The top sauce is a Bechamel

i've tried virtually every Greek dish there is! gawd i love octopus! & dolmades & moussaka & spanokopita & gyro & saganaki (did you try saganaki?) & so much more!!! although never been Greece, have had many authentic experiences, even extended time w/Greek restaurant families in NYC/Va Bch) some musician friends of mine, a couple, own a small tavern on a Greek island, where they play music every night... thumbs up of course, as always, #373, this vid is fun

I have a frzen Mousaka in my freezer just now. I'm sure that you only started this channel to sample food in many countries.

@@kevincryan7220 Same as you get in Lasagne.

As a Greek I've tried all of them. Good choices. Of course there's so many more dishes you should taste.

Ahh cool thanks! good to know!

@@DeanaandPhil some restaurants that they don't they are considered to be low quality restaurants actually from greek people because of the hospitality which in those places is very low (there are no much of those thankfully - i am greek btw😁 much love from Greece)

It's sort of a courtesy dessert, so don't go expecting it as a standard.Also, don't be rude or you might not get any or they might charge you.

@@user-zj4cb9tu7i μα με δυο ss γράφεται το επιδόρπιο, και στα αγγλικά αλλά και στα γαλλικά. Η έρημος είναι με ένα.

@@user-zj4cb9tu7i Ναι το autocorrect , το έβαλε αυτόματα

Italian and Greek cuisine are so similar that it's impossible to say one is better than the other, also in Italy we eat octopus and snails but, apparently nobody knows 😁

Certain Greek islands were at some stage in history part of the Venetian empire, and Kerkyra (Corfu) in the Adriatic Sea for example retain a strong Italian connection. Hence, to witness this beautiful fusion, next time you visit Corfu, try finding a traditional restaurant that makes a dish called 'Pastitsada'. And also try the 'Sofrito'. There are many others and if you speak to the locals they would be more than happy to guide you as they are immensely proud of their island and culture (and so they should be). They make an amazing pistacchio gelato, too, but these days you can find a decent gelato pretty much everywhere. What you won't find everywhere is those beautiful welcoming Greek islands.

btw the Mediterranean diet is basically the Cretan diet and was the base for everybody even italians, spanish etc. So yeah, Greeks eat like this for 2500 years or more.

Even Gordon Ramsay said that Greek food is better than Italian

@@gtube3 I hope Ramsey is not butchering Greek recipes like he's doing with the Italian ones 😁

As a Greek, I'm so sorry you had to discover it the hard way. Even though, the combination with MILKO(cholocate milk) instead of coffee has much more destructive results :P

He got us in the whole thing especially in the last

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The most difficult and dangerous combination is bougatsa with cocoa milk!!!!

@@barberrulzz3791 xD xaxxaxaxa MILKO KAI TIROPITA NAIII EINAI TO AGAPIMENO MOY XAX

" In Greece pretty much EVERYTHING is great !" After about 5,000 years of history, we have perfected the culinary art ! If we could do the same in some other domains like finance ... we could be in better shape!

​@@JimmyTheGreek2000Η αριθμητική δεν είναι το πρόβλημα μας αλλά η προδότες.

Greek cuisine is not underrated, she is known as one of the best in the world. But for me and also for many others it is number 1

@@JC-oj7cilive a little gump

Greek cuisine while being INDEED underrated has a tight fighting spot for the number 1 and 2 best cuisines in the world on the World Taste Atlas 2022 out of the world's 50 best cuisines. Leaving any other country from number 3 downwards with a much lower score. So despite Greek cuisine is underrated it's in the top 2 best cuisines in the world. But it is for me number 1 for sure as it blows Italian cuisine out of the water when we talk about flavors and depth of flavors. I have been many times to both countries. No. Italian cuisine still has 1 advantage over the Greek one. And that is that Italian cuisine has had MUCH more coverage than the Greek one. But the Greek one is completely dominating by mouth to mouth advertisement from the many millions of travelers going to Greece. Also the same World taste Atlas 2022 ranked the worlds 50 best cheeses. Greece dominated with 13 cheeses, Italy with 11 and France with 6. While Italian and French cuisine are at their max in terms of advertisement (It literally cannot get more than all the tv coverage, commercials, magazines, etc, etc), Greek cuisine despite dominating the list of cuisines, Greek cuisine still has a lot of room to grow. Most people don't know even 1% of the Greek cuisine

