Greek Food Tier List

[@barbarouski]

As a Greek, opening KZbin and seeing moist eating Greek food at the top of my feed was something I was not expecting

[@Someone.you.dont_know]

Ontos 😭😭😭

[@Strandraggana1889]

Fr

[@ceohadenough894]

kai egw mlk

[@EdgewoodLore]

love this so much!

[@gorgeapex8775]

I'm also Greek

[@borkbunns]

Putting every greek food on the S tier is absolutely valid ngl

[@karadan100]

Yep. Gyros is food of the gods.

[@EdgewoodLore]

love this so much!

[@adamk-paxlogan7330]

Facts 👌

[@adamk-paxlogan7330]

​@@karadan100fr

[@albertovilla9536]

Spoilers bro!!!

[@CanadianBacon9719]

I went to Greece for the first time this year and god damn, I knew the food would be good, but I don’t didn’t expect it to be as top tier as it is, all those S tiers are completely legit

[@limon34422]

@@SkibidToiletCartelI asked

[@DanielArts-726-c7n]

​@@limon34422 It's a Bot

[@limon34422]

@@DanielArts-726-c7n I know but i just wanted to reply

[@OfficialJalenSmith]

Is my music good bro ?

[@McMTG]

@@limon34422 That's why they keep posting. The more interaction they receive the more the bot posts. Stop liking and responding to them cause you're talking to yourself as well.

[@eugeniakatsafadou331]

Eating a spanakopita with a fork is like eating a pizza with a fork

[@Abernis]

Spot on!

[@felixtjoanda3841]

So it's traditional to eat it with a fork?

[@raf4320]

@@felixtjoanda3841 only if youre a complete heathen

[@wallmenis]

​@@felixtjoanda3841you usually eat it like a pizza with your hands because it is rigid and the sfoliata (fylo) is annoying to cut cleanly with a knife.

[@2gooddrifters]

You eat it in your hands, wrapped in the paper bag to catch the crumbs.

[@SPACECRUISER96]

19:53 as a Greek, I died hearing this.... No one is eating lamb and beef gyros. is either pork or chicken

[@Quzga]

Here in Scandinavia we only eat pork gyros too (kebab roll)

[@NoDrugsKids]

Πρεπει να δοκιμασεις αδερφε, ο μονος λογος που δε το βλεπεις στον καταλογο των περισσοτερων καταστηματων ειναι επειδη ειναι πολυ ακριβο πιτογυρο και δεν υπαρχει ζητηση λογω τιμης...(φανταζομαι) σε μερικα θα το πετυχεις και εαν σου τυχει δοκιμασε το ειναι πολυ ωραιο!!

[@Furry-xr4hp]

as another greek i agree

[@Ryan-mw9pm]

Lamb tastes so good with your gyros

[@leolinguini260]

Depends on if you count Kebab as a Gyro. That option exists in most Gyradika and is made from Beef and Lamb. (Even though it's a separate thing) Buy yeah, Gyro is Pork or Chicken.

[@whyger7259]

Ο αδελφός κάλεσε μία ολόκληρη χώρα στα σχόλια του.

[@ryardmilis5782]

φρφρ

[@MrMiltious]

ωρε έχουμε Έλληνες!!

[@d234d9]

Ακριβώς

Ελατε αδερφια να τα πουμε

[@sebastians_dogma]

Hocam bence sizde videodakilerden daha iyi yemekler vardır. Mesela baklava yerine μπουγάτσα daha lokal duruyor.

[@pikosapikos13]

Ωραία, συγκεντρωθήκαμε όλοι. Μην μας απογοητεύσεις, Κριτικέ Υγρασία.

[@damadijie8514]

Αυτή η μετάφραση είναι το πιο αστείο πράγμα που χω δει

[@thanosd7997]

Ο αίμας πραγματικά είπε Κριτικέ Υγρασία

[@HubertFarnsworthsLeftNut]

Critic Moisture goes unnecessarily hard ngl

[@g_karapetros8130]

Αληθινό

[@Krekl95]

@@thanosd7997 εντελως υποτιμημενο σχολιο

[@MoodySelection]

Actually, we never put lamb in gyros. The usual options are pork and chicken, lamb is is traditionally served on Easter Sunday or slow roasted in the oven. No idea how it became the default meat Greek places use over in the US. Great stuff

[@infinitecone8784]

I lived in the us too and would only see the lamb and beef mix and I’m pretty sure it’s just way cheaper that’s why.

