Mythos - Fourways

Greek Style

With awesome weather in Joburg we decided to get some great Mediterranean food. Our super gifted Yoga instructor, Nadia suggested we do Mythos at the Design Quarter in Fourways.

We were joined by good friends Clint, Karl and Dana. We received the menus and started to order Mezedes (Greek Starters). We started with some dips, Tzatziki and Melitzanosalata (Roasted aubergine pâté with finely chopped garlic – not enough garlic). The only bummer with dips is that you need to order your own Pita bread at a cost.

Keeping in traditional Greek style eating, Karl and Dimitri ordered some Ouzo. This is a great aperitif with ice and a little water. We stayed with starters and ordered some, fried Haloumi cheese, Spanakopita (spinach pies – a little oily but real tasty), Tiropitas (cheese pies) not a match to Mamas. Dimitri ordered a beef yiro wrapped in pita bread. This was good but the beef lacked some oomph. The others ordered the yummy meze platter for 2 to share. Take a look at our photos on the website. This felt like home away from home.

We ended off with a well prepared medium (semi – sweet) Greek coffee.

Please email us: best@yourtastebuds.com with your favourite Greek restaurant.

Until we eat again,

DimitrION

Koi - Sandton

The trendy and sometimes a little snobbish 24 Central centre on Fredman Drive in Sandton is the location of our little gem, Koi. The Pretoria boys that all work in the Sandton area but never get to see each other decided to have a late quarterly “financial workshop” to miss the depressing Friday traffic back to P-Town.

The boys that joined us were Mark, George, Jimmy and Aris and we started off with the waiter bringing us some crunchy broad green beans in their pods as a pre-snack. We eventually looked at the menu when Aris arrived “Greek time” – 1 hour late. Dimitri and Jimmy ordered the tuna fillet, seared and served on a bed of grilled vegetables topped with a light wasabi mayonnaise. Mark and George ordered some well prepared Sushi and Aris the succulent calamari with rice. The clear winner and what we would go back for is the well prepared tuna. Take a look our photo of it on our website: http://www.yourtastebuds.com/

We ended off with a really amazing espresso with some Grappa on the side.

This week we’re looking for a new spot to have a boy’s afternoon get together. Email us to: Best@yourtastebuds.com

Until we eat again,

DimitrION