Disappointing Souvlaki Night

Hubby and I went for some shopping in the evening and then we had like 1 hour and half until an appointment with friends. As we judged that there was not enough time to take a bus to go back home, eat something and come back again, we decided to have some souvlaki to fill the gap.

We visited a souvlaki restaurant called O Ilias, well-famed - at least so we knew - souvlaki taverna in Akti Themistokleous. You can see some photos here.

http://www.mesogeia.net/athens/pireas/ilias_en.html

Not being so hungry after a very late lunch at in-laws', we ordered 2 pork gyros with pita, 1 portion of fried potato, water and a coke.

Although it was a Saturday evening around 8 o'clock the place wasn't full and we were wondering why and joked about the current economic crisis.

Ilias' souvlakia are huge and the size justifies the pricing slightly higher than at the neighbouring souvlaki places.





But, this time, something was wrong. Both of us observed that the meat was dry and contained some un-edible tough snews.



According to the take-away leaflet, Ilias is currently run by a butcher shop and the lesser quality meat isn't excusable.

Probably we will not come back for a long time. As there are so many souvlaki places around, there is no reason not to explore other offers.


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Shopping list from Carrefour
Penne Rigate (Carrefour) 500g - 0.49euro
Calgon (large box) - 23.54euros
Mortadella - 2.20euros (9.25euro/kilo)
Lurpak soft butter 500g - 4.93euros
Canned sardine Geisha - 0.98euros
Sun dried tomato (Carrefour) - 2.45euros