[@DeveusBelkan]

Spending a bit of time looking this up on the internet, pork has always been the default in Greece, but lamb and beef was the preferred meat for Greeks migrating out of Turkey after the population exchange, which makes sense considering pork was probably hard to find under Turkish/Ottoman rule. And so Anatolian Greeks who migrated to Greece eventually grew accustomed to the popularity of pork in the homeland, while Anatolian Greeks who migrated to the rest of the world kept their preference for beef and lamb. And after the 1920s, into the junta, I imagine most Greek migrants to the rest of the world were families with heritage in Anatolia given the fact that they had already been uprooted from their homes once already, doubling down on the culinary split. Some people suggested it was likely because these Greek restaurants were run by Turks or Lebanese people, but my Greek father and uncle had their restaurant in America and they never did pork, nor do any of the other Greek restaurants ran by Greeks that I know of here in America. And there are several from that generation that left Greece during the junta

[@samolofsson2401]

@@infinitecone8784 lamb is in no way cheaper then pork and chicken the answer is more likely what Deveus said.

[@where_to_eat-uk]

Greek Doner was and is the Lamb based. It use to be the default back in the day in Greece, but in the 21st century it has completely flipped to Pork as number 1 and Chicken as a close second. Beef is probably 3rd, and Lamb has completely fallen to 4th as less places use it due to cost. Recently more "gourmet" Greek Gyro places are using "Provatina" an older in age lamb cut that gives that extra kick in the flavour, distinguishing it from the others, and it has started a "renaissance" for the Lamb meat in gyros for Greece.

[@METALSCAVENGER78]

I think they actually served lamb gyros in old times in Greece

[@PanagiotisXyno]

Calamari is squid not octopus. For gyros mainly we use pork and chicken.

[@A.Mack1o2]

Pork and chicken or pork or chicken?

[@PanagiotisXyno]

@@A.Mack1o2 pork or chicken

[@infinitecone8784]

@@A.Mack1o2either or but recently there’s been like big gyro sandwiches and you can get a mix

[@someguy3508]

In Cyprus we have different Pitta (bigger also) and we make beef gyro as well. Due to that a mix of all 3 types or 2 of them is a very popul​ar choice. We of course have the greek pittas as well

[@mZStarCraft]

@@A.Mack1o2both.

Turkish people gonna get soo mad after this 😭

[@mapoleo]

You mean stolen Türkish food 😡🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 (i’m not turkish)

[@aneesh7123]

why?

[@YourOwnDa]

If the Ottomans didn’t invade Greece then there wouldn’t be a Turkish influence on modern Greek food… They can’t have their cake and eat it.

[@ponoliko]

they are always mad bruh😭

[@dash8425]

Ι hope they don't because Greece existed before Turkey. Turks are descendants of the Persians and Greeks had people in Pont and Asia Minor before any Ottoman idealism. If anything the similarities in food dates back to B.C times because those people lived together, before the genocide of the people of Pont, Ismir and Armenia. Hell, even before the Byzantine empire. I don't understand how people claim ''This is our food, yada yada yada stole it'' when literally the entire Balkan and Mediterranean civilizations are like super similar in many things.

