Tag: Greek

  • Souvlaki Greek Eatery @ Market Halls

    Souvlaki Greek Eatery @ Market Halls

    Well I was back from my holiday and expecting to hate every minute of my day, yet the commute was smooth and the day was alright.

    Except for burnt fish.

    We went to Market Halls for lunch, it’s kind of safe for a group, and there weren’t that many traders that I haven’t tried yet.

    Souvlaki Greek Eatery was one of the few – offering souvlaki, trays, skewers and other fairly random dishes like spicy chicken pasta.

    I’d ordered the fish tray at £16.75 – which had a scattering of vegetables on it such as red onion, tomatoes and a small piece of jarred pepper. They all tasted as they should do, without any excitement.

    The fries were pretty basic and kind of crappy, probably from Brakes or somewhere – a bit of a dry yack to them. But the spice on them did cheer them up somewhat.

    Then the piece de resistance – I certainly resisted eating it. Burnt fish. Supposedly a whole seabass fillet – perhaps I should just have eaten the fish and left the skin, but the skin was fairly cremated and it just tasted of burnt.

    This all came on a rather dry and flaky flatbread.

    The mustard yoghurt was quite nice, but I wouldn’t let it skew your decision towards ordering from here I’m afraid.

    Rating of 4.00 out of 10. One of the worst things I’ve had on my lunch.

    Also curious about the guy on the desk near me that spent 10 minutes thoroughly cleaning his desk, then left the wipes, etc on another desk.

    Oh and the train home was painfully delayed, you’ll be relieved to know.

  • Torelli Pitta Souvlaki

    Torelli Pitta Souvlaki

    For 8 months I walked past Torelli Pitta Souvlaki multiple times a day, never really wondering what it was like. Then the CIA unleashed coronavirus in Wuhan via Princess Diana’s ghost, and I hardly ever walked past it again.

    A view of the van Torelli Pitta Souvlaki

    Until I was made to get Closer To Colleagues. And here I was after a morning of sitting in the office with my earphones in, closer to nobody, eating lunch alone.

    It’s mostly souvlaki on offer at Torelli Pitta Souvlaki and I had the halloumi – as squeaky as you’d expect, though I could have had chicken, pork, lamb or multiple meats.

    Menu

    The fries were a little soggy but plentiful, the tomato and salad fresh…but I craved more tomato and less fries. The tzatziki fresh, and the pitta toasted…all as you’d expect but nothing more.

    A perfectly respectable lunch and a score of 6.9 out of 10. I’d love to know what Greek folk think of it!