GREEK IN AUSTIN???
Victor M. Martinez
My greek friend likes the place on Congress and 4th(?). I've only been there
once and I wasn't impressed, I like the place off the drag on 24th better,
but I am not greek, so what do I know?
--
Victor M. Martinez, Jr. | The University of Texas at Austin
mar...@che.utexas.edu | Department of Chemical Engineering
http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv | Austin, TX 78712
If we knew what we were doing it would not be called research, would it?
jim andrews
mar...@bullwinkle.che.utexas.edu says...
> >ARE there any really good Greek restaurants in Austin?
>
> My greek friend likes the place on Congress and 4th(?). I've only been there
> once and I wasn't impressed, I like the place off the drag on 24th better,
> but I am not greek, so what do I know?
Isn't that Ted's on Congress? Yeah, I never thought too
much of it either. Maybe I'm not Greek enough (and the
Greeks are thankful for that). I don't know if they're
still in business, but Mykonos up on Burnet used to be
pretty good. I think you may be referring to Milto's at
29th and Guadalupe -- I always order their pizza, so I
can't speak to their Greek food.
jim andrews
Victor M. Martinez
>pretty good. I think you may be referring to Milto's at
>29th and Guadalupe -- I always order their pizza, so I
>can't speak to their Greek food.
I actually meant a little restaurant on 24th street, right across from
Tower Records, next tothat copy place. Good greek salad, yummy gyro meat.
jim andrews
mar...@bullwinkle.che.utexas.edu says...
> jim andrews <jand...@activepower.com> wrote:
> >pretty good. I think you may be referring to Milto's at
> >29th and Guadalupe -- I always order their pizza, so I
> >can't speak to their Greek food.
>
> I actually meant a little restaurant on 24th street, right across from
> Tower Records, next tothat copy place. Good greek salad, yummy gyro meat.
Oh, that's a new one on me. I don't get to campus
very often any more. Is it behind the Gap? Near
where Double Dave's is/was? Thanks for the tip,
jim andrews
Logan Shaw
jim andrews <jand...@activepower.com> wrote:
>In article <8cirbb$ia8$1...@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>,
>mar...@bullwinkle.che.utexas.edu says...
>> Tower Records, next tothat copy place. Good greek salad, yummy gyro meat.
>
>Oh, that's a new one on me. I don't get to campus
>very often any more. Is it behind the Gap? Near
>where Double Dave's is/was? Thanks for the tip,
It's immediately to the east (i.e. towards campus) of Double Dave's, on
the other side of the alley. It might be called Mr. Gyro's, although
maybe I'm wrong.
By the way, on the subject of Greek food, I actually think Milto's
greek salad is pretty good. And so is their pizza. In fact, I think
everything I've had there has been good. (Except the experience of
leaving my new umbrella there and returning 20 minutes later to find
someone had already walked off with it, but that's hardly their
fault...)
- Logan
Joann Zimmerman
wrote:
> jim andrews <jand...@activepower.com> wrote:
> >mar...@bullwinkle.che.utexas.edu says...
> >> I actually meant a little restaurant on 24th street, right across from
> >> Tower Records, next tothat copy place. Good greek salad, yummy gyro meat.
> >Oh, that's a new one on me. I don't get to campus
> >very often any more. Is it behind the Gap? Near
> >where Double Dave's is/was? Thanks for the tip,
> It's immediately to the east (i.e. towards campus) of Double Dave's, on
> the other side of the alley. It might be called Mr. Gyro's, although
> maybe I'm wrong.
Kismet. There's also a gyros place inside Dobie in the food court.
--
"I never understood people who don't have
bookshelves." --George Plimpton
Joann Zimmerman jz...@bellereti.com
Roland Saldanha
mar...@bullwinkle.che.utexas.edu (Victor M. Martinez) wrote:
> I actually meant a little restaurant on 24th street, right across from
> Tower Records, next tothat copy place. Good greek salad, yummy gyro meat.
