What makes Gyros Greece’s Most Popular Street Food

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  • čas přidán 17. 05. 2024
  • Gyros is a stack of pork or chicken grilled on a rotisserie spit, sliced off and served in fluffy pita bread with toppings and sauce. We discuss why it's one of the most popular types of souvlaki, grilled meat street food, in Greece. We discuss how to eat gyros, why it's an important part of Greek culture, what makes truly good gyros, when to eat it, its history and the great potato-tzatziki debate.
    CHAPTERS
    00:00 Intro
    00:30 The concept of Souvlaki
    02:18 How Gyros is made
    03:54 When to eat Gyros
    04:34 The history of Gyros
    05:08 The ingredients
    05:51 The Tzatziki-Fries-debate
    06:56 Outro
    CREDITS
    Report: Sarah Hucal
    Camera: Marco Borowski
    Edit: Philipp Czegka
    Supervisind editors: Ruben Kalus/Mirja Viehweger
    #gyros #souvlaki #greece
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  • @DWFood
    @DWFood  Před 27 dny +100

    Have you ever tried Gyros?

  • @Johnny.africa
    @Johnny.africa Před 26 dny +136

    I had "gyros" first when I lived in nyc but whatever they're putting there is total trash and I thought it was average at best. But gyros in Greece is on another level. The way it should be done and one of the best street foods out there

    • @DaredeviIGR
      @DaredeviIGR Před 23 dny +11

      You are correct. Do not trust 'Greek food' abroad. It is rarely good and even more rarely Greek. To be honest, even in Greece, to find good gyros/souvlaki/etc nowadays you need to do some research

    • @snowday2100
      @snowday2100 Před 19 dny +1

      problem in the usa is everything is an import and somewhere techniques are lost, ingredients differ, with the best will in the world foods in the states are always poor imitations of those in their country of origin. and what the usa has done to bread (the factory commercial products) is a crime against humanity.

    • @retardcorpsman
      @retardcorpsman Před 16 dny

      ​@@DaredeviIGRI dunno man. Australia has a massive Greek expat population, and most of the Yiros I bought there tastes great!

    • @ozgurkurtoglu6005
      @ozgurkurtoglu6005 Před 8 dny

      Yeah try some Döner instad from truditinal turkish placeses you will love it trust me its better

    • @DaredeviIGR
      @DaredeviIGR Před 8 dny +1

      @@ozgurkurtoglu6005 I have tried both and I like them both, as a Greek. You cannot try pork gyros if you are religious, thus you cannot suggest one is better than the other.
      Both are great and go with different things. The process might seem the same but the experience is different.

  • @boobie17
    @boobie17 Před 25 dny +78

    Kudos to you for being the only foreigner I've heard pronounce γύρος correctly

    • @The_Gallowglass
      @The_Gallowglass Před 23 dny +2

      That's how we say it in Chicago. We have a big Greek foods factory Kronos. My dad used to work there. He'd bring home fresh gyros and pita every week.

    • @kiriakoz
      @kiriakoz Před 10 dny

      @@The_Gallowglass First time I've ever heard of an American pronouncing anything correctly, so this is noteworthy. Thanks for sharing.

    • @The_Gallowglass
      @The_Gallowglass Před 10 dny

      @@kiriakoz In ancient Greek it had a G sound.

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB Před 16 hodinami

      Lies again? Grab Food USD SGD

  • @buuhan6808
    @buuhan6808 Před 16 dny +25

    It's so popular here in Germany that in my town almost 80% of restaurants are Greek.

    • @MsMinoula
      @MsMinoula Před 14 dny +8

      Yeah, I was just thinking about that. I am Greek, new in Germany, last week found myself in rural NW. And even there, at a village, there was a Greek guy making gyros. There might be things I miss from home but grilled food isn't one of them. 😂

  • @Camilo19832001
    @Camilo19832001 Před 26 dny +68

    Went i went to greece i found no bad food, everything was delicious, from a cart on the street to any restaurant

    • @UnCoolDad
      @UnCoolDad Před 25 dny +3

      Greeks don't put up with mediocre food.

    • @Tonyx.yt.
      @Tonyx.yt. Před 17 dny +4

      it's very difficoult to find bad food in mediterranean countries 😅

  • @MrFiask
    @MrFiask Před 26 dny +134

    Greek gyros
    Turkish döner
    arab shawarma
    mexican burrito
    All are so freaking delicious

    • @___beyondhorizon4664
      @___beyondhorizon4664 Před 26 dny +10

      🌯 berrito doesn't belong to this classification. Those are all slice meatd

    • @Patrick12q3
      @Patrick12q3 Před 26 dny +13

      Maybe taco al pastor

    • @sohret1193
      @sohret1193 Před 25 dny +14

      Greek Kebab
      Kebab (original)
      Arab Dürüm, since shawarma is actually a loan word from turkish 'çevirme'
      Mexican taco (original)

    • @Komdwy
      @Komdwy Před 18 dny +10

      ​@@sohret1193Turkish kebab (greek souvlaki)

    • @eomereorl
      @eomereorl Před 14 dny +1

      İts all döner but burrito is different🤌

  • @armagedoc66
    @armagedoc66 Před 23 dny +124

    As a Turkish person, tasted it in a Greece cafe in Serbia. 10/10 perfect.

    • @which_dan
      @which_dan Před 19 dny +2

      Greek-Turkish beef lol no offense

    • @KNIGHTTEMPLAR555
      @KNIGHTTEMPLAR555 Před 16 dny +16

      I tasted döner in İstanbul, 10/10, perfect, Ican tell as a Greek.

    • @famweber8893
      @famweber8893 Před 16 dny +2

      @@KNIGHTTEMPLAR555 💙 We have loved Greece for more than 5,000 years.💙

    • @wonderfuleveryday488
      @wonderfuleveryday488 Před 13 dny

      Lol i see what you did there

    • @hiukas.
      @hiukas. Před 13 dny +6

      Come get the real thing in athens mate you wont regret it.

