This something different wasn't so different after all: we met up in Ampelokipi and were to decide what to do.
When Hubby arrived he was very pale. He said he was very tired. So we did not walk around (although I did it alone before he arrived)and sat down in a cafe-restaurant called "Agora" just by Ampelokipi Metro station.
I took this photo quickly before leaving and that is why it is so blurry.
A friend of mine had been to the other branch of Agorá in Evangelismos and she said she liked it.
It was still around 7.30 but there were a quite few people eating dinner, while some were enjoying beer or coffee.
We decided (or I convinced Hubby) to have a meal. A bottle of mineral water (2.10 Euros) and bread with cream cheese dip (1.80Euro x 2) was brought to our table: these seemed to be the obligatory order.
Hubby devoured a piece of bread with cream cheese, although he said he was not hungry.
Mexican salad (8.10 Euros) was brought to us as a starter. I say this because they waited to serve other dishes until we finish the salad.
What is Mexican about it is avocado, red kidney beans and sweet corn. Otherwise nothing really exotic. It was quite satisfying, although I would have liked little more chicken. Anyway it is a nice change from the usual Greek salad variety.
This is chicken, bacon and mushroom crepe (7.60 Euros) we ordered from "Starter" section.
Although it is a huge crepe, the supposedly not-hungry Hubby ate it from head to tale (except for a small piece he conceded to me). How the Greeks dare to call it a "starter"? I asked Hubby, but he could not answer.
The presentation leaves something to be desired, but generally it was a good dish, with big morsels of chicken and fresh mushrooms.
This fried sole with almond crust with leek & mustard 'sauce' served with risotto (9.10 Euros) from the recommended main courses section.
I was disappointed in this dish. It tasted like a failed attempt by Master chef contestant (which I used see this programme when I was in UK, but not in Greece, and guessing it is something similar). It lacked in sense of harmony (of tastes) and in technique. The crust tasted burnt & risotto was sticky.
We were offered two glasses of mastiha liqueur.
Besides above dishes, we had also a bottle of sprite (2.60 Euros) and the total bill was 33.10 Euros to become 35 Euros with tip.
Not a bad place for a casual meal as far as we don't choose anything over-tentative.
Agora Restaurant-Cafe
Vournazou 31, Ampelokipoi
Tel. 210 6426 238
On our way back we stopped at the metro station of Monastiraki to admire the new projection art of the platform. It is a video projected on the wall and of people and animal coming down with escalator. I like it very much and I had to show it to Hubby who for some reason has never noticed although he uses this station everyday as I do. It eases the tension of waiting metro in the morning. I don't know the name of the artist, but to whoever made it and put it in the station, "well done!".
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