This is interesting, the place is "Kismet Cafe". They are owned by
Palestinians serving very basic middle eastern "fast-food". I do think
they are good for this category of food. What surprises me however is you
lump Palestinians with Greeks. You normally take a very hard position on
Mexican cuisine and flame people when they are even slightly cavalier
about what they define as Mexican. I personally appreciate the sermons (I
am interested in food and appreciate a knowledgeable voice). But the next
time you fire off a missile you might want to remember your own ignorance
about the fine details of the difference between "Greek" and middle
eastern food.
Roland
Cricket
everytime I go there. Did anyone mention the decadent sweet offerings at the
end of the meal? Cricket
Logan Shaw <lo...@cs.utexas.edu> wrote in message
news:8cit9t$2jg$1...@provolone.cs.utexas.edu...
> In article <MPG.1356b01cf...@tx.news.verio.net>,
> jim andrews <jand...@activepower.com> wrote:
> >In article <8cirbb$ia8$1...@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>,
> >mar...@bullwinkle.che.utexas.edu says...
> >> I actually meant a little restaurant on 24th street, right across from
> >> Tower Records, next tothat copy place. Good greek salad, yummy gyro
meat.
> >
> >Oh, that's a new one on me. I don't get to campus
> >very often any more. Is it behind the Gap? Near
> >where Double Dave's is/was? Thanks for the tip,
>
> It's immediately to the east (i.e. towards campus) of Double Dave's, on
> the other side of the alley. It might be called Mr. Gyro's, although
> maybe I'm wrong.
>
Albert Nurick
> ARE there any really good Greek restaurants in Austin?
I'm far from an expert, but I had good Grecian <wink> food at
the little spot near Planet K on 183 almost out to Duval... it's
right next to Pinky's Pagers. Mom and Pop place, and Pop made
it very clear what I should order.
--
Albert Nurick <alb...@nurick.com>
Victor M. Martinez
>This is interesting, the place is "Kismet Cafe". They are owned by
>Palestinians serving very basic middle eastern "fast-food". I do think
My greek friend describes their food as "mediteranean" because they have
a strong greek component. He says some dishes are remarkably similar in
several countries since they all share a lot more in culture than what
they're willing to admit. :)
>they are good for this category of food. What surprises me however is you
>lump Palestinians with Greeks.
As I said in that post, I am no expert in mediterranean/greek cuisine.
Are these guys palestinian? I didn't know that.
>You normally take a very hard position on
>Mexican cuisine and flame people when they are even slightly cavalier
>about what they define as Mexican.
I am a mexican national very proud of my culture and cuisine. I do not
appreciate it when people call "mexican" something that is clearly not.
I haven't flamed anybody in a long time in this forum... perhaps you
have read me somewhere else?
>I personally appreciate the sermons (I
>am interested in food and appreciate a knowledgeable voice). But the next
I like to think of them as cultural lessons rather than sermons.
>time you fire off a missile you might want to remember your own ignorance
>about the fine details of the difference between "Greek" and middle
>eastern food.
Hmmm... I did say "what do I know"... didn't I? This was a very lame attemp
at flaming me... go back and try again.
Cheers.
Amy
> >> Tower Records, next tothat copy place. Good greek salad, yummy gyro meat.
> >
> >Oh, that's a new one on me. I don't get to campus
> >very often any more. Is it behind the Gap? Near
> >where Double Dave's is/was? Thanks for the tip,
>
> It's immediately to the east (i.e. towards campus) of Double Dave's, on
> the other side of the alley. It might be called Mr. Gyro's, although
It's called Kismet, and I agree with you that it is very good. Besides the
gyros, I particularly like their eggplant stew and the fried cauliflower with
yogurt sauce. Parking, however, is quite a bear when school is in session.
Amy
Werner
| What surprises me however is you lump Palestinians with Greeks.
| when they are even slightly cavalier about what they define as Mexican.
| ignorance...
totally uncalled for, Roland. you must be confusing Victor (who, with
expertise and every once in a while speaks up to correct the popular
confusion between fast-food Mexican, Tex-Mex, and *REAL* Mexican)
with our resident expert on Italian cuisine (who just likes to throw
a fit every once in a while anyone even mentions "Italian") -- though I
don't recall seeing recen examples of either occuring.
