Greek Food

I’m going to start with this, I should probably have started in January, but I had some anxiety issues which made me put this on a back burner for a bit. Anyhoo…

So, yeah… As far as I know there are very few options for Greek food in Taiwan and what with me starting this project off, and it being pretty close to my house I figured it was a winner.
The location of the restaurant (at the time of writing it is not on Google maps, but 231, New Taipei City, Xindian District, 文化路No. 2 這咖啡 opposite this) was previously a place which can only be described as a location where a Taiwanese recycling fairy lived. Sometime last year, the old man passed away leaving the place dormant for a while. My good friends over at This Café (great coffee, very knowledgeable) are opposite and Mr. K being the Oracle of the street knew that Santori Souvlaki was going to move in over Chinese New Year.
Mr. K warned me though “He (the owner) is a very nice guy, food is good. He is Canadian but he talks a lot”
Now as I’ve been having trouble with Uncle Angst, this set off alarm bells. I’m not anti-social, but I AM introverted. Couple that with medication making me look lost and distant, I wanted to try his food, but not give the impression that I’m a moody pain in the arse because I’m not talking much.
Fast forward a few days of me doing the “should I, shouldn’t I” dance, and as a new restaurant he needed customers, me feeling crap about not going in, I finally bit the bullet. I armed myself with an equally talkative Canadian and her husband, just to be on the safe side.
True to form, he did indeed talk a lot. He is clearly very passionate about his food, and you can tell if you go there he really knows his stuff. I had Ms. V along who gave him a run for his money in the talking stakes.
What did we eat? I remember we had calamari to share, I had a seafood souvlaki, and they both had lamb. The squid was prepared better than you would usually find in Taiwan, and it was cheap. As I say, I’m, not really a reviewer. I’d say go there, nice atmosphere, got the stuff you’d expect on the walls.

Edit: See? That shows you how inexperienced I am at this blogging lark. I forgot the prices.

The three souvlakis came in at under 200NT each, as was the calamari,  two orange juices (Large) 80NT each. I remember total price was 950NT for the three of us.

One down only 51 to go.