the best olive oil and vinegar)isa summer dinner in its own right....
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