Subj : Greek
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Tue Jul 23 2024 12:01:19

Hi Dave,

 RH> restaurant was well set back from most of the stores. There was a
 RH> really good bbq place in that plaza also but it was family run and the
 RH> family needed to concentrate efforts otherwise so closed the
 RH> restaurant.

 DD> Got to keep the priorities straight. The couple that owns one of my
 DD> favourite "day-shift" cafes (06:00 'til 14:00) had taken a struggling
 DD> location across town an made it very successful. Then they closed it
 DD> and sold to another operator. When I asked Kurt about it he replied
 DD> "Vickie and I are getting "up there" and we're slowing down a bit."


Understandable. Steve goes to breakfast a couple of days a week (one
with guys from chruch, other day with Legion members) at one of those
places. They open up at 0400, close at 11. The family has been in WF for
about 30 years so I wouldn't be surprised to hear some day in the not
too distant future that they're calling it quits.


 DD> mall. When my friends and I visited there the first time we were the
 DD> only
 DD> non-Asians in the place. The buffet was great (and AFAIK authentic)
 DD> and I sampled some dishes I had only read about. Plus there was mango

 RH> We've been the only gringos in some Mexican places. One, in Savannah,
 RH> catered to the blue collar crowd but also welcomed those in uniform so
 RH> we always got a good meal.

 DD> My former manager at AZ is of Mexican descent. He has turned me on to
 DD> many specialities which I'd never have thought to try. And he's always
 DD> "on he money" when rating a new place.

Good person to know. (G) So many Mexican places give you a limited
choice (burrito, taco, chimichanga, etc) with rice and beans on the
side. I like a place that has more variety--and hortchata on the drinks
side.


 DD> ice cream offered for dessert. I quite liked that.

 RH> What about mango lassies for drinks?

 DD> Never tried it. These days my most comon drink is water w/lemon. Or
 DD> just water and ice cubes.  Bv)=

It's good, sort of like a thinned down mango yogurt.

 DD>      8<----- YOU KNOW ----->8

 DD> Depends on my mood which I'll go for - sandwich or souvlaki. And I
 DD> don't often do dessert. Unless there is rhubarb pie on offer. Not
 DD> strawberry/ rhubarb which I consider an abomination.

 RH> But others of us like it. The baklava pieces are small so there's
 RH> always room for one of them.

 DD> It's odd. I like rhubarb pie and I like strawberry pie. But not the
 DD> combination. I think it's bacause I prefer my rhubarb to be a bit
 DD> tart.

Understandable. I like strawberries and rhubarb each on their own, but
also together. I've made s/r preserves a time or 2 after buying some in
Switzerland.

 DD> I had a version of this at Flavour of India - there was also
 chicken DD> biryani on offer - but I'd never had goat before. It turns
 out it's a DD> lot like lamb - but a bit more "chewy".

 RH> A lot bonier too. I've used it in combination with other meats in my
 RH> chili.

 DD> I've use goat and lamb in chile verde - never in red chilli.

I used it in combination with beef and elk the year I won the church
chili cook off.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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