The Tastebuds

Just Another Manic Messini's Friday

5/6/08

It has become very common amongst myself and my friends to visit Greek restaurant Messini's at least once every week - two weeks. We've been drawn to the attraction of the Greek gourmet style food and well entertained by the pretty women in "the joint" and of course can't forget the food they have to offer. Although service can be terrible at Messini's depending on who serves you (look out for George Clooney looking waiter) the food is a reward for the poor service in a sense. When thinking about it further more I come to realize that if the food wasn't so good I'd probably never go back and it's not so much that the service is slow it's that some of the waiters/waitress's don't speak english or care about desires or needs. Any how back on track myself alongside Kev, Danny and his lady Chanty decided to catch a late lunch/early dinner. This time our Tastebuds family member Danny was determined that he'd go all out and order a variety of things that I have never tried at Messini's. He ordered us all some Lamb Gyros, Rice, Calamari, Greek style fries, Chicken Gyros, etc.. As per usual the Chicken gyro was on point and tasty but fell apart on me half way in. Calamari was delicious as well and came equipped with a sauce that is memorable and complimented the Calamari in a good way. Greek fries are fun and can technically be described as the "Greek poutine" spiced well with round-ish potato's and feta cheese topped to the max, it's not something I would order on the regular unless people would be sharing with myself (it's a heavy dish). Aside from that the Tzatziki was well regarded and this past Friday’s experience at Messini's is for sure an outing that goes down in the books once again. Unsure of when I will return as we always say after we eat at Messini's "this is what Monday/Fridays (depending on the day) are all about"...
- Avi Gold
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