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The word souvlaki is a diminutive of the Medieval Greek souvla (σούβλα meaning "skewer") itself borrowed from Latin subula. [2] [3] "Souvlaki" is the common term in Macedonia and other regions of northern Greece, while in southern Greece and around Athens it is commonly known [citation needed] as kalamaki (καλαμάκι meaning "small reed").
Souvla (Greek: σούβλα) is a popular dish from Cyprus. [1] It consists of large pieces of meat cooked on a long skewer over a charcoal barbecue. [2]It differs from the popular Greek dish souvlaki, in that meat cuts are much larger and slow cooked for a much longer period at a greater distance from the hot charcoal.
The name comes from the Greek γύρος (gyros, 'circle' or 'turn').It is a calque of the Turkish döner, from dönmek, also meaning "turn". [7]In Athens and other parts of southern Greece, the skewered meat dish elsewhere called souvlaki is known as kalamaki, while souvlaki is a term used generally for gyros, and similar dishes.
The menu includes roasted lamb, pork souvlaki and chicken souvlaki dinners, moussaka and spanakopita. Homemade desserts include baklava, rice pudding, almond rolls, baklava cheesecake and more.
Common street foods include souvlaki, gyros, various pitas and roast corn. [36] Fast food became popular in the 1970s, with some chains, such as Goody's and McDonald's serving international food like hamburgers, [37] and others serving Greek foods such as souvlaki, gyros, tiropita, and spanakopita.
Sammy's Roumanian Steakhouse is a Romanian-Jewish restaurant in Lower East Side, Manhattan that closed in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, but has reopened in a new location nearby in Spring 2024. [1] [2] [3] The original Sammy's was considered something of a NY foodie institution. [4]
Some laikes also attract kantines, which also use electricity produced by diesel generators, and prepare and sell souvlakia, sausages-on-a-stick (souvlaki loukaniko), long-burgers-on-a-stick (souvlaki bifteki), bifteki (Greek stuffed hamburgers), soft drinks, et cetera. [2]
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