Comments on: Our First Gyro Pitas / Souvlakis in Athens… http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/our-first-gyro-pitas-souvlakis-in-athens A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:20:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: navyGOLF http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/our-first-gyro-pitas-souvlakis-in-athens/comment-page-1#comment-114470 navyGOLF Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:11:17 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/our-first-gyro-pitas-souvlakis-in-athens#comment-114470 Too bad, the pictures are just making me so hungry aware that I should be fasting given my exec check-up 8 hrs from now, ouch! I guess they are more commonly known here in Manila as shwarma. The best ones I've tasted so far are in Sala st. Malate Manila, The Original Shwarma Center. There's two in Paranque inside Betterliving subd, Little Tehran, and in BF along president's ave, near the entrance in front of EastWest Bank, sorry fogot the name. They also serve really good beef biryani rice. Mr. Kebab in QC is fairly ok as well as Behrous(not sure of the spelling) in Metrowalk, Ortigas. Too bad, the pictures are just making me so hungry aware that I should be fasting given my exec check-up 8 hrs from now, ouch! I guess they are more commonly known here in Manila as shwarma. The best ones I’ve tasted so far are in Sala st. Malate Manila, The Original Shwarma Center. There’s two in Paranque inside Betterliving subd, Little Tehran, and in BF along president’s ave, near the entrance in front of EastWest Bank, sorry fogot the name. They also serve really good beef biryani rice. Mr. Kebab in QC is fairly ok as well as Behrous(not sure of the spelling) in Metrowalk, Ortigas.

]]> By: kate http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/our-first-gyro-pitas-souvlakis-in-athens/comment-page-1#comment-114426 kate Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:39:34 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/our-first-gyro-pitas-souvlakis-in-athens#comment-114426 wow, so so so YUMMY! thanks for posting those great photos :) the pita looks so fluffy and soft too. wow, so so so YUMMY! thanks for posting those great photos :) the pita looks so fluffy and soft too.

]]> By: Didi http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/our-first-gyro-pitas-souvlakis-in-athens/comment-page-1#comment-114403 Didi Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:39:25 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/our-first-gyro-pitas-souvlakis-in-athens#comment-114403 Ooh!! I love Greek food! Yummy yummy yummy!! I wish there were authentic ones here... Salivating now... Ooh!! I love Greek food! Yummy yummy yummy!!

I wish there were authentic ones here…

Salivating now…

]]> By: History of Greek Food http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/our-first-gyro-pitas-souvlakis-in-athens/comment-page-1#comment-114389 History of Greek Food Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:17:42 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/our-first-gyro-pitas-souvlakis-in-athens#comment-114389 What a wonderful description of Athens! I find most interesting to see familiar places through a visitor’ eyes. Greek word gyros or gyro means ‘round’ and is a kind of meat roasted on a vertical rotisserie. By extension, gyros may refer to the sandwich of pita wrapped around it. The traditional filling for a pita with gyro are tomatoes, onions, tzatziki or strained yogurt and optionally paprika. The fried potatoes have been added rather recently. Sometimes the name’souvlaki’ is applied to that sandwich as well. (souvlaki with gyro). However, since the word souvlaki, a diminutive of souvla, means skewer, the souvlaki is consisted of small pieces of meat threaded on a small wooden skewer. This skewer is also known as kalamaki (a diminutive of kalami = reed), so the word kalamaki is a synonym for souvlaki, proper in Athens and Crete. If you ask for a kalamaki you’ll get a souvlaki with a wooden skewer and a piece of bread. If you ask for a souvlaki with pita, you’ll get a souvlaki meat without the skewer in pita bread with tomatoes, yogourt and onions, like gyros with pita. Of course you can pick your ingredients for your pita souvlaki or gyros. The meat for souvlaki and gyros is traditioanally pork; in modern times chicken is used as well. Sometimes beef is used for gyros while lamb is almost uncommon. If you are a vegetarian you may ask for a patatopita (=pita with potatoes), a pita without the meat but with the yogourt, tomatoes, onions and french fries. In restaurants, not souvlaki shops, the souvlaki is large and threaded on a metal skewer. You can also order swordfish, prawn or vegetable souvlaki. Enjoy your staying in Greece, Best regards. What a wonderful description of Athens! I find most interesting to see familiar places through a visitor’ eyes.
Greek word gyros or gyro means ‘round’ and is a kind of meat roasted on a vertical rotisserie. By extension, gyros may refer to the sandwich of pita wrapped around it. The traditional filling for a pita with gyro are tomatoes, onions, tzatziki or strained yogurt and optionally paprika. The fried potatoes have been added rather recently. Sometimes the name’souvlaki’ is applied to that sandwich as well. (souvlaki with gyro).
However, since the word souvlaki, a diminutive of souvla, means skewer, the souvlaki is consisted of small pieces of meat threaded on a small wooden skewer. This skewer is also known as kalamaki (a diminutive of kalami = reed), so the word kalamaki is a synonym for souvlaki, proper in Athens and Crete.
If you ask for a kalamaki you’ll get a souvlaki with a wooden skewer and a piece of bread. If you ask for a souvlaki with pita, you’ll get a souvlaki meat without the skewer in pita bread with tomatoes, yogourt and onions, like gyros with pita. Of course you can pick your ingredients for your pita souvlaki or gyros.
The meat for souvlaki and gyros is traditioanally pork; in modern times chicken is used as well.
Sometimes beef is used for gyros while lamb is almost uncommon. If you are a vegetarian you may ask for a patatopita (=pita with potatoes), a pita without the meat but with the yogourt, tomatoes, onions and french fries.
In restaurants, not souvlaki shops, the souvlaki is large and threaded on a metal skewer. You can also order swordfish, prawn or vegetable souvlaki.

Enjoy your staying in Greece,
Best regards.

]]> By: Homebuddy http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/our-first-gyro-pitas-souvlakis-in-athens/comment-page-1#comment-114379 Homebuddy Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:45:49 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/our-first-gyro-pitas-souvlakis-in-athens#comment-114379 Love your posts MM, as usual. Food and travel really go together just like love and marriage, you can't have one without the other. Love your posts MM, as usual. Food and travel really go together just like love and marriage, you can’t have one without the other.

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