Since it feels like 40⁰C in Athens in the shade, we lunched on Mezes covered patio today.
My pork souvlaki dinner ($28). I asked our server to hold the rice that usually comes with the dinner, and upgrade my salad to Horiatiki/ Greek Village Salad from their standard Greek salad made with lettuce, tomato and feta.
My friend ordered the chicken souvlaki pita ($15) with extra tzatziki, Horatiki ($8), and some Greek Fries.
This is my favourite covered patio on the Danforth.
Btw saw this sign go up on my walk recently in Rosedale summer Hill area. This new building is coming up right next to the flagship LCBO. Mamakas Taverna is opening up soon yay! Excited to welcome them to this neighborhood as ossington is still available trek for moi
Yes, it is. I think I wrote more about them somewhere. The Greek Nescafé, or other Greek instant, as well as Japanese instant, and other Euro instant, is freeze dried which makes it froth more than Canadian instant coffee, when whisked. I used to save the complimentary instant coffee packets in hotel rooms from visits to Europe and my one visit to Japan, for making frappes at home later.
The Greek instant is sold at Serano Bakery, Select Bakery and any Greek grocery stores. There’s also another brand that isn’t Nestle that works if one avoids Nestle.
If you want to order one, the version at Athens Pastries on Danforth or Vic Park is a little more like the type that I like the most.
You can get it without the milk. I don’t know of any Greek spots in Toronto offering a nut or oat milk Greek frappe. I would think they’re available in Greece.
The cafe was half full on Saturday at 1130 am. I decided to use my phone’s magic eraser to remove the customers, to give the people who had been in the photo their privacy.
