Gosh time flies fast! Here are the pix from the fish feast with Manolis, not far from where he and his family live in Athens.
Only € 13 / person, and it is delicious! Unfortunately we had stuffed ourselves with Katerina's lamb lunch only a couple hours before, so we weren't able to come close to finishing everything. But we sure did try!
I'll try to identify everything:
Apologies for the camera strap...but this is the best shot of everything, except for the steamed mussels in cream sauce that they brought just after I snapped this.
1. Fried white fish of some kind. Maybe Manolis can identify. With mashed potatoes, nicely herbed and spiced.
2. Fried kalamari. Basically the same as you'd find in the U.S. at a Greek restaurant.
3. Another fried white fish, this one with nice crunchy salad.
4. Saganaki - Σαγανάκι. This is the same stuff they set on fire and yell "Opa!" for in American Greek restaurants (Greeks think this is really weird, by the way).
5. I don't remember what this was! But it was tasty. :-P
6. Crab salad. Yum!
7. The best tzatziki - τζατζίκι I've ever tasted. Spicy!
8. Greek salad
9. Fried sardines. You eat the whole thing, except maybe the tails.
10. Pickled sardines. Served cold in olive oil. The two sardine dishes were my favourites. But everything was sooo good!
11. Not pictured: the steamed mussels in cream sauce. I think it was a mustard cream sauce, and unusual for me, but very nice!
Onto the next entry!
Only € 13 / person, and it is delicious! Unfortunately we had stuffed ourselves with Katerina's lamb lunch only a couple hours before, so we weren't able to come close to finishing everything. But we sure did try!
I'll try to identify everything:
Apologies for the camera strap...but this is the best shot of everything, except for the steamed mussels in cream sauce that they brought just after I snapped this.
1. Fried white fish of some kind. Maybe Manolis can identify. With mashed potatoes, nicely herbed and spiced.
2. Fried kalamari. Basically the same as you'd find in the U.S. at a Greek restaurant.
3. Another fried white fish, this one with nice crunchy salad.
4. Saganaki - Σαγανάκι. This is the same stuff they set on fire and yell "Opa!" for in American Greek restaurants (Greeks think this is really weird, by the way).
5. I don't remember what this was! But it was tasty. :-P
6. Crab salad. Yum!
7. The best tzatziki - τζατζίκι I've ever tasted. Spicy!
8. Greek salad
9. Fried sardines. You eat the whole thing, except maybe the tails.
10. Pickled sardines. Served cold in olive oil. The two sardine dishes were my favourites. But everything was sooo good!
11. Not pictured: the steamed mussels in cream sauce. I think it was a mustard cream sauce, and unusual for me, but very nice!
Onto the next entry!
Yummy! Can't wait to have that someday!
ReplyDeleteI am hungry now!
ReplyDeleteI am hungry now!
ReplyDeleteusually Tzatziki is mild. Explain the spicy flavor - was there red pepper in it? Love how you numbered the photo and gave detailed descriptions.
ReplyDeleteusually Tzatziki is mild. Explain the spicy flavor - was there red pepper in it? Love how you numbered the photo and gave detailed descriptions.
ReplyDeleteI don't see the glass of ouzo. Ergo, this is a pack of lies. I want a refund.
ReplyDeleteKim, I believe they said the spiciness was from onions or something similar.
ReplyDeleteDave, we should have ordered ouzo. I don't know what I was thinking! We did have beer, however. :-/