A Taste of Greece
Aug. 26th, 2007 10:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mojosmomI went to A Taste of Greece on Halsted Street this afternoon:
It's one of those festivals where you wander from booth to booth trying to decide which luscious dish to have. I settled on the Greek Islands' lamb chops (half order of three was plenty!) with rice, tomatoes, olives and feta, washed down with a glass of red wine. Later, I had a bougatsa from Artopolis Café, a completely decadent pastry consisting of lemon custard wrapped in phyllo, served warm and sprinkled with confectioner's sugar. Delish. Artopolis has wonderful bread and pastries, and before I left I bought a bread to take home.
The Hellenic Museum & Cultural Center was open, so I went to check it out. They had two exhibits going: "Nourishing Culture: Greek Immigrants and Food in Chicago" and "Remembering Generations: The Greek Immigrant's Journey", both of which I enjoyed. I also stopped by their gift shop, and found a book by Nikos Kazantzakis that I don't have. Well, didn't have. ;-)
It's one of those festivals where you wander from booth to booth trying to decide which luscious dish to have. I settled on the Greek Islands' lamb chops (half order of three was plenty!) with rice, tomatoes, olives and feta, washed down with a glass of red wine. Later, I had a bougatsa from Artopolis Café, a completely decadent pastry consisting of lemon custard wrapped in phyllo, served warm and sprinkled with confectioner's sugar. Delish. Artopolis has wonderful bread and pastries, and before I left I bought a bread to take home.
The Hellenic Museum & Cultural Center was open, so I went to check it out. They had two exhibits going: "Nourishing Culture: Greek Immigrants and Food in Chicago" and "Remembering Generations: The Greek Immigrant's Journey", both of which I enjoyed. I also stopped by their gift shop, and found a book by Nikos Kazantzakis that I don't have. Well, didn't have. ;-)
