Mike and I love trying new food. About a year ago, we went to a local Greek-American restaurant, Niko Niko’s, here in Houston. It is always packed with people anytime you pass by. Lines going out the door, difficult parking, you get the picture. Well, we absolutely love the food especially since they sell “budget” lamb. The only thing we can’t figure out is how to eat there or any other Greek restaurant without leaving so stuffed and uncomfortable that we can barely make it home before we fall asleep.
Tonight is a perfect example. We had a very long day and didn’t remember to thaw anything in the freezer. So off we went for Greek food. We shared a small order of hummus with some pita bread (1.5 pitas), shared a half of a greek salad, and then we each ate on a plate of meat – lamb shank for me, gyros meat for Mike. Honestly, the heaviest thing to me would be the hummus but they must put oil or something must expand upon eating it because we both left with stomachs sticking out and feeling very very full. I think next time we will split one plate of meat instead of each getting our own because we didn’t come close to finishing either one but maybe sticking to one will help us feel a tad better. We don’t want to give up Greek food but we can’t seem to figure out the secret to it.