[@pixeIzs]

As a Greek I would like to applaud the talent of the chef. I always knew they’d hired someone great to do these videos but his Greek food genuinely looks like something my yia-yia would cook up for me

[@Michael-Gianas]

yia-yia’s r the best chefs

[@davidr2421]

I figured they just get takeout from a restaurant

[@A.Mack1o2]

Don't know who that is but nice

[@Goony_McGoon]

@@A.Mack1o2 it's a greek grandmother

[@JacquelineVanRyn-k3l]

@@A.Mack1o2 it's greek for grandmother

[@psycheeunevsi]

I’m proud to be Greek when seeing Charlie give Greek food the S tier. Μένω αυστραλια αλλά ταξιδεύω Ελλάδα όποτε μπορώ. Παντα μου δίνει νοσταλγία να πάω σε ενα καφέ με παρέα και να παίρνω φραπέ με σπανακόπιτα. Κατι που δεν εκτιμάται στην αυστραλιανή κουλτούρα

[@MrMister2u]

Funny that the food they liked the most (baklawa) is actually turkish lol

[@psycheeunevsi]

@@MrMister2u its not even the most popular food though lol

[@northwind6199]

Φραπέ με σπανακόπιτα και μετά sprint στην πλησιέστερη τουαλέτα μαζί με προσευχή ε;

[@sobe9ograff]

@@MrMister2u turkey likes to claims everything. but the first trace of baklava is neither turkish or greek. but persian, from a persian cookbook in the part that is now iran. google it.

[@llia.111]

I just know already this is gonna be their top tier list

[@SkibidToiletCartel]

Who asked 😂

[@Svenmortimer]

​@@SkibidToiletCartelLeast obvious ragebait

[@KingOfTheRoost]

I need to send this to my Greek family members with no context and see how they respond.

[@Y-MAN771]

Don't translate... भवतः हृदयस्य धड़कनं कतिपयेषु घण्टेषु स्थगयिष्यति, अस्य शापस्य मुक्तिं प्राप्तुं एकमात्रं मार्गं मम चैनलस्य सदस्यतां कुर्वन्तु......😮

[@carterbohren8253]

Tell us how they respond when it happens. We must know

[@panmichgaming]

Same hahaha

[@likeyeeah]

Send this to your Greek family and ask why are they stealing Turkish peoples food. Wtf is this. 9 out of 7 food in this video was Turkish

[@SkibidToiletCartel]

Who asked lol

[@jaysonbear600]

Greece always putting out bangers

[@SkibidToiletCartel]

Who asked 😮

[@hellspawnx3526]

​@@SkibidToiletCartelyour mom 😂

[@EmreYlmaz-st8kj]

"Stealing bangers from Turks"

[@joo-l5y]

@@EmreYlmaz-st8kj the greeks were there first

[@Sup_3rr]

You are not invited for the big turkish party

[@B7R8]

*1:22** ΚΑΛΑΜΑΡΙ* *5:00** ΣΠΑΝΑΚΟΠΙΤΑ* *8:16** ΣΑΓΑΝΑΚΙ* *10:54** ΣΟΥΒΛΑΚΙ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ* *15:28** ΓΕΜΙΣΤΑ ΟΡΦΑΝΑ (without ground meat)* *19:30** ΠΙΤΟΓΥΡΟ* *22:59** ΜΠΑΚΛΑΒΑΣ* *26:16** ΜΠΟΥΓΑΤΣΑ ΚΡΕΜΑ*

[@CosmicGhazt]

Ευχαριστώ!

[@AmeDark]

klaiw me to souvlaki thesalonikis😂

[@B7R8]

@@AmeDark *ΑΦΟΥ ΟΙ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΙ ΤΟΣΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΤΟ ΛΕΝΕ ΚΑΛΑΜΑΚΙ.* *ΜΗΝ ΜΠΕΡΔΕΨΟΥΜΕ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΥΣ ΞΕΝΟΥΣ...*

[@EggBoi_8]

I love me stuffed orphans.

[@Bcea]

Μαλακα γιατί λένε τον πίτα γύρο?

[@JoCaTen]

Greek here, allow me to explain some things: Calamari or "kalamarakia" (little squids) are usually eaten with just lemon zest, usually eaten during the holiday known as "clean monday" Spanakopita, Bougatsa are almost the same, the filling is just different, one's with spinach and the other's with cheese and they're for breakfast mostly. there's also one with custard which we just call it cream and minced meat too. saganaki isn't to be eaten as is, it's an appetizer, usually served along meals to be shared among those eating at the table. souvlaki is just skewered meat, be it chicken or pork, can be eaten like a gyro wrapped in pita bread. gyro is pronounced correctly and it's usually pork or chicken, beef or lamb is the Turkish doner kebab and isn't always in pita bread, it could be a regular bread roll too. Also, Greek Frappe is indeed instant coffee on a shaker. 1-2 teaspoons of coffee, 1-2 teaspoons of sugar, add little water, shake it until it's foamy, add ice, more water, milk if you want to and enjoy (just be careful, if you have it with milk there's a possibility that you'll need the bathroom. especially if you've had it with a bougatsa) With that said, i am very pleased you guys enjoyed everything. Να'στε καλα.

