Sunday, January 07, 2007

I LIKE GREEK

My plenty-third birthday fell on a workday this year, so we put off going out for dinner until the weekend. Myfanwe, Norbert and I spent a very pleasant Sunday afternoon/evening at The Parthenon in Chicago's Greektown. We ate family style, and what a meal it was! We had:

Bread
Saganaki
Taramasalada
Tzatziki
Gyros
Greek salad
Dolmades
Roasted Lamb
Pastichio
Mousaka
Baklava
Galaktoburiko

I tried to take a picture of the lamb roasting on a spit in the window, but the glass reflected the flash.



After dinner we stopped by the bakery to pick up a few chocolate walnut cookies for lunches this week. (Trust me, we were all too full to even contemplate having another bite tonight!)

A day like this can really take the edge off of growing older!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy happy birthday!!!!

Anonymous said...

happy birthday!

man, just looking at that dessert case...I wanted to lick the photo...(drool running down chin)...I will have one of each variety, please...no, no need for a bag, I will just narf them all down right here...ummmmmmmmmmmm

Brenda said...

I missed your birthday! Okay, being at Death's door is a pretty good excuse, as excuses go, but still...

Though somewhat belated, the felicitations are no less heartfelt.

Many Happy Returns!