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Sep. 28th, 2011
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This week just picked up:
New Mutants #31 (okay, but with a good badass moment... I'm getting a little tired of the storyline)
Also picked up at the used bookstore, Surface Detail, by Iain M. Banks (another novel in his Culture series).
And, because gyros do not go without comment, I should probably say that I finally satisfied that long denied craving for a gyro.
You may remember that in August, during the Taste of the Danforth, instead of going all the way to the Danforth and waiting in a hellish line for a gyro, I went to a nearby place... only to find that in the months since I'd been there, they'd gotten rid of pork or beef/lamb gyros, and only served chicken gyros, the "Star Trek V of gyros". But, because I was already there, I bought it and left with a tasty treat but one far inferior to the one I intended, and so I was unsatisfied.
What I don't think I posted was that about two weeks ago, I had a few days alone to myself in the apartment (roomies went to cabin country), and I decided I'd treat myself, once, to a meal out, so I went to another place near me which sold gyros... only to find they ALSO only served Chicken gyros? What the hell? That time I settled for pork souvlaki on a pita, which again, good, but inferior (but superior to chicken gyro. That's how bad chicken gyros are, souvlaki are superior... no type of gyro should have to say that!). Later I went on google earth just to search for places to sell Gyros and the only places it listed (although I'm sure it missed some, none I'm aware of) that weren't more than a 15 minute walk away were the two that only sell chicken gyros.
It prompted me to ask the question, "Mais où sont les gyros d'antan?" (Where are the gyros of yesteryear?). How has it come to this, where all the places within a reasonable walking distance of me only sell chicken gyros instead of REAL gyros? Sure, there are some Schwarma options, but it's not the same (next time I need a local gyro fix I might try again though, maybe I've just had some bad Schwarma experiences).
However, today, on my walk home from comic/used bookstores, I pass right through the Danforth where you can still buy REAL gyros, and because it was right around noon, I decided to indulge myself and have one. They had Chicken, Pork, and Beef + Lamb combination. The first was never a consideration, and since I'd had pork souvlaki recently, I went with the last. And OMG, real gyros are so awesome. Mmmmm, gyros. How I've missed you.
I realize that some on my flist live in locations where it is virtually impossible to get a gyro anywhere in the city, so my complaints about having to go a little ways away from home to get one ring hollow, maybe even mocking, and for that I apologize sincerely. But gyros do not go without comment, and we cannot allow chicken gyros to replace normal gyros without comment either. If you advertise gyros, you should sell real gyros. No one should be forced to ask, "Mais où sont les gyros d'antan?"
New Mutants #31 (okay, but with a good badass moment... I'm getting a little tired of the storyline)
Also picked up at the used bookstore, Surface Detail, by Iain M. Banks (another novel in his Culture series).
And, because gyros do not go without comment, I should probably say that I finally satisfied that long denied craving for a gyro.
You may remember that in August, during the Taste of the Danforth, instead of going all the way to the Danforth and waiting in a hellish line for a gyro, I went to a nearby place... only to find that in the months since I'd been there, they'd gotten rid of pork or beef/lamb gyros, and only served chicken gyros, the "Star Trek V of gyros". But, because I was already there, I bought it and left with a tasty treat but one far inferior to the one I intended, and so I was unsatisfied.
What I don't think I posted was that about two weeks ago, I had a few days alone to myself in the apartment (roomies went to cabin country), and I decided I'd treat myself, once, to a meal out, so I went to another place near me which sold gyros... only to find they ALSO only served Chicken gyros? What the hell? That time I settled for pork souvlaki on a pita, which again, good, but inferior (but superior to chicken gyro. That's how bad chicken gyros are, souvlaki are superior... no type of gyro should have to say that!). Later I went on google earth just to search for places to sell Gyros and the only places it listed (although I'm sure it missed some, none I'm aware of) that weren't more than a 15 minute walk away were the two that only sell chicken gyros.
It prompted me to ask the question, "Mais où sont les gyros d'antan?" (Where are the gyros of yesteryear?). How has it come to this, where all the places within a reasonable walking distance of me only sell chicken gyros instead of REAL gyros? Sure, there are some Schwarma options, but it's not the same (next time I need a local gyro fix I might try again though, maybe I've just had some bad Schwarma experiences).
However, today, on my walk home from comic/used bookstores, I pass right through the Danforth where you can still buy REAL gyros, and because it was right around noon, I decided to indulge myself and have one. They had Chicken, Pork, and Beef + Lamb combination. The first was never a consideration, and since I'd had pork souvlaki recently, I went with the last. And OMG, real gyros are so awesome. Mmmmm, gyros. How I've missed you.
I realize that some on my flist live in locations where it is virtually impossible to get a gyro anywhere in the city, so my complaints about having to go a little ways away from home to get one ring hollow, maybe even mocking, and for that I apologize sincerely. But gyros do not go without comment, and we cannot allow chicken gyros to replace normal gyros without comment either. If you advertise gyros, you should sell real gyros. No one should be forced to ask, "Mais où sont les gyros d'antan?"