[@Combos_Animator]

We needed a hero And we got them Σιγα μην εξηγουσα εγω ολα αυτα τι ειμαι

[@isoutoforbit]

When he said that lamb and beef were popular in souvlaki I was like what? I've never even heard of a souvlaki having lamb in it.

[@dimitriosgladio059]

As a Greek American who works at a Greek restaurant this is accurate

[@MemeCake-id3nz]

You should print that out on multiple papers and put them in between a leather cover. Afterwards you should make copies of it and sell it for fat profit

[@Pagokeraunos]

@@isoutoforbit please don't pollute the comment section with ath*nian language

[@lightfallonthehead3842]

I went to greece a bit ago and literally everything tasted so good. not even just the greek food, nah, the store bought bread tasted good. the eggs tasted like the truest representation of eggs ive ever tasted. idk wtf is going on in greece but i feel like i penetrated some flavor forcefield. and obviously their dishes are really good, all of them deserve S tier for sure

[@rosietales]

It's the taste of freshness. Also Greece is in an amazing spot for food quality.

[@spyrosl9566]

And it used to be better.. even more pure. like everything nowadays

[@markpavlidis6464]

Yes idk our food quality is so good. When i went to west eu their eggs and vegetables weren't even close to what we eat in Greece, man i missed home when i was there😂

[@Abernis]

@lightfallonthehead3842 As a Peloponnesian I appreciate the comment. However I don't think we get to 'cuisine' level; as far as Europe is concerned Italy, Spain, and France are at another level. You are right though because what is actually superior in Greece is the quality of the produce; add to that the fact that Greeks have historically been very straightforward and sensible the way they cook (this is why Greek food in the US will never be anywhere near..) 🙂

[@zedero8]

Greek here, pork is the most popular meat for gyros, second is chicken. Lamb and Beef are not used for gyros. We also do not put cucumber in the gyro wrap, and the pita bread should be grilled (+oiled). Glad you guys enjoyed everything, great video!!

[@scottmclaughlin1410]

None of the Greeks I know eat chicken gyros and they own Greek restaurants

[@lucasmichalopoulos6216]

@@scottmclaughlin1410 maybe in the US, but the only Gyro ive found being sold in Athens where ive lived since i was born was chicken and pork, never seen lamb or beef

[@bluerevolvur2711]

​@@lucasmichalopoulos6216 beef is what we call doner mate. Lamb also exists but its pretty rare

[@bluerevolvur2711]

Beef is Doner

[@ShiveringEroticKingBanana]

What the hell are you smoking lamb and beef are very common for gyros

[@antonisNWC]

Greek here. You have to have a Greek person cook for you the first time. btw the meat was raw the saganaki was overcooked.... other than that very hapy to see people excited for our food..

[@MrXontrosPanikos]

Couple of notes from a greek guy: 1) Greeks love their composite words. Σπανακόπιτα (spanakopita) is just σπανάκι (spinach) and πίτα (pie). 2) That little dot on one of the letters (σπανακ-ό-πιτα) helps you pronounce. It's always on the vowel you should stress when pronouncing. σπανακόπιτα = spanakOpita 3) The greek version of baklava (μπακλαβάς) usually has a walnut filling and a sweeter and more citrusy (lemon or orange) syrup. Turks use pistachio for the filling and a lighter, plainer syrup combined with a more buttery fyllo base. Both versions are amazing, it's just a matter of taste and what you get used to. 4) You should try φασολάδα (fasolada), our (kinda) national dish. It's a slowly cooked bean soup with lots of leak and spicy peppers. Add some γουρνοπούλα (our version of crispy bbq pork) on the side and you hit some pretty serious mexican vibes. 5) More challenging but worth stuff to try are γαύρος μαρινάτος (gavros marinatos - raw anchovy fillets "cooked" in just salt, vinegar, olive oil and garlic) and τραχανάς (trahanas - crumpled fermented grains we use to thicken meat stews resulting in a risotto like end result) [try "sweet" trahanas first as the "sour" variety has quite an acquired, more fermented taste.]