@@Ptolemy336VV While i agree that Greek cuisine is amongst the best in the world. That site puts USA cuisine on spot 8, above French, Indonesian, Korean, Thai and Chinese cuisines.. Sorry but that site can absolutely not be taken seriously :D

Same

gods dessert

Ε μωρέ πιάσε μια ρακί για το παιδί,

@Star Collider it’s called Turkish migration lol ….

@Star Colliderthose are turkish migrants lol

Thanks so much for your kind words! 🤗💜 Yeah we find it interesting to learn about different cultures, food and history. Definitely a lot of deep history as well.

Nah you don't love the people 😂

yesssss

My local fishmonger will not accept octopus from anywhere but the Mediterranean.

It's not because of your memory - it is true!

@@aggelosn.6846 Σωστός

Your welcome any time to try it in Greece. We would love to have you! 🙂

You are right but the tranditional pastitsio isn't made with penne pasta, but with spaghetti no.2. 😊

@@LapaggelYes you're right. That's the traditional way. Your comment is 100% accurate!

@@Lapaggel Pasta no.2, also known as bucatini (not spaghetti). Also, in my family we've always used minced beef for meat sauces, so it's up to one's preference.

@@kindnessasgreatasthesea1158 of course! But here in Greece we dont call them bucatini, if you are greek you will know that all of them are macaroni for us 🤣

@@Lapaggel we literally call them "macaronia for pastitsio" :P

Unfortunately gyros and mousakka both are Turkish food

@@poseidonl3249 Unfortunately, you are just false. And an idiot.

@@poseidonl3249 that's not true

@@user-nq5fh3bt1w this is true dont be a fanatic we take somethings from you (my favorite street food kokoreç have greek origin for example) and you take somethings from us how can on earth yogurt,gyros(doner) and baklava can be orginally greek,are you really believe that?

@@poseidonl3249 interestingly, they are both. Moussaka is of course a Turkish word, and it is a delicious aubergine with tomato sauce dish in Turkey. However, the Greek-style moussaka is a recipe developed by the legendary Sifniot (from the island of Sifnos) chef Tselementes back in the 1920s. Tselementes had studies gastronomy in Paris and introduced French ideas and recipes into traditional Greek food. So, practically, he took the existing moussaka dish and transformed it into a French-styled, layered dish with bechamel sauce on top. He is also the creator of "pastitsio", the famous Greek lasagne-style dish. Having said all that, I think it is fair to say that all countries in the Eastern Mediterranean share a common culinary culture which goes way back in the past, long before modern states such Turkey and Greece were founded. So there is nothing "Greek" or "Turkish" about these dishes, and these arguments, commonly found on KZfaq and Facebook, are completely baseless.

Yes i would imagine fries are newer. Gyros in general. Simple Souvlaki pieces are more traditional.

If you see french fries in gyros wrap in greece you know that it was bought from a place with pleny of tourists.

Only in Athens they call gyros souvlaki and souvlaki kalamaki and kalamaki pourfan and they don`t include french fries! in the rest of Greece they calle it Pita Gyros and it includes french fries In North Greece also include ketchup and mustard and Tzatziki is added as an extra! Malakes Athinaioi

stifado is a 1234 dish made by a monk and it was a soup for the poor people in the byzantire empire

Yes!

The raki ain't so bad. I was in a restaurant owned by a Turkish Bulgarian one new years and we drank enough to sink the navy, that night. Sadly he is gone now, it was a long time ago.

@@colinp2238 Raki is the main Alcohol drink there, they drink it like water. Also Cretes has a bit different language than Greeks

@@frantz48_ It is their dialect.There lots of dialects in Greece and even if we cannot speak like them we totally understand them.My favourite is the Cretian i wish i could speak like this 🥰🥰.Also in Crete are the best and most hospitable people in Greece along with Macedonia(i am from Thessaloniki).We love them 🥰🥰

@@user-vy3en1bz3j I know I am greek.

