22 July 2013

Language barrier

One of the Greek meals I ate when we were on Crete (not liking olives or fish restricting my diet) was gyros. This consisted of roasted pork served with tomatoes, onion, grilled pita bread, chips and tzatziki. Every time I had it I quite enjoyed it.
On our last day I again ordered it. I had noticed that as an alternative to it being served with pita, it could be assembled by the chef and served as what in the UK is called a kebab. I had seen some of these being sent out as takeaway while we were looking at the menu, but I couldn't see the choice in the menu itself. Fiona wanted a pizza so she ordered a Gyros Pizza. Ciaran just went for the double burgers.

The food as ever was very good. This was the same place we had the ribs on the first night. Their greeter was a big hit with the small kids - their laughter was infectious.

So why is Fiona looking so disappointed? It appears that the menu item I couldn't find is a Gyros Pita, which interestingly sounds almost exactly like Gyros Pizza.
Fiona wasn't impressed at her sit down takeaway. But she did eat it all and had to admit it tasted great, but wasn't a pizza.