  • @UnCoolDad
    @UnCoolDad Před 27 dny +127

    Gyros styles vary from region to region, city to city. The size, sauces, condiments, and spicing can vary greatly. Up north in Thessaloniki they put ketchup and mustard! Heathens 😂

    • @astroboirap
      @astroboirap Před 27 dny +4

      end of the day, turkish kebabs are way better

    • @karampimperimdidimpimperim7922
      @karampimperimdidimpimperim7922 Před 26 dny +35

      ​@@astroboirapStop trolling. You replied the same words in almost all comments

    • @UnCoolDad
      @UnCoolDad Před 26 dny +18

      @@astroboirap Not better, just different and delicious in their own right too.

    • @dieterhofner7043
      @dieterhofner7043 Před 26 dny

      ​@@astroboirapat the end of the day turks are more terrorists yes.

    • @noufook55
      @noufook55 Před 26 dny +5

      ​@@astroboirapcan't say I agree. I like Turkish kebabs but tzatziki is better than cacik

  • @zaxlee01
    @zaxlee01 Před 18 dny +10

    Gyros is so big in Greece, i just stumbled upon this youtube video while eating gyros lol!
    For the first timers, When you order a gyro, you say i want 1)a pita with 2)type of meat( pork or chicken gyro, or pork/chicken skewer or beef patty or sausage) and 3) toppings (tzatziki or mustard sause, tomatos, onions etc).
    The standard version is:
    For pork meat: tzatziki sause, tomatos, onions and fries (if it is a traditional place they may not add fries and you may need to say you want them as extra topping)
    For chicken meat: mustard sause, tomato, lettuce and fries (same rule about fries)
    So now you know you can either say for example I want a pita with pork gyro and with everything (standard version) or you customise it.

  • @michaelogden5958
    @michaelogden5958 Před 26 dny +29

    I'm a native Texan, but the gyros I've had (with tzatziki) at Greek restaurants have been among my very favorite foods. I could be mistaken, but I thought the gyros I've had were made of lamb.

    • @kenmasters2034
      @kenmasters2034 Před 26 dny +16

      You will find not even one souvlaki grill shop with lamb in Greece.
      So this concert must be American one.

    • @michaelogden5958
      @michaelogden5958 Před 25 dny +1

      @@kenmasters2034 Interesting! Thanks for the info! 🙂

    • @Motorhead538
      @Motorhead538 Před 25 dny +3

      With lamb its donèr and its turkish no tzatziki... greek is chicken or pork ... wraped 🌯🌯🌯🌯🌯 no fry potato ..only tzatziki ..

    • @knowyourhistory
      @knowyourhistory Před 20 dny +1

      @@kenmasters2034 That's interesting. Most of the greek places I go to have lamb available for gyros. I guess it is an American one.

    • @SpartanLeonidas1821
      @SpartanLeonidas1821 Před dnem

      The ones made in the States are a Beef & Lamb Combination.
      In Greece, the traditional ones are:
      Pork
      or
      Chicken
      But you can also find with Beef & Lamb as well, just not as popular as the first two.
      Try the Pork & Chicken Ones in Greece, you will remember me! 👍🏻

  • @redhood9896
    @redhood9896 Před 13 dny +5

    For anyone who wants to give it a try, the souvlaki shops that are shown on this video are:
    Achilleas in Neos Kosmos (best gyros in Athens, awarded by the no1 gastronomy magazine in Greece)
    And Lefteris o Politis in Omonoia and Syntagma Square (best "kebab" in Athens, also awarded)

  • @dazuotv
    @dazuotv Před 26 dny +20

    Thank you for the nice video about the most popular street food in Greece 👍

  • @josefc.2898
    @josefc.2898 Před 24 dny +23

    Greece is a great country with good people

  • @IvanValerioCortesi
    @IvanValerioCortesi Před 24 dny +46

    As an italian my opinion what make GYROS the best street food from different Mediterranea or Arab/Turkish street. Food. It's the delicious crispy pork....and the Greek oregano. what else!

  • @Ca_s21
    @Ca_s21 Před 16 dny +8

    I visited Greece a few years ago and I confirm that they have a very rich cuisine! 🖐🏼💙🇬🇷

    • @OG-ge8nu
      @OG-ge8nu Před 14 dny +1

      They learned a lot from Turks. Thats the reason.

    • @kristaps5296
      @kristaps5296 Před 13 dny +7

      ​@@OG-ge8nu
      Such as what? Committing genⲟⲥides and then denying it?

    • @OG-ge8nu
      @OG-ge8nu Před 13 dny

      @@kristaps5296 which genocides? Denying and whitewashing own genocides is something the so called humane west is the number one champion worlwide. There is a whole system including politics, bureaucracy, media and ngo's which interact like machine in doing everything to denying it. Right now there is genocide comittet in front of us but nobody cares and acts like there is none. On the other hand every country which is not part of your west is always evil and commits genocides when there is none. Thats how you want to rule the world and thats why you are no trustworthy people.

    • @Jason-..-
      @Jason-..- Před 13 dny

      ​​@@OG-ge8nuhahahaha, Greece is one of the oldest counties on the planet buddy. Funny how you think Greece learned from the mongols while its the other way around

  • @italianlifestyle7911
    @italianlifestyle7911 Před 27 dny +100

    I love Greek food and everything about the country for that matter🩵

    • @astroboirap
      @astroboirap Před 27 dny +9

      end of the day, turkish kebabs are way better

    • @karampimperimdidimpimperim7922
      @karampimperimdidimpimperim7922 Před 26 dny +12

      Stop trolling. You replied the same words in almost all comments

    • @___beyondhorizon4664
      @___beyondhorizon4664 Před 26 dny +4

      Spanakopita

    • @vassilisioannou5488
      @vassilisioannou5488 Před 26 dny +7

      @@astroboirap you wish

    • @alfsen_3426
      @alfsen_3426 Před 25 dny +1

      @@astroboirap Incorrect and only your opinion. Meanwhile in reality did you know that World Taste Atlas Put Pita Gyros nr 1 of best street food on earth? It completely wiped out Turkis Doner/ Kebab which is ranked way lower. OUCH. Also. We don't use low quality ingredients like in Turkey. Did you know that even this year based on the biggest study in Europe, the most adulterated honeys in Europe are Turkish and Chinese? Meaning. The lowest quality honey completely mixed with sugars and syrups, chemicals and bad things. Greece is not like Turkey. It's way better, way better quality of ingredients and recipes. Now sit back and eat that low ranked Turkish snack of yours

  • @serbianboss3294
    @serbianboss3294 Před 22 dny +16

    Greek brothers! Best food!

