eat the greek

One of the most impractical but fun-nest things Spanky and I've ever done is to go all the way to Tagaytay just to have lunch. He chanced upon Greek Taverna in one of his blog-hopping sprees and it seemed like the perfect huling hirit before I launched into my 3-week raket.


It's not an intimidating resto, as you can see. But I think it's the perfect date place because it's cozy and intimate. Ang kwela dito, may Greek radio station sa background. As in may news, rap song, commercials--hehe, sounds Greek to me! We think it's pre-recorded.

As soon as you sit down, the server asks if you're a first-timer. If you say yes, she gives you a handful of newspaper clippings about the resto. Handle them with care kasi parang mapupunit na yung iba. Lalapitan din kayo ng owner (pero hindi sya hassle, promise) to make some recommendations and to inform you that their food has no "preservatives, artificial color or flavor, vetsin or mantika!" He uses 100% extra-virgin olive oil (di ba mantika din yun?) imported from his plantation in Greece. Siyempre impressed kami!


Greek salad- forgot the technical term. As usual, forgot to take notes dahil busy sa pagnguya. I liked it kasi feeling ko, I was finally able to taste yung mga napapanuod ko sa lifestyle network. Panalo ang feta cheese, lettuce, sweet onions at tomatoes.


Mousaka chuva. At least I remembered the first word. Spanky thought it was like shepherd's pie pero mas masarap. I recommend eating it with their home-baked bread para solb at busug-busugan.


Grilled Chicken grilled by the owner himself. In the menu, there's a lengthy explanation of Greek food and why it's healthy. Kasi it doesn't use artificial flavor, food is usually grilled, and of course it uses olive oil. We ordered this 'coz we were kurips; ginive-up namin yung lamb (best-seller nila). Pero nagsisi din kami. Chicken is chicken. After drizzling it with calamansi, we had the urge to order toyo and suka para chicken inasal na talaga.

Pero bumawi naman sa dessert.

Baklava cake. Pangarap ko nang matikman ito nung nabasa ko sa Bobbsey Twins many many years ago. It kinda reminds me of fruit cake (I like super moist fruit cakes) 'coz of the dried, glazed fruits. I thought it would have a hard crust pero soft pala. It's a perfect ending to a healthy lunch. (naks)

Reasonable naman yung prices. We paid less than P700 for everythang. Pero syempre, di pa kami nakuntento. On our way home, we stopped by our fave pasalubong shop. Rowena's!

Sarap ng crumbly tarts nila! Iba't ibang flavors--may apple, pineapple, blueberry, mango, ube. Busog!