After a long week at Book Expo America I had a nice dinner with Team Tyrus at a nice Greek restaurant in midtown. I got really experimental and way outside of my comfort zone on this one (like the Indian restaurant below). When we were done, I asked the waiter to help me catalog what I had just tried. Here is that list.

Yiaourtopita — Greek Yogurt cake

Karidopita – Greek Walnut cake

Baklava — people already know this one

Galaktoboureko — custard dessert

Loukeoumades — are a kind of fried-dough pastry made of deep fried dough soaked in sugar syrup or honey and cinnamon, and sometimes sprinkled with sesame.

Fig ice cream — kinda self explanatory

Kiwi — no, I’d never had Kiwi before. Now I have.

Feta — no, I’d never had Feta cheese before. Nice and sharp. I enjoyed it.

OCTOPUS~! — Of course I’d never had Octopus before. It was very good, not as chewy as I thought it would be. To be honest, I was a little weirded out when I could actually see the suckers and I was reminded of a toy I had when I was six or seven. But, I died in the water in a past life, and this was the closest I’ve come to an Octopus since then.

White snapper — some people are familiar with red or yellow snapper. I had white snapper flown in from the Mediterranean. Then again, I’m an adventurous eater, so I do things like that.

To confirm my position as an adventurous eater, I’d like to point out that a little more than three months ago I set out on a journey to try 52 new foods in 52 weeks (one a week for the non-math inclined folks in the viewing audience). Well, after my trip to the Greek restaurant, I am now at 67 new foods–a pace that has me averaging about 5 new foods a week.