[@DJMiko21]

And they did not even touch the Cretan cuisine, which is a chapter all of its' own. Αδελφέ, φαντάσου να πάνε αυτοί για φαγητό σε κανένα ορεινό χωριό της Ηπείρου ή στη Λιβαδειά ή σε οποιοδήποτε νησί, δε θα θέλουν να γυρίσουν στη χώρα τους xD

[@teosxoreston]

psofa

[@chrisbotos]

Bro is recommending fasolada, the national dish that more than half of Greeks hate.

[@Esyldra]

The Greek know what good food is. I love everything about it and I'm from the Netherlands :)

[@thefinalduane]

reading this makes me want my grandma’s trahana feta soup… really brings me back

[@AngelaQuick-p9l]

As a Greek i have to say that these were some great food choices! You should definetely add Pastitsio, Mousaka, Melomakarona (christmas dessert) and some Kokoretsi (if you're brave enough), and please find a better pita bread for souvlaki!

[@konstantinemelissaris2618]

Κοκορέτσι is a diabolical add

[@itzcon3005]

Omg Pastitsio is godly same with mousaka. My Yiayia used to make them for me all the time and now I make them.

[@jossecoupe446]

Love all those, except for kokoretsi which I'd never even heard of till now (will keep an eye out when in Greece), I was waiting for the appearance of dolmades or stuffed zucchini flowers myself, bangin' lol.

[@SargBjornson]

Oh! We have Kokoretsi here in Spain too, we call them "zarajos"

[@Rhyzen]

i see you are a white washed greek like me

[@mathewargy]

The reason for olive oil consumption by the way doesn't really have to do with consumption of Olive oil as a salad dresser or a topping. Due to the high olive oil production in Greece, Olive oil is used for every cooking oil application in most households. Frying something? Olive oil. Making a salad? Olive oil. Any Recipe under the sun that uses oil in any capacity? Olive oil. We even have some sweets that use it in their recipe, so since other plant oils are overlooked and olive oil is overused the number is naturally higher than expected and I can't really blame them for not guessing it since even I wasn't aware of just how much it was.

[@nationarmy2514]

As a Greek i can assure it i thought it was gonna be much higher... Every single dish in greece has olive oil.. Even from this video every single dish had olive oil except balkava and any dish that was grilled(even for grilled souvlaki pork usually people use olive oil when they add salt pepper etc on the meat)

[@mandarini16]

Frying is probably the only time when we DON'T use olive oil... Most people will use cheaper seed oils for that

[@mathewargy]

@@mandarini16 sorry, you're right, that statement came from personal bias since we own a few olive trees and that's how it's been for me because of that.

[@Porkey798]

@@mandarini16 I feel like this is only the case in recent years though. Due to extremely high prices. At least in my house even today we mostly fry with olive oil

[@EdgewoodLore]

love this so much!

[@calamity1124]

yemista with rice AND ground beef is peak

[@manolismylonas9886]

forbidden plate. Yemista and meat should never be in the same sentence, let alone dish

[@Styxlime]

yessss and with a slice of feta. good aahh sunday when you smell grandma make this next doors ugh!!

[@mariast7218]

very controversial statement

[@jaysonbear600]

Gyro better be an S tier

[@DabConnoisseur]

All I’m here for lol

[@4fitalways]

@user-gg2hl8sv4mbit

[@Pappachef999]

IF NOT WE RIOT

[@jaysonbear600]

GET TF OUT OF MY REPLIES BOTS

[@Y-MAN771]

Don't translate... भवतः हृदयस्य धड़कनं कतिपयेषु घण्टेषु स्थगयिष्यति, अस्य शापस्य मुक्तिं प्राप्तुं एकमात्रं मार्गं मम चैनलस्य सदस्यतां कुर्वन्तु......😮

[@Zader666]

Charlie calling Baklava a HEALTHY desserts had me chuckle.

