Greek Food ??

Question

My son has been invited to a Greek restaurant.
Please tell us what is your favorite Greek dish and describe it.

Answer 1

I love them all - what's NOT to love? But the Baklava (a dessert made of phyllo dough which is light and flaky, honey and nuts) is to die for. YUMMMMMMMY!!

For your son's information - often people order family style and everyone is able to try many different dishes. If your son is lucky the people he is with will do so. Tell him to not be shy about asking what each dish is and to try them all. Greeks cook with a lot of lamb, heavenly spices, chick peas, yogurt, and instead of conventional bread each pita, which is a sort of flat bread.

Answer 2

A gyro sandwhich is safe - it's usually slow roasted lamb and beef slices served on a pita with a cucumber yogurt sauce (which is called tzatziki), onions tomatoes and cucumbers. It's basically like a greek hamburger.

Greek Salads are also wonderful - lettuce, large olives, feta cheese, onions, cucumbers.

Souvlaki is also pretty safe - its just grilled meat (chicken, pork, shrimp) marinated in some spices (nothing too overpowering).

If he's willing to be a little adventurous, he could try Spanakopita or Tyropita - which are spinach or cheese wrapped in filo pastry. Moussaka is probably the most famous greek dish - its like an eggplant casserole, but don't let the name fool you, it can be very good.

Olives are BIG in greek cuisine so an appetizer of olives soaked in olive oil with pita bread may be presented as well. They are wonderful for those of us who like olives!

Answer 3

hi from Greece
we have many wonderful and tasty dishes. forget about souvlaki and baklava its so common.
try the following
tiropita-cheese pie
youvetsi-beef and noodles baked in clay pots in the oven
Kalamari-tender fried quid
papoutsaki-eggplant filled with ground beef with a cheese sauce and baked in the oven.
yemista-stuffed tomatoes and pepers baked in the oven
pastitsio-macaroni and meat dish
briam- grill vegetables in the oven.
saganaki-fried cheese
there are many more. the owners of the greek restaurant will be able to give you more help but the above are very tasty and interesting.
anyway have a great evening with the greeks no matter what you choose to eat youll enjoy it all.

Answer 4

spanakopita: one of the best Greek dishes! Spinach and feta cheese layered with filo dough. Optional pine nuts. Very yummy!
Also, try baklava, a desert. A mix of yummy things layered, once again, with filo dough. Has huny drizzled on top and inside to keep it together.

Answer 5

I might desire to tutor my lack of understanding here - i don't comprehend what style of food Greeks consume. i've got in no way tried any. I do like chinese language food. i do unlike Indian food (or to be marvelous, it would not like me). I even have basically eaten Indian food two times and the two cases I even have been violently sick after it. too lots of a accident, so I won't consume it back.

Answer 6

gyros-thinly sliced beef/lamb served on greek pita breadwith tomatoes,onions and tzitaki sauce

dolmaldes-rice or rice/beef cooked in grape leaves( you eat leaves) with a light lemon sauce

spankopitas/trigonias- spinach and feta cheese pies in a phylloe crust

bakava- nuts and honey in a crispy phyllo

greek salad- greens,feta cheese.kalamata olives,pepperocini peppers, and a good greek dressing

Answer 7

Moussaka: similar to lasagna. It is a meat sauce dish, except slices of fried eggplant are layered instead of pasta. On the top is a cheese custard that is baked to golden brown.

Pastitsio - very similar to lasagna or goulash

Anything with feta cheese on it.

Answer 8

I love Spanakopita. It's a heavenly mixture of spinach and feta cheese, in between layers of golden, flaky, pieces of filo dough. It is to die for and is good for an appetizer.

Answer 9

Ask him to try some kokoretsi... greek version of "haggis".. it tastes great , and its less filling!!!!

Recipes usually include chopped intestines, sweetbreads, hearts, lungs and/or kidneys, marinated in lemon, olive oil and oregano, and seasoned with salt and pepper.

Answer 10

I like souvlaki, broiled slices of lamb or pork in a pita with lettuce, onions, and a yogurt sauce.