Souvlaki

Let me tell you about the first souvlaki I ate in Athens. I was jet-lagged, starving, and wandered into one of those Monastiraki Square restaurants where a guy out front practically dragged me to a table. The souvlaki was… fine. Forgettable. And I paid €7 for it, which is basically robbery by Athens standards. The next day, a local friend took me to a hole-in-the-wall with three stools, a line out the door, and a pork souvlaki pita that cost €3.50 and genuinely changed how I think about street food. Same city, completely different experience.