  • @ELEKTRARE
    @ELEKTRARE Před 27 dny +28

    I remember my vacation on greek islands at Lefkada , I was just 20 & enjoyed souvlaki & greek pastries so good with cheese 😊❤

  • @sa.377
    @sa.377 Před 24 dny +7

    In northern Greece (thessaloniki/makedonia etc ) they serve different versions of gyros, in thick bread and with many other different types of sauce as well, p.ex. with cheese (tirokafteri), with various types of spice etc etc

  • @jmorello123
    @jmorello123 Před 27 dny +7

    Looks awesome! 👍

  • @diegofuentes6783
    @diegofuentes6783 Před 27 dny +40

    Gyro lover here 😋😋

    • @astroboirap
      @astroboirap Před 27 dny

      you're not supposed to stick them up your rectum

  • @nerosore
    @nerosore Před 26 dny +8

    Juicy seasoned meat with tzatziki and garlic, fresh pita and vegetables. That's just simple and perfect recepie for a gyro!

  • @supremachine
    @supremachine Před 26 dny +10

    With all due respect, Gyros belongs to the streets, just the streets.

  • @pakmana.k.6662
    @pakmana.k.6662 Před 26 dny +25

    I Love Greece ❤❤

  • @user-gd3qk3fu2g
    @user-gd3qk3fu2g Před 2 dny +1

    In Thessaloniki, when you said "Apo ola", there is meat gyro, onions, tomato, french fries, ketchup and mustard

  • @charmmaine9802
    @charmmaine9802 Před 26 dny +7

    Been to Greece many times.

  • @elgrecoskorpios7669
    @elgrecoskorpios7669 Před 16 dny +9

    💙 We have loved Greece for more than 5,000 years.💙

  • @brokqn
    @brokqn Před 15 dny +2

    The beauty of Gyros is that you will not have the same in all of Greece - for example, let's say you get a Gyros with chicken. In some restaurants in Athens, they will give you tzatziki sauce and in some others, "pink" sauce (mustard and ketchup). In Thessaloniki, they can even put ketchup! In Corfu, its common to put their "special" red sauce.

  • @tewkewl
    @tewkewl Před 3 dny +2

    man. i'm drooling.

  • @hughjass1044
    @hughjass1044 Před 25 dny +5

    Damn, those things are good! I ate a boatload of them when I was there. Watching this video makes me want to go back just to have more.

  • @KC80SiX
    @KC80SiX Před 14 dny +3

    What made gyros the most popular food, apart from the taste, was the low price as well. But now the prices almost doubled making it sometimes more expensive than a burger.

    • @johnhighway7399
      @johnhighway7399 Před 11 dny +1

      You will not find a burger that is cheaper than a gyro in Greece. Even a miserable hamburger without cheese will be at least 0.50€ more expensive than a pork gyro. Most burgers in Greece go for 6-7€, sometimes even double that if it's from a specialized burger joint.

    • @KC80SiX
      @KC80SiX Před 11 dny

      ​@@johnhighway7399 apparently I cannot post links. Anyway. I ordered gyros 4 days ago and I paid 3.80. There is burger joint that the base burger costs 3.60.
      And 3.80 for gyros is astronomical compared to how much it cost 5 years ago. Not to mention even earlier.

    • @SpartanLeonidas1821
      @SpartanLeonidas1821 Před dnem

      @@KC80SiXYeah, Gyros almost doubled in Price. But still so worth it for anyone traveling from abroad

  • @babyko1964
    @babyko1964 Před 16 dny +3

    One of my favorite greek food 😋😋😋😋

  • @vandolmatzis8146
    @vandolmatzis8146 Před 27 dny +9

    I want one now...

  • @MIKRASIATISSA
    @MIKRASIATISSA Před 15 dny +3

    Tzatziki feels wrong, but not gonna lie pita is a brilliant choice for it. We do it wrong in Turkiye with lavash.
    Greece feels like home

  • @mikeymike1854
    @mikeymike1854 Před 25 dny +12

    I like gyros better than turkish donner as the donner so greasy

  • @Vv-gk4cu
    @Vv-gk4cu Před 7 dny

    My mouth watered.

  • @sampathranaweera6766
    @sampathranaweera6766 Před 12 dny

    Wow amazing

  • @thomasanderson9383
    @thomasanderson9383 Před 27 dny +14

    I think in the United States, the meat is usually beef and lamb?
    The ideal gyros is pita, meat, tomato, onion, and sauce. Nothing more, nothing less. 😊

    • @phdimakopoulos543
      @phdimakopoulos543 Před 27 dny +1

      And parsley usually...

    • @edmondlau511
      @edmondlau511 Před 26 dny +2

      Some places put lettuce on them. It just doesn’t work for me.

    • @SmellsLikeNirvanna
      @SmellsLikeNirvanna Před 26 dny +3

      definitely not lamb LOL

    • @idizzzful
      @idizzzful Před 26 dny +1

      Pork! No lettuce, no parsley.

    • @Ptolemy336VV
      @Ptolemy336VV Před 25 dny +1

      @@SmellsLikeNirvanna Pita is also in lamb. In many meat ways. Soutzouki, Lamb, Souvlaki, Gyros, bifteki, and many other ways.

