// March 15th, 2008 // 2 Comments » // Grub
Kali spera means “good evening” in Greek, which is exactly what we had tonight. (Yes, I’m sure I’m not using the appropriate connotation, but thanks to Google – this is what I got.)
We are completely stuffed with fine Greek food from Agnanti, a small, but lively Greek restaurant with locations in Brooklyn and Queens. We’ve only been a couple of times now, but after each trip we are completely amazed with the food. They have a varied menu that is heavy on small plates or appetizers and gigantic entrees. We’ve never been able to actually finish our entrees, which is why tonight we decided to order a bunch of the little plates. Everything was delivered, as it was prepared so we were surprised each time the waiter came to the table.
First we enjoyed Dolmades Yialantzi, or grape leaves stuffed with herb rice and served with a tart yogurt sauce. Now I’d had stuffed grape leaves before, but these were by far the best I’ve tasted. Oh and what divine olive oil they had drizzled over the top!
Next up was the Pastroumali, thinly sliced dried beef and cheese in phyllo dough. These were more like quesadillas, of course with better cheese. They were warm and toasty and just down right gooey with a slight salty flavor.
After the pastroumali, we got the Mushroom Kalitsounia from Crete, which, were these wonderful little pastries filled with a mushroom and herb mixture and served with a spicy cream sauce. These little babies were almost the highlight of the night for me. I absolutely love mushrooms in any form I can get them. But what really made this great was the sauce. It was such a nice compliment to the pastries.
Finally they delivered our last two plates. We tried Shrimps Giouvetsi which, featured shrimp, tomatoes, peppers, feta and basil baked together. Michael described it best as almost a Mediterranean gumbo. It was a little soupy, as the feta didn’t really hold any of the mixture together. I’m not so sure I’d order this a second time. The Stuffed Calamari took the cake for me though. These were whole baby squids stuffed with more feta, tomatoes and basil. They were a little tricky to cut into, but well worth the potential gush of stuffing.
All of this and we still got the free desert at the end of the meal. Oh yes, this place ensures you will leave with a bulging belly by offering a plate of cinnamon cake and tart yogurt with cherries at the end of every meal. Ah…I can go to bed a happy woman tonight!
(P.S. – Sorry for not including any pictures, but I’ve yet to muster up the courage to bring my camera to restaurants as a lot of bloggers do. Perhaps, I’ll get over that soon!)
