Ayhan’s Fish Kebab

After an hour looking at puppies at the North Shore Animal League, DLS told me he was starving because he hadn’t eaten before meeting me in Queens (so I could drive to LI for the puppies!).  So I thought for a split second and remembered that we were in Port Washington, where once upon a long long time ago, FeistySis took our father, mother and I to a couple of Mediterranean restaurants.  Obviously I know this was ages ago because my father was there… in any case, I said, “I know of two places nearby that are pretty good – [...]

Uncle George’s Greek Tavern

After Canz, TC really wanted to go to this street meat cart.  The games had been called on account of rain, none of us had umbrellas, but we gamely trekked around Astoria and discovered they’d gone home.  So instead we wandered over to Uncle George’s, where both TC and Gary had been before (separately), and got our Greek food on.  As soon as I saw taramosalata (cod roe spread/dip) on the menu, I had to get it.  I seek this out everywhere I go, and luckily, the boys obliged and helped me eat it.  This was definitely not the jarred [...]

Corfu Grill

Before I left for Peru, I was hungry and didn’t want to (really, couldn’t, with the empty fridge) cook, so I headed over to Corfu Grill to nom on some goodies.  First up: the taramasalata, or cod roe dip, which is sufficient though still not the best I’ve ever had (in all fairness, the best I ever had was in Greece).  Nice chew wedges of pita to dip in it; I’m a fan.  With my main course came grilled/toasted pita and yummy tzatziki sauce, a ginormous, tasty salad.  Yum!My main course: lamb kebabs, which came with the above plus potato [...]