  • @nickhartanto8290
    @nickhartanto8290 Před 27 dny +3

    I remeber in the 90's Jack in the Box put it on their menu and had a whole ad campaign on how to pronounce gyros. It def wasn't the right way....

  • @panathaninf
    @panathaninf Před 16 dny

    This is my favorite food ! luckily you can find it around the world !

  • @fotidim
    @fotidim Před 13 dny +1

    In Thessaloniki, pita-gyros is double size and with bigger variety of sauces. Tzatziki is not standard, my recommendation is to ask for paprika (pepper sauce, slightly spicy). Fries also come by default.

  • @davidjones535
    @davidjones535 Před 27 dny +4

    The part of the United States I'm from you can find shops all over who have Gyros some better then others, my favorite way is lamb with just grilled onion .

    • @malamatinas1
      @malamatinas1 Před 27 dny +5

      The stuff they have in the states is different. It’s shaved ground meat. Where this( in Greece) it’s actually meat.

    • @icantmeme4378
      @icantmeme4378 Před 26 dny +4

      Stuff in the states is nothing like the native one, when greeks look at the gyros in the states they feel uncanny because the meat there is usually processed and like grounded (greeks call it plastic as a joke), here in greece is always fresh pork meat or chicken if you are dieting!

    • @jazzercise7800
      @jazzercise7800 Před 26 dny

      @@icantmeme4378 Which is strange, because all other spit meats in the US, like doner, shawarma, and al pastor are just cut meat on skewers. I wonder why it became this ground thing (usually beef or lamb) in the US (I don't love it, either, that's why I usually give gyros a miss here in the US.

  • @Dingdong3696oyvey
    @Dingdong3696oyvey Před 26 dny +2

    Yes, thank you for proper pronunciation.

  • @TugraYatir
    @TugraYatir Před 6 dny +1

    That looks delicious not gonna lie

  • @SDZ675
    @SDZ675 Před 26 dny +4

    Love Gyros. Surprised that they put the fries inside; here the fries come on the side.

    • @___beyondhorizon4664
      @___beyondhorizon4664 Před 26 dny +4

      To cut cost on the meat, it's a filler

    • @odysseasntalias5950
      @odysseasntalias5950 Před 24 dny +1

      Many greeks eat gyros while they take a walk (!!) in the town' s main road ("wifes bazaar") at night ... So fries must be inside 😊😊

    • @johnhighway7399
      @johnhighway7399 Před 11 dny +1

      ​@@___beyondhorizon4664
      It's not a filler, the amount of meat is the same whether you want fries or not

    • @SpartanLeonidas1821
      @SpartanLeonidas1821 Před dnem

      @@___beyondhorizon4664Nope. Gyro meat will be exactly the the same regardless of fries or not

  • @thebloodyblackman
    @thebloodyblackman Před 26 dny +3

    Thank you DW ! Efxaristo, Danke se

  • @food449
    @food449 Před 22 dny

    عاشت الايادي رووعة جدا

  • @coolmojito
    @coolmojito Před 8 dny

    I'm not vegan but that mushroom souvlaki sounds so good

  • @Grmario85
    @Grmario85 Před 26 dny +6

    I'm here as a Greek to approve this message. No matter where i travel in the whole world, from Brazil to Thailand, my first meal will be local cuisine, second meal of the day "let's find some gyros".

    • @Nikosk00
      @Nikosk00 Před 25 dny +1

      ate twice outside of greece and i threw it away. i wouldnt even give it to my dogs. these people are just disgracing our food lol

    • @shane1948
      @shane1948 Před 2 dny

      Where did you get gyros in Thailand?

  • @hyunjinki1995
    @hyunjinki1995 Před 27 dny +7

    Can somebody explain to me what’s the difference and where to draw the line between gyros and shawarma
    I’m in country where Greek cuisine is way too hard to find out
    And usually it is super expensive

    • @TheMutluzengin
      @TheMutluzengin Před 27 dny +8

      Both are knockoff’s of Doner from Turkey
      They’re both an imitation

    • @metcat88
      @metcat88 Před 27 dny +2

      Shawarma : Middle Eastern (Levantine to be exact) version of the dish. Made with lamb, beef or chicken meat in flattened pieces form (in general. If you want pork it becomes Al Pastor thanks to Lebanese immigrants brought and updated the recipe in Mexico).
      Döner: Turkish version (The OG version all of these some people say) It started as horizontal stacked version called "Cağ Kebap" (made with only lamb) and 2 centruies and hundreds of kilometers west on Anatolia later, it became vertical and beef started to use in minced form. In modern days it can be made with chicken / lamb / beef / even spicy sausage meat called sucuk in Turkey. During the 70s this dish brought into Europe (Germany/Austria) by Turkish workers / immigrants and it evolved into a new version which contains lots of veggies & sauces.
      Gyros: Whatever you see in this video is way more enough to explain gyros in my opinion so i don't have anything to add other than Greek immigrants that moved to USA created a version made with fully minced meat and drown that meat with tatziki sauce and they're calling that Gyros too (with wrong pronounciation by English speakers of course :)

    • @phdimakopoulos543
      @phdimakopoulos543 Před 27 dny +11

      Gyros isn't minced meat but sliced pork fillets, one on top of it's other that creates this mass of meat you can see on the video...

    • @metcat88
      @metcat88 Před 27 dny +1

      @@phdimakopoulos543 If you read my message better, you would understand that i was mentioning the Americanized version of "gyros" in USA brought by Greek immigrants made it like that not the Greeks in Greece ;)

    • @perseusarkouda
      @perseusarkouda Před 26 dny +6

      The most important difference is the meat. Middle Easterners are using lamb or beef and Greeks use mainly pork but you can also find chicken.

  • @crabdaddy2010
    @crabdaddy2010 Před 25 dny +1

    Can you link to the restaurant?

