Saturday, January 15th

Another awesome Saturday night at home with Battlestar Galactica and Greek Corner Restaurant take out! Here are the new things we ordered:

• SPINACH PIE - (Spanakopita) Spinach and feta cheese baked in layers of filo dough. Technically we'd already tried this in the SAMPLER PLATE FOR TWO, but it was mmm good.
• LAMB SHISH KEBAB Marinated lamb or pork on a skewer with green peppers and onions, cooked on charcoal. I would probably not get this again. It was very similar to the SOUVLAKI PLATE I got last week, only it had half the meat.

My wife got her favorite again, the GREEK SALAD with the dressing on the side. At the end of dinner she said it wasn't as good as it usually is, probably because she dressed the salad herself.

Review of past orders

Here is a list of everything we've already ordered:

• AVGOLEMONO - Egg-lemon soup with rice and chicken.
• GREEK SALAD - Fresh salad greens with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, green peppers, feta cheese & olives. This is my wife's favorite!
• FALAFEL - Appetizer served with hommus and tabouleh.
• SAMPLER PLATE (for two) - dolmathakia, tsatziki, taramosalata, spinach pie, hommus, tabouleh, feta cheese, eggplant salad and olives.
• CORNER’S SPECIAL GYRO - A sandwich stuffed with ground beef and lamb seasoned with herbs and spices. Served in hot pita bread with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, parsley and cucumber yogurt sauce.
• GYRO SANDWICH PLATE - The gyro served with salad and rice.
• SOUVLAKI PLATE - Two skewers of marinated lamb or pork, cooked on charcoal.
• PASTITSO - Baked macaroni with ground beef in tomato sauce and spices topped with Bechamel sauce.

Conception

My wife and I live in Cambridge, MA - North Cambridge, near Davis Square, to be exact. There are many good restaurants of all cuisines and price ranges nearby. We used to go out for dinner and drinks, but lately, since having a baby, we've been ordering take out instead. Once every week or two, we have this discussion about where to get food from - the Indian place, the Chinese place, the Thai place, Italian, Japanese, burgers, burritos. And what we always settle on is the Greek Corner (home, yelp), about three blocks away. Let me tell you why we love this place:

• It's always packed. Every time I go to pick up, the restaurant is full, the staff are busy, and entrance is filled with people waiting to dine in or take out.
• The food looks amazing. When I am waiting for my food, I always look at the food the kitchen sends out to the tables. More than once I've asked what different food items are.
• They have never messed up an order. I never have to check to make sure they included everything I ordered, and they always give us extra pita bread on the side.
• The price is reasonable. My wife gets a salad, we share an app, and I get an entree for less than $25.
• Everything I've ever had there is good. What else do you need to know?

Last night we ordered a Greek Salad, Falafel appetizer, and a Souvlaki Plate (fries instead of rice). It was great! So great that I was thinking about it more this morning, wondering what I would get next. Everything I've ever gotten has been good, and I thought to myself that I eventually want to try everything!
And so this blog is born - we are taking the Greek Corner Challenge. With you as our witness, we are going to try everything on their menu and write about it here.

Disclaimer: We are not affiliated in with the Greek Corner in any way, other than being customers. The Greek Corner's management or owners are not aware of this effort, nor do they endorse it in any fashion.