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This Easter has been a busy one! Lots of eating involved and lots of catching up with people as well. And house cleaning. A holiday at home always involves house cleaning! I don't love cleaning, but I do get a nice buzz out of things being in the right place, and everything neat and tidy.
Andrew and I finally got around to having dinner at the local Greek restaurant, Estia (836 Beaufort Street, Inglewood WA 6052, phone: 9371 5585, BYO). For $45 per head, we got the mezze special. It comes with shared entrees and mains. Our entrees were delicious, with some anti-pasta, fetta, fried haloumi with preserved figs, three types of dips (babaganous, tzatziki and caviar).
Our mains, on the other hand, was just huge! It's recommended that you come with a big appetite, but we were at least gratified to learn that not everyone finishes the big plate and they were quite happy to put what was left into a takeaway box for us. I lost count of what was on there, but I think there were grilled prawns, souvlaki, hunks of slow cooked lamb, deep fried calamari, pan fried fish, all sitting on a bed of french fries (those confused us though... what part of Greek food is french fries?) It also came with a side of Greek salad and an aoili sauce.
The cafe was casual and cheery, so much so that at times it was very difficult to hear yourself talk. On the plus side, BYO was only $3 a bottle. It's great if you're a big eater, but to be honest, I doubt I'll be going back there any time soon, more so because I'm not really capable of enjoying big plates of food any more. It was just too much meat! I think also a mezze mains has a major drawback in that food goes cold before you are halfway through since everything comes all at once. The entrees worked fine because they can be presented chilled.
Definitely worth trying at least once.
Andrew and I finally got around to having dinner at the local Greek restaurant, Estia (836 Beaufort Street, Inglewood WA 6052, phone: 9371 5585, BYO). For $45 per head, we got the mezze special. It comes with shared entrees and mains. Our entrees were delicious, with some anti-pasta, fetta, fried haloumi with preserved figs, three types of dips (babaganous, tzatziki and caviar).
Our mains, on the other hand, was just huge! It's recommended that you come with a big appetite, but we were at least gratified to learn that not everyone finishes the big plate and they were quite happy to put what was left into a takeaway box for us. I lost count of what was on there, but I think there were grilled prawns, souvlaki, hunks of slow cooked lamb, deep fried calamari, pan fried fish, all sitting on a bed of french fries (those confused us though... what part of Greek food is french fries?) It also came with a side of Greek salad and an aoili sauce.
The cafe was casual and cheery, so much so that at times it was very difficult to hear yourself talk. On the plus side, BYO was only $3 a bottle. It's great if you're a big eater, but to be honest, I doubt I'll be going back there any time soon, more so because I'm not really capable of enjoying big plates of food any more. It was just too much meat! I think also a mezze mains has a major drawback in that food goes cold before you are halfway through since everything comes all at once. The entrees worked fine because they can be presented chilled.
Definitely worth trying at least once.