12.21.09
Dining at La Petit Greek
My dad treated us all out last night at La Petit Greek on Larchmont. In the spirit of playing the tourist, food critic, and just plain reciprocating restaurant reviews for those out there who enjoy reviewing food as much as I do, I thought I’d put in a plug for La Petit Greek. The food was very good. . . This time I was a little better at remembering to take pictures before digging in, although I did miss a few things. With that said, we started off with a few appetizers served with pita bread. This was their hummus.
I was too slow taking a picture of the baba ghanoush (eggplant dish), so there’s only half a dish here. Just goes to show that the gang couldn’t wait to dig in. The dish in the background was too far gone to bother taking a picture. It was tarama (whipped caviar dip).
Here’s their village salad, which is basically Persian cucumbers, tomatoes, bell pepper, purple onions, feta cheese, and olives.
Here’s their kalamari (grilled octopus).
For the main courses, my dad and my boys had the lamb shank.
My sister had the lamb chops. Looks like she already started in on it before I snapped the shot. . .
Her hubby had the Delphi pasta.
Mom had the seafood kabob.
Brian and my other sister split the lamb back because this dish was especially prepared for two. Talk about a lot of meat! Wow. After the stuffed themselves Aaron and Andrew ate some, too. Then I turned it over to discover there was “more” meat underneath. So we took it home and I polished it off today for both breakfast and lunch. Oh and how yum it was, too, even when cold! This dish also came with a side of sauteed veggies–lemon potatoes, carrots, and Brussel sprouts, IIRC.
I had the sauteed sea bass in lemon dill sauce. I know it’s hard to see at first glance, but there is a nice piece of sea bass underneath that smathering of veggies. The sea bass was cooked just right. It was very tender and almost melted in my mouth. The asparagus were lightly cooked and nice and crisp. Definitely well-prepared.
There was a complimentary communal dessert afterward, but I refrained from partaking. And since I’m just about out of room for pics on this one post I’ll skip the dessert pics and I’ll just add one more of Brian and me at la Petit Greek.
Now I’ve read some reviews for this restaurant wherein claims were made that the food was great, but the service snooty. We did not experience that. Last night I found the food to be very good and the service to be just as good. On the Marlakin’s rating scale, I give La Petit Greek two thumbs up.
Three more days to Christmas!
Marlakins