[@HaxNotice]

@@SkibidToiletCartel Didn't ask if you asked lol

[@kuzeycivelek3564]

@@SkibidToiletCartel Please don't give attention to these bots for them to disappear guys.

[@SpacemarineHelldiver]

I mean the alternative American desserts are not any better

[@tinminator8905]

Since they are American, if they ate nothing other than Baklava their life expectency would probably go up.

[@manolakios]

its "healthier" than most desserts, relatively healthy

[@Sven989]

Can’t believe they flew out a Greek chef to cook this for them, the dedication.

[@dimitrissigalas9638]

greek chef and cant make a fucking saganaki, that cheese was a brick not even melted

[@RektedbyPaler]

dont think they flew out a greek chef because some of the food there wasn't what we actually eat in greece. For example gemista (the rice filled tomato) is always paired with feta cheese and the gyros isn't made with lamb anywhere (I have never had lamb gyros in my life) nor does it have cucumber or whatever that green stuff was. We usually eat pork or chicken in our gyros

[@iLikeHedgehogsAndBurek]

@@RektedbyPaler didnt see fries either in that gyros

[@whoandwut]

@@RektedbyPaler I had lamb gyros plenty of times and live in greece, so you can't really say that's not what we eat lol

[@macdormic2878]

@@RektedbyPaler sybau san

[@panos2211]

27:10 so real

[@dimitristsekeris1821]

Hey. Greek here. Gyros is almost always pork. You may find chicken too, but the basic is pork. The ironic part is that in Turkey, where much of our souvlaki culture comes from, it is made of lamb cause pork is forbidden by Islam.

[@sebastians_dogma]

Hey. Turk here. He is right, here we make döner using lamb meat. As for the şiş food its also the same, no pork only lamb. Now that we mention it I need to eat some 🤤 One day i wanna try how it is in pork, is it good?

[@420Bruh69Bruh]

​@@sebastians_dogma it is very good!

[@PGDreemurr]

the fact that both pork and lamb versions existed in an islamic empire is much more than you can say for the islamic nations today which is also ironic

[@soulful5284]

​@@sebastians_dogmavery very good you should try it! Greetings from Greece big fun of kebab here

[@sebastians_dogma]

@@PGDreemurr yeahh its a bit sad but pork is getting a bit more common here, not in local foods but you can find more pork products by the day

[@TylerDollarhide]

I did a study abroad session in Greece 2 years ago and loved everything about it, not least is the food (which I'm typically very picky about). When I came back to the US, I was severely disappointed to find that not even Greek cultural festivals had real gyros. It's always a mass of finely *ground* meat, instead of finely *sliced* meat like in traditional gyros. If you're curious, I stayed in Porto Rafti (about 45 minutes from Athens by metro). It was also during the winter, so it was the off season for tourism.

[@dakiler2028]

Man the US has raped gyros. I've seen a couple of vids of American gyros, where they ONLY use industrial frozen lamb/beef mince made for shitty Turkish doner kebab restaurants. Greeks ONLY use pork/chicken for gyros, and many places actually still cut, prep and marinate their meat themselves. Also we ONLY put tomatoes, tzatziki, onions and fries, with some few other sauce options as well.

[@ΠαναγιωτηςΜαργετης-κ4φ]

As greek i would like to say that everything you tried is 100% better when you get it in person in a local place in greece

[@sleepybean420]

i completely agree!!

[@overhalled]

I visited Greece a few times while being stationed in Germany for the US Army, and omg…. I’m dying to go back. The food is absolutely phenomenal

[@soulful5284]

@@overhalled FACTS same here

[@AJ-kk2mm]

No shit

[@agapi222]

lmao so true i was like why does everything look so depressing and lifeless 😭

[@hunterbarber4704]

Leaving out dolmadakia from a Greek food tier list is criminal

[@F0XD1E]

I'm disappointed in lack of avgolemono. It's not as flashy as the rest of these though.