Stuffed grape leaves is "dolmadakia" or (ντολμαδάκια) in greek

Döner is actually German ;)

Yes we do that every time here and they don't charge the dessert, but some may don't, so if you get to Greece don't be surprised if they don't give you.

This is a different kind of yogurt called Tzatziki and is used as an appetizer not desert. It is comprised of yogurt mixed with mashed cucumbers and garlic cloves. It can also have finely chopped anise. It is very good if you like garlic, but not recommended for social meetings or first dates lol. The Tzatziki served in most restaurants however, is usually very light on the garlic part.

Actually the side with the dolmas dish was greek yogurt. In Crete they serve dolmas like that. Tzatziki is not a different kind of yogurt, is greek yogurt with grated cucumber, garlic (optional carrot), dill and salt,olive oil and vinegar. You can find also greek yogurt instead of tzatziki in pita gyros (most often in Crete again!)

We love Tzatziki and make it often. Moreso just have only had dolma alone was my point. I love learning all things food though!

Greeks are renowned for their hospitality only if you're a tourist and you got money to spend. They're also renowned for their abuse of locals and immigrants that have to work for a shitty pay in their shitty tourist business.

I currently reside in Canada and I feel you so very much! UGH I MISS AUTHENTIC GREEK FOOD

I was so taken with the tastiness of the fresh salads, simplistic ingredients that tasted so wonderful. Dipping fresh bread in olive oil, stunning

Thanks for the information. Oze oze oze!!

Thanks for the comment, people often forget that the Ottoman Empire was established by nomadic Turks from central Asia which, as a nomadic people didn't have their own culture so they combined arabic, persian and greek elements to every aspect of their culture. This mixture of cultural elements was already happening through the Byzantine era, this is why many Turkish dishes resemble Greek and other Middle East and Mediterranean cultures. Mpaklava and in general syrupy treats, meat on a spit and other similar foods were firstly reported in ancient greek texts, paintings and other findings. The grape liquoers and distillates like raki, tsipouro, tsikoudia, grapa and ouzo can be found in most Mediterranean countries, even in Italy, each having their own variations.

@Star Collider Maybe it was inappropriate. I'm a Greek Australian. Oze oze oze is something we do here. A blending of the cultures for me.

@Star Collider Nah its more an Australian thing, if you watch any sports with an Aussie in it you will hear that chant. Its always a good time for an ouzo!

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Has your husband seen a doctor lol?

@@georgesakellaropoulos8162 unfortunately no! LOL!

Believe me, if you get Greek food in Greece it will be a thousand times better. Because a big part of Greek cousine is the freshness of the ingredients, which I'd easy to get here

I love snails but I never considered to remove the poopshack. I have read on some recipies that prior to cooking you have to put the snails on hay so they can defecate (?) , and then cook them. But I am not sure if this really works or not !

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Glad you enjoy it! We really like to eat!

I can't imagine Thanksgiving without Turkey from Hometeam now. 🤗

@@MrHarrilasagna jealous of that statement.... 😭

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in ancient times, in all the Mediterranean shores such as the ones of france and italy, Greeks had established major trading colonies way before the venetians. before ottomans too. Yes, nowadays we may have some buildings in Greece from Venetians and some from Ottomans, which are relatively new, but take a look at all the major ancient attractions of turkey. They all describe Greek ancient cities. Also in Italy there are regions where they speak Greek even today. Research for Grico, Griko, Greco-Bovese Or Greco-Calabro. So the influence goes way more back than you think.

They are!!!

Nothing to do with it really. Shepherd's pie is covered with mashed potatoes moussaka has creamy custard made of butter flour milk eggs and cheese called bechamel sauce. And aubergines. The only common thing is the minced meat in the middle!

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Pastitsio is a Greek food like lazania

No....pastitsio is the Greek version of lasagna. You should try it.