I don't think Victor should (have to) speak up in his own defense on this
matter (and I hope that he doesn't) -- and given that I've appreciated
everything I've seen you post in the past, quite frankly, I'm a bit
perplexed by this. While Victor posts with somewhat uncompromising
and unappologetic expertise when it comes to "Mexican", I don't recall
that I'd have seen reason to fault him regarding his attitude and never
in (what I would call) a flame. An expert has a right to get a bit
impatient with "bull shit" sometimes and "flaming" on USEnet doesn't start
"there" but "way further down the road" (where criticism becomes unfounded
and gets personal and opinions are more haphhazard). IMEO. :-)
I'll gladly discuss this further, preferably in email. It doesn't belong
in austin.food and austin.flame is (by intent) a relative cess-pool (but it
is an available option if there are several people who want to participate
in getting this cleared up somehow)
H Gilmer
> It's called Kismet, and I agree with you that it is very good. Besides the
> gyros, I particularly like their eggplant stew and the fried cauliflower with
> yogurt sauce. Parking, however, is quite a bear when school is in session.
More middle eastern than greek, but a lot of that food is found all
over the mediterranean.
I was heartbroken the last time i was there because they're
looking for a new cook and until they get one, no kibbeh.
Hg
Mandalyn
>In article <8cirbb$ia8$1...@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>,
>mar...@bullwinkle.che.utexas.edu says...
>> >pretty good. I think you may be referring to Milto's at
>> >29th and Guadalupe -- I always order their pizza, so I
>> >can't speak to their Greek food.
>>
>> Tower Records, next tothat copy place. Good greek salad, yummy gyro meat.
>
>
>Oh, that's a new one on me. I don't get to campus
>very often any more. Is it behind the Gap? Near
>where Double Dave's is/was? Thanks for the tip,
>
than Greek (what is the difference? Not really sure, but they get about
as annoyed as when people get Austin confused with Dallas, so I will
go with whatever they say). Food is good and fairly cheap, tho i think
for that kind of food, you cannot go wrong with Merakesh on Congress
between 9th and 10th (I think). Good lunch specials and not too expensive.
mandi
H Gilmer
>>
> That place is (was?) called Kizmet and is actually more mediterranean
> than Greek (what is the difference? Not really sure, but they get about
> as annoyed as when people get Austin confused with Dallas, so I will
Greek and Middle Eastern are both Mediterranean cuisines. Some things
in common, some not. By "Middle Eastern" in the context of food I
don't mean the whole Middle East. Most restaurants called "Middle
Eastern" are run by people from Lebanon or Syria, and occasionally
Israel.
Shawarma is Middle Eastern food. Gyros is Greek, and Kismet is the
first Middle Eastern place I've seen serve gyros, at least by that
name. I know that kibbee (kibbeh, koobeh, depends where you're from)
can be found on the Greek side of Cyprus, but I don't know whether
that qualifies it as Greek or Middle Eastern--I've only seen it in
Middle Eastern restaurants. Baklawa is both. Spanakopita & moussaka
are Greek. Falafel and hummus and tabouli are Middle Eastern.
At a Greek restaurant you're more likely to find a "Greek" salad with
romaine and olives and feta. Dunno if they eat those in Greece. At a
Middle Eastern restaurant, you're more likely to find a
cucumber-and-tomato salad, finely diced, no lettuce, and probably
served in your sandwich rather than as a side dish.
Greek goes more for yogurt sauce. Middle Eastern for sesame sauce
(tahina). Middle Eastern is big into putting things into pita, or
dipping pita into other things. Greek has a more limited context for
pita. Middle Eastern is really into grilling things on skewers. Other than
the gyros, I don't think Greek does much of that.
'Nuff lectured. Say, anyone know where bourekas comes from? It's
like spanakopita only with potato, cheese, mushroom type fillings.
Seen it all over the place in Israel, but never in Middle Eastern
restaurants.
Hg
Mick Vann
Israel. They can have a number of different fillings, but are almost always
baked, occasionally fried. The pastry is usually made with a shortcrust, but
occasionally with phyllo/filo or puff pastry, mick
H Gilmer wrote:
> restaurants.
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> Hg