    • @DWFood
      @DWFood  Před 24 dny +2

      Achilleas, Spintharou 18, Athina 117 43, Greece

  • @chrisbullock6477
    @chrisbullock6477 Před 22 dny +1

    Wow...nice food education...I've always though a meat like Lamb would of been most popular in that region of the world.

  • @faceofdead
    @faceofdead Před 26 dny +13

    I prefer Greek Gyros instead of the Turkish Kebab counterpart. The soft bread, the white garlic sous. The fresh salate. mmmmmmmmm!

    • @eren3390
      @eren3390 Před 25 dny +2

      Turkish version better, you need to find the right place :)

    • @eren3390
      @eren3390 Před 25 dny +2

      Or maybe you are greek 😅

    • @faceofdead
      @faceofdead Před 24 dny +1

      @@eren3390 it's personal preference, same as preferring bulgarian yogurt instead of greek.

    • @yahyakemal4531
      @yahyakemal4531 Před 24 dny +1

      By the way, Kebap and Döner ( which some people call gyros or shwarma ) are completely different foods.

    • @OG-ge8nu
      @OG-ge8nu Před 23 dny

      ​@@faceofdeadwell, yoghurt is Turkish. Dont know how a Turkish product can become bulgar or greek

  • @Anastasis-is-here
    @Anastasis-is-here Před 13 dny +4

    It is the best junk food in the world

    • @D0M1N4NCe
      @D0M1N4NCe Před 5 dny +3

      the best part is that its not even junk, it can be healthy if bought from a good restaurant

  • @biennui
    @biennui Před 26 dny +2

    A disclaimer should be included in the video clip for those who are on a diet or watching after 21h ;-)

  • @panzfaust9812
    @panzfaust9812 Před 13 dny +1

    Best time is anytime 😂. Well saiddd

  • @denizbeytekin9853
    @denizbeytekin9853 Před 20 dny +105

    Gyros is better than Döner in Berlin

  • @rickbhattacharya2334
    @rickbhattacharya2334 Před 4 dny +4

    No question just gib.
    Better than Döner TBH, anything Chicken or pork is good.

  • @hansmuller3604
    @hansmuller3604 Před 27 dny +2

    yummy

  • @sethsoderman5152
    @sethsoderman5152 Před 27 dny +1

    See amazing food love eat

    • @mickzammit6794
      @mickzammit6794 Před 26 dny

      I need to drive for five hours to get one. But it's all worth it as I've never had even an equal to those I get there.

    • @eren3390
      @eren3390 Před 25 dny +1

      this is turkish tho

  • @praveenwazza5556
    @praveenwazza5556 Před 27 dny +3

    🇹🇷 or 🇬🇷 how long before we see a war in the comments section

    • @Jamirio
      @Jamirio Před 21 dnem

      Greek maybe good but Turkish cuisine remain unmatched

    • @MIKRASIATISSA
      @MIKRASIATISSA Před 14 dny

      @@Jamirio there's no maybe, greek cuisine is bomb, you just never tried it and you're biased. i'm telling you this as a greek-turk mix, both are just top notch.

    • @SpartanLeonidas1821
      @SpartanLeonidas1821 Před dnem +1

      @@JamirioTasteAtlas:
      🇬🇷#2
      🦃#18
      🦃 has no Seafood Culture, no Pasta Culture, no Coffee Culture. No Pork like Ham, Pepperoni, Bacon, Panseta, Gyro, Souvlaki, Cold Cuts, Pork Chops, Loins, Ribs. Nor Gamey Meats (Rabbit etc) & technically aren’t even allowed to eat Shellfish! 👍🏻
      Sorry, but every major culinary site says so. You are too limited 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @georgiosa.9893
    @georgiosa.9893 Před 26 dny +4

    Souvlaki is only one thing. The thing Athenians, and only Athenians, call kalamaki. What Atheneans call souvlaki, all over Greece except Athens is called "pitta with souvlaki or gyros or ....."

    • @kenmasters2034
      @kenmasters2034 Před 26 dny

      Οι Αθηναίοι μια χαρά το λένε...
      Όταν οι αρχαίοι Έλληνες πήγαιναν εκστρατείες ένα από τα φαγητά τους ήταν το σουβλάκι καλαμάκι...πήγαιναν στους γύρω βάλτους...κοβανε καλάμια...τα σπαγανε σε καλαμάκια...πέρναγαν κομματάκια κρέατος και τα ψηνανε στις φωτιές.
      Αυτό που σου γράφω το είδα σε ένα ελληνικό ντοκιμαντέρ με τις τροφικες συνήθειες των Ελλήνων.
      Κάτι παραπάνω θα ξέρανε από τους Θεσσαλονίκης...

  • @user-gd4wt6oi7y
    @user-gd4wt6oi7y Před 26 dny +1

    Food tastes divine when you are hungry thats all there it is to enjoying your food and if food is made, cooked well it brings happy satisfaction, i like gyros very much the wellmade clean stalls inside farmer markets types not open on roads with dust fuel fumes yuuuccvkkkkkk

  • @1986mouris
    @1986mouris Před 25 dny +2

    I see that you take gyros from Achilleas in Neos Kosmos area. Top 5 in Athens for sure!!! And Kosta is for sure the best souvlaki in athens with tomato salsa!!

  • @TBLiov
    @TBLiov Před 26 dny +4

    Looks similar to the famous Syrian Shawrma, thicker bread, though!

  • @TalkingPoint773
    @TalkingPoint773 Před 26 dny +6

    Its all the 'grease' that goes into it that makes it so special.

  • @SimoExMachina2
    @SimoExMachina2 Před 17 dny +1

    I'm sure it is very nice, but a local bar near my university used to serve the best damn pizzas in the whole Northern Europe. The guy who runs the place is origically Greek, funny enough (the best pizzas in Southern Europe are made by his brother, who lives in Greece). But then they changed their menu, and exchanged those pizzas for gyros. I was deeply disappointed. Those pizzas were so perfect: the perfect thin crust, just the right amounf of toppins and in perfect balance. God I miss those pizzas.

