souvlaki
IPA: suvɫˈɑki
noun
- A Greek fast food consisting of pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer, variously also called kalamaki or kebab or, in sandwich form, gyro or shawarma.
- A wrapped pancake dish filled with meat, salad and some kind of sauce or dressing, commonly called a kebab.
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Examples of "souvlaki" in Sentences
- Or is it spending $2.50 on a souvlaki from a street vendor?
- Souvlaki is not the same thing as a kebab, shaslik or shawarma.
- Gyros merida is the only related plate that is never called souvlaki.
- A chef makes souvlaki/kabob and grilled squash right in front of you.
- If only I had remembered I'm not wild about souvlaki before I ordered.
- Souvlaki is a Greek variant of the same thing, but distinctly different.
- The souvlaki is replaced by gyros kebab usually made of pork or chicken .
- The terminology of souvlaki and its variants is confusing and inconsistent.
- The best chicken souvlaki is definitely Gene’s coffee shop on 60th and Madison.
- The celebration will feature traditional Greek dishes such as souvlaki (shish kabob), gyro,
- It combines cheap traditional food, including the marinated kebabs called souvlaki, with the sleek decor of a European bistro.
- Most shops that sell them aren't run by Greeks anymore, but Lebanese and Turkish, but the name souvlaki has entered the Australian conscious and that's still what everyone asks for.
- Tender spiced skewers called souvlaki, feta-cheese-stuffed hamburgers called bifteki and a range of oven-roasted meats with potatoes, green beans, eggplant and tomatoes can be found on every menu.
- (ronald-lovesicily) - souvlaki is short for souvla and souvla is essentially a big skewer while souvlaki is a small skewer - souvla takes big chunks of meat and souvlaki little ones. tzatziki (or talatouri as it is called in cyprus) - is wonderful with also some mint in addition to the yogurt, cucumber, garlic, olive oil and salt...
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