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| - My Big Fat Greek Lemon Wedge
Stopped in a few nights ago on a whim, remembering flaming cheese and a great time I'd had at another location 2 years ago. Unfortunately this last time has relegated MBFGR to an appetizer and desert place, which means we probably wont be back. By the end of the evening, I felt like I'd spent the entire time sucking on a lemon wedge, both in the figurative and literal sense.
The evening started out slow. We sat there for a good 7 minutes before our waitress came over for drink orders, and it seemed to set the pace for the evening. Every time she came back the first thing out of her mouth was, I'm sorry I forgot about you. Yeah, thanks.
Starters were Saganaki and Dolmades, with a pre-order of spaghetti and meatballs for the little one. The cheese was as good as I remember, and hubby said the dolmades were the best he's ever had.
Main course for me was the Chicken Souvlaki. I was asked if I wanted to get two different skewers, so I ordered one beef, one chicken. The menu does state that if you split the skewer order that you might be charged a little bit more. I figured an extra buck or two for the beef. However they charged the full price of the Beef Souvlaki which is a FULL $5 MORE THAN THE CHICKEN, and was completely not worth it. The Chicken was so dry, I sucked down half of one of their giant glasses of ice tea trying to eat it and gave up on the last piece. The beef was properly medium and even nicely charred on one side. Unfortunately that was the highlight of the plate. The sauce on the meat was too heavy with lemon. The dry potaoes, which are supposed to be garlic and lemon, were missing the garlic. The dry rice was under done and again had the overpowering lemon. The same thing with the veggies. It was like the kitchen had forgone the standard seasonings of salt and pepper, and dunked the enitre dish in a vat of lemon juice, to the point that not a single thing on the plate other than the beef (and it had to fight for it's life) had any other flavor than lemon.
Hubby orderd the Gyro Platter. The meat was extensively dry, like it had been sitting under a heat lamp for awhile. His meal came with the same sides as mine, and he experienced the same lemon issue.
Sadly, the only decent main dish was my son's spaghetti and meatballs. The meat again seemed to miss any form of seasoning, but the sauce did make up for it, along with the tiny garlic breads that came with it.
Despite the horrible main course, we opted for desert after seeing something flaming that was put out with caramel? Really the only reason I went for it was to lose the taste of the lemon wedge smile. We ordered the Galaktobouriko, and it was out standing. The bad news? They added lemon to the custard. Yeah.
I left feeling like I'd experienced a lemon Sunkist commercial where you have a fire hydrant explode in your face to demonstrate how intense the (insert random fruit name here and add a y at the end) flavor is.
It's a great place to hang out and maybe meet for appetizers and drink, but hey, it's Mill Ave and there are better restaurants within walking distance. I wish I could give a more favorable review. Truly, if it wasn't for the Saganaki, Dolmades and the Galaktobouriko(barely), I'd be giving it a 1.
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