  • @katitza7179
    @katitza7179 Před 17 dny

    7:05 she's talking about cookomela grill in exarcheia and it's DELICIOUS!

  • @thessalonician
    @thessalonician Před 26 dny +7

    There's no debate about chips inside gyros. In whole Greece we eat it with chips. Some people want to increase their profit. Apart from that, the place looks ideal for... tourists. Very small sandwiches; a Greek would complain.

    • @Motorhead538
      @Motorhead538 Před 25 dny +1

      I don't add fry potato ... only tzatziki onions...😅

  • @Razamaniac
    @Razamaniac Před 27 dny +7

    noooooo, never say kalamaki !!!!

    • @yiorgosst6898
      @yiorgosst6898 Před 27 dny +1

      You can in Athens, if you only stay there 😁

    • @Razamaniac
      @Razamaniac Před 27 dny +1

      @@yiorgosst6898 noooo, kalamades nation strikes back !!! nooooo 🤣

    • @yiorgosst6898
      @yiorgosst6898 Před 27 dny +1

      @@Razamaniac 🤣

    • @Motorhead538
      @Motorhead538 Před 25 dny

      Σουβλάκες !!!! Χαχαχα αθηνα μονο καλαμακι 👌👌👌👌👌👌

  • @yakkattack
    @yakkattack Před 25 dny

    Gyros and Shawarma Omggg
    Delicious

  • @HelloOnepiece
    @HelloOnepiece Před 27 dny +2

    Just to make it more confusing, when you find a Gyros place in east Europe its 50/50 whether its truly, or a döner shop

  • @perseusarkouda
    @perseusarkouda Před 26 dny +5

    Don't trust Athenians for naming things. They're confused and they'll just confuse you more!
    Gyros = gyros (not souvlaki)
    Souvlaki = skewer meat
    There, two distinct things for everyone to easily understand what you're talking about.
    As for kebabs, falafel, humus and things like that... They're middle eastern food and not consumed anywhere else in Greece than Athens.

  • @AndrewTube
    @AndrewTube Před 26 dny +3

    hows this different from shawarma?

    • @soorajeday9429
      @soorajeday9429 Před 26 dny +3

      Basically be it a Gyro, a Shawarma or a Döner, they use the same technique of preparing the meat by keeping it rotating near heat. The difference comes with the type of bread they use, for example gyros are made with thick Pita breads, whereas Döner or Shawarma usually with a thin flat bread. Gyros has meat, tomatoes, onions (sometimes fries) with a sauce( similar to sour cream). Shawarma has meat, onions, tomatoes and pickled vegetables with toum sauce( garlic flavored white sauce). While Döner has meat + all these vegetables, Tzatziki ( white sauce) and a spicy sauce ( usually Ezme) . Also the spice mix that goes into the meat might be different.

    • @AndrewTube
      @AndrewTube Před 26 dny

      @@soorajeday9429 thanks for this reply my G

    • @tiusernamenabalw
      @tiusernamenabalw Před 26 dny +2

      Pork

    • @TOUMBAAAA
      @TOUMBAAAA Před 25 dny +1

      @@soorajeday9429 you forgot to mention that gyro's meat is of pork and maybe chicken,no lamb etc.

  • @polha4966
    @polha4966 Před 12 dny +2

    @erdemozcan5435 buzuki is a middle eastern instrument not a turkish one. Buzuki has 3 strigs while the greek buzuki has 6. An instrument similar to modern buzuki is represented in the temple of parthenon in the acropolis. The ancient greeks called it pandourida. It s a predecessor of the lute, of the buzuki, of the lyra etc all those instruments existed in ancient greece. But our national instrument in which our folk songs are written is the flute. You can google greek folk songs like karagouna, itia, amarantos, milo mou kokino etc and you ll see none of our folk songs has bouzouki in it. Bouzouki is mainly played in rebetiko songs songs written after 1930. Our folk songs from the middle ages till now have only flute and guitar. But your mania to say everything greek is turkish stems from your nationalism for which you should find therapy instead of spaming greek videos and me and wasting my time trying to correct the unhistorical lies you write.

  • @akinoz
    @akinoz Před 19 dny +1

    I really would like to try gyros with pork.

  • @vassilisioannou5488
    @vassilisioannou5488 Před 27 dny +10

    it's way better than those boring donor kebabs in Germany

    • @KP-xi4bj
      @KP-xi4bj Před 26 dny +2

      No. Gyros = knockoff of OG Turkish doner kebabs.

    • @vassilisioannou5488
      @vassilisioannou5488 Před 26 dny +5

      @@KP-xi4bj original Gyros souvlaki goes back to Ancient Greece poor Turkish thief

    • @greoko
      @greoko Před 26 dny

      Turks on their way to steal anything greek
      As they have done since forever

    • @KP-xi4bj
      @KP-xi4bj Před 26 dny +2

      @@vassilisioannou5488 "Grilling a vertical spit of stacked meat and slicing it off as it cooks was developed in Bursa[12] in the 19th century in the Ottoman Empire. After the 1922-23 Population exchange between Greece and Turkey, the Greeks brought their variation with them to Greece. " - Wikipedia
      Ignorant much?

    • @vassilisioannou5488
      @vassilisioannou5488 Před 26 dny

      @@KP-xi4bj my friend People have been grilling meats way before Ottoman Empire, just because the meat is grilling on a rotisserie does not make it automatically Turkish, it's common sense which you clearly lack, and Gyros is pork meat if you did not know stupit yes!

  • @MbisonBalrog
    @MbisonBalrog Před 24 dny +5

    Do Greeks not eat or put emphasis on Lamb Gyros? Maybe that is why all Greek places in the NY metro use frozen lamb gyros. Personally I think the lamb gyros I get at Turkish restuarants is best

    • @MrGiovanniOSFP
      @MrGiovanniOSFP Před 22 dny +4

      Nope, you cannot find lamb gyros, at least in Athens.

