To paraphrase bob ross, if I ask for a sandwich and I get a giant plate of gyro meat that’s not a mistake it’s a happy accident

@GreeceExplained

5 ай бұрын

lol nice one :D

I don't think the waiters are trying to trick tourists. When you're sitting at a table you're supposed to get a gyros plate (Greek or tourist). The wrap is on the go.

Thank you for the clarification

Thank you for this video!!! i am going to watch all of your videos :)

Thank you!

Sebastian, I returned from Greece a couple of weeks ago and was about to message you about how you failed to explain what a "gyros portion" was in your original souvlaki video. And now I wish that I had noticed this video before going. It would have saved me a lot of confusion. Regardless, thank you for all of the information. I hope to hire you the next time I travel to Greece.

Your videos have been so helpful! I've been planning a honeymoon to Santorini and Athens, you were a key factor in the planning! thank you.

@AvEtheDJ

Жыл бұрын

Not good choice actually... It looks great on photos, but in reality you will be quite dissapointed to have these two as honeymoon locations... If I were you, I would chose something else than being dissapointed and soon divorced if you really go only there :D

Top! Thanks for this exploration. 😂😂😂 It is useful for our holliday in Greece this summer.

A safe way to get a wrap is to ask pita with souvlaki (favourite of mine as I don't eat gyro) and there is absolutely no way for the waiter or the griller to mix it up.

My grandma is Greek and from how I understand it it depends on what area you are out in Greece and she always told me gryo is pronounced yero. She'd always correct me . She said they moved over here from Greece speaking the Greek language and had to learn English she's 97 now.

I can't believe that walking my first day in Athens I found Sebastián in one of his tour. Very friendly and nice, let me take a pic with him. So amazing meet you in person.. Just a friend from Colombia

@GreeceExplained

Жыл бұрын

It was great meeting you Oscar ! Take care !

I just returned from Greece (Thessaloniki, Athens, Mykonos, Santorini, Crete) few minutes ago and saw this video... Well, it is "Pork Gyros Pita" and it is super clear everywhere what you want. Locals knows well that we are tourists. Every "food maker" has clear list of products that they can offer. Souvlaki is everywhere understood as "meat on stick", doesn't matter what kind of meat. Just don't make it too complicated. I am happy to eat something else than greek food again after two weeks :D

You can eat as much as you like from the portion of 15 euro and just ask the waiter to put the rest in a box with the pita pieces onions tomatoes french fries and tzatziki to a box and take it with you. Which is the most clever think to do not to let all this food go to waste. Most air bnb's these days have a microwave so you can take a big plate from the kitchenette they also have and put the meat potatoes (if the portion had) pita and bring it up whatever temperature you wish. DONT PUT IN WITH IT tzatziki or tomatoe and cucumber you will ruin them. Along with a beer is a complete meal. That way you will savor the tastes more. I have noticed many times that reheating my poikilia ends up equally or ever more tasty especially if I overheat them a bit for a short time though. It forces the meat to get rid of more fat and ends up way more crunchier which I adore. It's an acquired taste and it doesn't mean that everyone should do it unless you are in to crunchiness.

Εφαριστό!

And this is why we all want pictures of the food on the menu's. Problem solved.

Just to confuse everyone even more you could also say kalamaki meaning straw instead of souvalaki

If you go to Patras, the locals say "Let's go for pitas" and they mean wrapped ones, regardless of what you will order it with inside. Messier and messier. 😂

Thank god you didn't add the different meaning of "kalamaki" in Athens & Thessaloniki to make thing even messier 🤣

@GreeceExplained

11 ай бұрын

xD

Will you be doing Crete? Thanks!

@GreeceExplained

10 ай бұрын

Yes I will :-)

I lived in Rhodes for 9 years whent to school there and me and all my greek friends said souvlaki and gyros and got exactly what we meant

As a Greek I can confirm that calling it souvlaki isn't wrong.

@sanzhar6399

14 күн бұрын

Döner*

What if I AM a foreigner but I try to order in Greek? Should I say souvlaki, should I say pita? I'm visiting Santorini in a couple of weeks and I'm just dreaming about this food since I visited Greece 20 years ago, and now I feel so confused (I was in Athens and Rhodes then and everyone understood "souvlaki" as the pita wrap just fine) 🤣

@GreeceExplained

Жыл бұрын

I would say "pita" :-)

@carlos.brioso

Жыл бұрын

@@GreeceExplained Ευχαριστω για την απαντηση! Αnd thanks for your videos, you've been a tremendous help. It's a shame you are not in Santorini anymore, we would definitely hire you!

@user-nb2em9wz2v

3 ай бұрын

@@GreeceExplained One pita giro please (end of story - so easy in Athens)

@icedteamama176

3 ай бұрын

@@user-nb2em9wz2vgoing next month! Thanks for the tip! 😅

sad but true my friend went and Said Giro I had to go up there and say 1 pita please the man tried to act like he did not understand so i said 1 wrap to go then he said ok smiled and went to work as i had a fear she was not going to get what she kindly ask for tc gracias

Aww Southern Greeks call everything in the wrong way. Im even confused here..😅

@user-wg2de2wr2d

11 ай бұрын

This is because you are an Eastern Greek dude 🤣

4 euros pita??? you are getting ripped off heavy

I mean kalamaki is also nice 😅

@GreeceExplained

Жыл бұрын

No no no dont confuse my viewers even more plz xD

@user-nb2em9wz2v

3 ай бұрын

@@GreeceExplained στην Καβάλα: ένα σάντουιτς λαδόπιτα κοτομπέικον με αλοιφή ουγγαρέζα παρακαλώ.

DÖNER*

So complicated. I just order a döner. Teşekkürler.

To me the reason why it is said just like gyroscope is because the kabob that the lamb is shaved on gyrates around an axel when the meat is shaved off for the sammich! Even in Greece they say gyroscope correctly and not euroscope😅😅

Wer zu blöd zum bestellen ist, hat in Griechenland nichts zu suchen.... Kalo Wradi...😊😊😊

Yes you can say Pita which came from Pide "Turkish word" or you can say shawarma which came from Çevirme "Turkish word" .. Bro don lie to each other.. That foods are belong to Turkish culture.. Even names are based on Turkic words.. -Dolmadakia " Original Turkish version is Dolma (Dolma means stuffed)" -Moussaka is came from Musakka word ( It's turkish word also) ... There are tonnes of foods that came from Turkey.. They even didnt chance their Turkish names.. :/ So I can agree Greek cousine one condition... They must remove all the Original Turkish couisine from their cousine.. Everything that is left of this process belongs to Greek cuisine... Thank you.

@mavrismavreous4212

10 ай бұрын

Stop smoking ganja and read a couple history books...

@kristaps5296

9 ай бұрын

🦃

@greoko

8 ай бұрын

Everything Turkish is greek Even the language

@elegrin5170

8 ай бұрын

@@greoko hahaha my ass :D You laughed me so much.. I hope you can read.. İf you, go read some basic history books for idiots

@user-di7ww6pm3c

6 ай бұрын

Βahahaba...erdogay fan boy

Döner>gyro

He is right, it’s called tyrokafti 😂

Hello, what is your Instagram name so I can look at your tours

@GreeceExplained

Жыл бұрын

@sebi_the_guide