[@its_dioxius]

charlie laughs like an animatronic at 6:38 lol

[@alextsitsi9934]

​@hello866t7i translate it

[@somegayfuck1272]

i just checked to see if anyone else noticed lmfao

[@soIve_et_coagula]

lmao he does

[@Keiomii]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw that

[@awsomemodels]

That laugh was hilarious 🤣

[@overhalled]

As an American that was stationed in Europe, Greek food is the absolute best I’ve EVER had. Saganaki was my go to appetizer and a platter of the assorted meats was amazing. Especially the bifteki

[@Harbin_07]

Bifteki literally means just beef. - Türk

[@JohnSmith-dr5zn]

@@Harbin_07 in greece that word has come to mean "burger" (though it's spiced, not just a pure ball of meat like europe makes them)

[@markpavlidis6464]

Saganaki is one of the best things ever, if they ever go to Greece they won't wanna leave

[@kyriakos02]

Where my greek brothers at

[@anatolian6269]

THEY BE BUSY SCOUTING FOR FOODS TO STEAL FROM TURKEY

[@ryardmilis5782]

ay bro

[@GreatGreekGaelic]

Yo!

[@Beans-i7x]

Over here.

[@PGDreemurr]

im turkish

[@ETERNITY34]

As a guy who can call himself a Turk, I appreciate that you didnt mixed Turkish and Greeck cuisine since theyre both similiar in many ways.

[@bowie9492]

baklava ???

[@ETERNITY34]

​@@bowie9492 Baklava was not only made by Turks

[@SunnyThief]

@@ETERNITY34 Wow the first turk that isn't delusional.

[@Korben-c5x]

Bro went from Jesus to Zeus

[@mahimapatel8706]

lmao

[@Ghostvface]

his video brought me back when I used to live in Athens from 2001 till 2008. Unfortunately had to come back to Italy because of the big euro crisis, i could smell and feel the flavors on my pallet when watching you guys eat all those plates. I miss eating all those fresh Greek plates. Great video!

[@NinjAsylum]

Charlie actually liking Calamari was not on my Bingo list for the year. Also that is Squid lol, NOT Octopus. Very very very different animals.

[@nickbell4984]

Deep frying octopus would be a crime. Octopus should be fried in butter or grilled.

[@KINGVONFRM063]

Animals???? 💀💀💀💀

[@Gaddo_]

@@KINGVONFRM063 You don't think they are animals? What are they, rocks?

[@BoBo-pl3ww]

​@@Gaddo_He's probably illiterate, which you know most likely.

[@ILoveCats69875]

@@KINGVONFRM063they are animals… I love when people are so confident they are right and they are not it’s so funny

[@MinasK.97]

Glad that you liked our food

[@LocrianDorian]

As a Greek, I approve of this video.

[@Theneonguy789]

​@@SkibidToiletCartelbad ragebait

[@Bcea]

Why would it be rage bait?

[@NickDiMod]

As a Greek i have to say that these were some great food choices! You should definetely add Pastitsio, Mousaka, Melomakarona (christmas dessert) and some Kokoretsi (if you're brave enough), and please find a better pita bread for souvlaki!

[@SkibidToiletCartel]

Who asked😮

[@aidansoukas]

Galaktoboureko too!

[@ItsThatGuy1989]

Pastitsio is what I was hoping to see. It's like a better Lasagna. SO GOOD

[@daremore1]

definitely melomakarona!

[@madrandomize5115]

And ntolmadakia

[@thirstfast1025]

I'm no baklavologist, but I'm pretty sure the reason it's so good is the fact that each sheet of filo is brushed down with melted butter

[@andreas-vq8pr]

''I am no baklavologist" has baklavologtist statment :

[@thirstfast1025]

@@andreas-vq8pr Hey, I'm just out there every day, tryin to make the world a bakla place

[@Mulmgott]

@@thirstfast1025 That didn't look like pistacio baklava though. It looked like it was made with walnut which we also do in Albania/Kosovo. I didn't see any green in there though I might have missed it.