    • @MbisonBalrog
      @MbisonBalrog Před 22 dny

      @@MrGiovanniOSFP is good though especially fresh lamb gyros

    • @history_repeats8201
      @history_repeats8201 Před 19 dny +3

      Pork is the best!!!

    • @MbisonBalrog
      @MbisonBalrog Před 19 dny +1

      @@history_repeats8201 no Lamb gyro is

    • @history_repeats8201
      @history_repeats8201 Před 19 dny +1

      @@MbisonBalrog In the Middle East. Not in Greece. You must be from the Middle East

  • @food449
    @food449 Před 22 dny +1

    اكيد تبدو وكأنها رائعه جدا

  • @maodmifcnr
    @maodmifcnr Před 26 dny

    Same thing that makes Kebab popular its quick, easy, tasty and great when you are drunk and strolling home.

  • @stevethea5250
    @stevethea5250 Před 26 dny +3

    whabbout turkish doner kebab now ?

  • @MrChrism95
    @MrChrism95 Před 26 dny +4

    Why is this guy speaking like he is the food? It's irregular

  • @zakariaaljundi6520
    @zakariaaljundi6520 Před 27 dny

    👍

  • @katerinatsoliakou235
    @katerinatsoliakou235 Před 13 dny +1

    It's a quick meal, And we find it at all hours..

  • @TranceElevation
    @TranceElevation Před 24 dny +8

    So this is whom the turks copied from

    • @OG-ge8nu
      @OG-ge8nu Před 23 dny +4

      For sure the other way round. Also greeks know this.

    • @Jamirio
      @Jamirio Před 21 dnem +2

      Copied from Greeks ?

    • @carlosm.3426
      @carlosm.3426 Před 14 dny

      no, this has been done by turks for centuries, it was the greeks that copied them, in fact greeks cuisine is mostly influenced by Middle Eastern cuisine, thats why it all looks very similar to middle eastern food, real greek food is awful

    • @D0M1N4NCe
      @D0M1N4NCe Před 5 dny +1

      @@carlosm.3426 real greek food has existed for centuries, long before turkey was made

    • @SpartanLeonidas1821
      @SpartanLeonidas1821 Před dnem

      @@OG-ge8nuHe literally shows you artifacts & sources that predate your people by 3,000+ Years! 🤣 🛖🦃🛖

  • @lemontree9019
    @lemontree9019 Před 16 dny +1

    Now that we have a war about who’s souvlaki is, let’s talk Greek salad...

    • @SpartanLeonidas1821
      @SpartanLeonidas1821 Před dnem

      Whose is Souvlaki? 😃
      ".. But when the thigh-pieces were wholly burned, and they had tasted the inner parts, they cut up the rest and spitted and roasted it, holding the pointed spits in their hands .."
      -Homer
      [Odyssey 3.461-463]
      «.. αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ κατὰ μῆρ᾽ ἐκάη καὶ σπλάγχνα πάσαντο, μίστυλλόν τ᾽ ἄρα τἆλλα καὶ ἀμφ᾽ ὀβελοῖσιν ἔπειραν, ὤπτων δ᾽ ἀκροπόρους ὀβελοὺς ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντες ..»
      -Ὅμηρος
      [Οδύσσεια 3.461-463]
      ------------
      ".. Then he went on from task to task: first he cut up the rich, fatted meat, and pierced it with wooden spits, and roasted flesh and the honorable chine and the paunch full of dark blood all together .."
      -Homeric Hymns
      [Hymn 4: To Hermes 120-124]
      «.. ἔργῳ δ᾽ ἔργον ὄπαζε ταμὼν κρέα πίονα δημῷ: ὤπτα δ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ ὀβελοῖσι πεπαρμένα δουρατέοισι σάρκας ὁμοῦ καὶ νῶτα γεράσμια καὶ μέλαν αἷμα ἐργμένον ἐν χολάδεσσι: ..»
      -Homeric Hymns
      [Hymn 4: To Hermes 120-124]
      ^^^Anything older than this from our 🦃ic friends? 😂
      Greek Salad is Simply Greek. Feta Cheese aka Prosfato, is what makes the Greek Salad.
      turks didn’t even have ONE CHEESE listed in TasteAtlas Top 100.
      Meanwhile: Greece, Italy, & France had 20 Each on the list 😃

  • @aresgalamatis7022
    @aresgalamatis7022 Před 27 dny +1

    @1:00 that is why in the north greece we have different and precise words that translate to other language, unlike our southern siblings that grew up confused under foreign kings and dictators :/

  • @onepiecelegends
    @onepiecelegends Před 26 dny +5

    This is called Shawarma in the Arab world or Doner in Turkey and Germany.

    • @y.p.9797
      @y.p.9797 Před 26 dny +4

      lol its not the same for various reasons

    • @idizzzful
      @idizzzful Před 26 dny +9

      Yeah? You eat pork meat dude?

    • @eren3390
      @eren3390 Před 25 dny +1

      @@idizzzfulstill 🇹🇷 and 🇩🇪

    • @SpartanLeonidas1821
      @SpartanLeonidas1821 Před dnem

      Nope, this is Pork. Pita is literally a Greek Word. Tzatziki is Farsi. Cope 🤣

  • @siyahbeyaz9527
    @siyahbeyaz9527 Před 26 dny +5

    Greek döner

    • @lefterismagkoutas4430
      @lefterismagkoutas4430 Před 26 dny +5

      turkish gyros

    • @erdemozcan5435
      @erdemozcan5435 Před 17 dny +1

      @@lefterismagkoutas4430 from Wikipedia; The name comes from the Greek γύρος (gyros, 'circle' or 'turn'). It is a calque of the Turkish döner, from dönmek, also meaning "turn".[7Grilling a vertical spit of stacked meat and slicing it off as it cooks was developed in Bursa[12] in the 19th century in the Ottoman Empire. After the 1922-23 Population exchange between Greece and Turkey, the Greeks brought their variation with them to Greece. Following World War II, Gyros made with lamb (called as döner kebab by some restaurants) was present in Athens.[13][12] It was likely introduced by immigrants from Anatolia and the Middle East.[5][14] The Greek version is normally made with pork and served with tzatziki, and became known as gyros.[15][16] Chicken Gyros is also very popular however.

  • @astrozombies3670
    @astrozombies3670 Před 13 dny +1

    i love souvlaki

  • @paullee5449
    @paullee5449 Před 2 hodinami

    Unbeatable food

  • @bosiorne2292
    @bosiorne2292 Před 27 dny +13

    gyros are 10 x times more tastier than kebab

    • @boranayir4004
      @boranayir4004 Před 25 dny +2

      in your dreams :D

    • @bosiorne2292
      @bosiorne2292 Před 25 dny +2

      @@boranayir4004 idk about you for me it is but hey everyone has its own opinions

    • @eren3390
      @eren3390 Před 25 dny +3

      kebab waaaaaay better

    • @dimitrakapa4887
      @dimitrakapa4887 Před 22 dny +1

      ​​@@eren3390😂😂😂not...all people préfér pork

    • @eren3390
      @eren3390 Před 22 dny +2

      @@dimitrakapa4887 pork is disgusting 🤢

  • @KP-xi4bj
    @KP-xi4bj Před 26 dny +3

    So, gyros isn't Greek in origin but Turkish? Interesting to know.

    • @greoko
      @greoko Před 26 dny +14

      Nice Turkish propaganda lol

    • @greoko
      @greoko Před 26 dny +6

      Implying the Turks were capable of ever making something of their own
      Don't make me laugh

    • @KP-xi4bj
      @KP-xi4bj Před 26 dny +3

      @@greoko "Grilling a vertical spit of stacked meat and slicing it off as it cooks was developed in Bursa[12] in the 19th century in the Ottoman Empire. After the 1922-23 Population exchange between Greece and Turkey, the *Greeks brought their variation with them to Greece.* " - Wikipedia
      Ignorant much?

    • @greoko
      @greoko Před 26 dny +2

      @@KP-xi4bj woah he pulled the wiki out
      It's so over for me!!!
      Yeah wiki half of the time isn't a trustworthy source sorry to pop your bubble and only hope of seeming right
      Since basically anyone can edit what that site says lol

    • @KP-xi4bj
      @KP-xi4bj Před 26 dny +1

      @@greoko You do realize the information in Wikipedia articles are cited as references at the end of the articles, right? LMFAO SMH
      Uneducated much? Keep coping.

  • @Nitihene
    @Nitihene Před 18 dny

    huhu there is also question if you want to have mustard on your souvlaki or not

  • @Dmdm_dm
    @Dmdm_dm Před 21 dnem

    0:27 it's not pronounced with an /ou/ in the second syllable, but with an /o/

  • @hughmungus5529
    @hughmungus5529 Před 22 dny +21

    gyro >>>> doner

    • @Jamirio
      @Jamirio Před 21 dnem +6

      Nope

    • @Rifatahmed-ic2qu
      @Rifatahmed-ic2qu Před 19 dny +1

      LOL. You ever taste both of them?

    • @Rousseau4469
      @Rousseau4469 Před 19 dny +2

      Oohhh so you eat Pork? That is the main type of gyros made.

    • @georgekoul
      @georgekoul Před 18 dny

      Not even the same.

    • @Rousseau4469
      @Rousseau4469 Před 18 dny

      @@georgekoul didn't said it's the same. I said they are not made from pork but from beef (bovine). True or false? Muslims don't eat pork. Fact.

  • @MbisonBalrog
    @MbisonBalrog Před 26 dny +3

    In US Greeks always use frozen gyro never made fresh. Turkish places make fresh though

  • @polha4966
    @polha4966 Před 14 dny +1

    greece national dish is fasolada aka bean soup... also a greek favorite dish that every greek eats each day as breakfast is tyropita aka cheese pie ... also spanakopita aka spinach pie, kasseropita (yellow cheese and graviera pie (gruyere cheese ), galatopita aka milk pie, etc you seem to paralelize greeks with the turks which have nothing in common as greeks are a balkan nation from food to traditional clothing, and turks are an anatolian middle eastern nation with a cuisine close to persian (foods like kebab, donner kebab and with some caucasus influences such as peinirli in turkey aka georgian kachapuri, sujuk lukum in turkey, churkela in georgia etc... what s called gyros in greece and donner kebab in turkey is a persian dish kebab being a persian name that means barbeque in persian . Gyros came to greece only in the last 50 years from refugees from asia minor, we dont have flatbreads in greece like the naan type used for gyros it s a persian bread also found in caucasus called as lavash in armenia, or tonis puri in georgia) Our grandmothers did not know to make gyros but they made pies and knew how to make homemade pasta makaroni etc on their own That s the greek food not the gyros

  • @skullandbones1832
    @skullandbones1832 Před 16 dny

    💙

  • @madonebo9249
    @madonebo9249 Před 27 dny +10

    Its ancestor is döner

    • @MrPolinikis
      @MrPolinikis Před 17 dny +3

      The other way around …
      Who educated those Turkic Mongolians how to cook when they arrived in the Mediterranean?

    • @madonebo9249
      @madonebo9249 Před 16 dny

      @@MrPolinikis They already knew how to cook. You can search and educate yourself. Don't be lazy, uneducated ignorant.

    • @Tyrach.
      @Tyrach. Před 13 dny

      @@MrPolinikisthe Turks wiped out your Byzantium and make Malakistan a Turkish colony for five Centurys

    • @Tyrach.
      @Tyrach. Před 13 dny

      thank the Western-Eurpoean crusaders that you had not been subjected 500 years earlier, you Gay thieves