[@thirstfast1025]

@@Mulmgott All I was saying is baklava is as good as it is because of butter on the filo, which ends up translating to a _lot_ of butter

[@john.doe.24]

"Calamari is considered Greek food?" Of course it is, "calamari" is a Greek word!

[@doughnutfingers]

God I fucking love this series. Please for the love of god keep it going.

[@SkibidToiletCartel]

Who asked 😂

[@barkingsandwich]

@@hehheheheheehehehehehhehehehheisn't that guy a bot as well lol

[@NickyNicole21]

can i just say that i LOVE that they get an actual chef who knows how to cook food from that country they could have easily ordered food from places that claim to make authentic foods from each country but that just isnt the same as actually bringing in a professional

[@juliano345]

Calamari literally means squid...

[@huskykid0295]

Yeah... In Italian... So I dont even know why it's here

[@nickbell4984]

​@@huskykid0295kalamari is Greek for squid though. Every Mediterranean country claims the dish. Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey.

[@MrXontrosPanikos]

​@@nickbell4984 @juliano345 it's a language barrier. Both "καλαμάρι" and "σουπιά" are translated in English as squid. Even though both of them are cephalopods, and similar looking, they have different taste and we cook them differently. Calamari was stated because we only fry καλαμάρι in Greece. Σουπιά is either grilled or stewed.

[@sleekismboyz605]

@@nickbell4984 Any country that lives by the sea claims it lmao

[@nickbell4984]

@@sleekismboyz605 yeah I'm British and even we have it in our fish and chips shops. We can't really claim it though because calamari is definitely a Latin word, whereas English is a Germanic language.

[@JojocWild]

As a Greek and probably biased since I fkn love our food here, I'm really glad you enjoyed it as well bros. You're welcome anytime. Also it was interesting to see that your recipes and pronunciation was mostly accurate, well done!

[@ShoelessJP]

You forgot to post the members only video! Please post it so we can see the special segment.

[@Tsukasaelk10]

Baklava being like 300-500 calories in a 1 inch square is a good info to know when you love Baklava xD

[@Assen87]

If it was easy to make properly, we would all be fat as hell.

[@il-sicario]

500 cals isn't alot buddy :/​@@Assen87

[@datchiman0952]

To be fair more calories doesn’t necessarily mean it’s more u healthy because nuts are very healthy but also high in calories

[@il-sicario]

@datchiman0952 800 cals a day

[@rosecoloredsims]

@@il-sicario500 is a a lot for a little square you can eat in like two bites

[@chlumbis]

charlie is my favourite greek food. you can call me a freek eater

[@Y-MAN771]

Don't translate... भवतः हृदयस्य धड़कनं कतिपयेषु घण्टेषु स्थगयिष्यति, अस्य शापस्य मुक्तिं प्राप्तुं एकमात्रं मार्गं मम चैनलस्य सदस्यतां कुर्वन्तु......😮

[@SkibidToiletCartel]

Who asked 😂

[@eliotgarcia21]

Jorkin Depeanus 😢😢😢😢

[@Drakno2]

Some hidden gems you missed would be: ntakos: bite sized barley rusks soaked for a second (literally, more than that and they get too crumbly) in water to start getting softer with some olive oil drizzled over them, sprinkled with some salt and then topped with grated fresh tomato, crumbled feta cheese, dried oregano and optionally chopped olives or chopped cappers (make sure to press the cappers with some paper towels to get rid of the brining liquid which overpowers everything if you forget to do this step) they're eaten like a canape, needs you to get some good fresh tomatoes but they're addictive hortopita: the predecessor of spanakopita, uses a wider variety of greens some of which are hard to find outside greece which is why it was eventually replaced with spanakopita outside greece but hortopita imo tastes way better achinosalata: cleaned fresh sea urchin eggs with olive oil and lemon, this goes hard but the preparation process is complicated taramosalata: a spread/dipping sauce made out of fish eggs, very nutricious and addictive, not as wide spread as tzatziki cause it goes bad fast but at least as good or better which is already great tyrokauteri: a spicy spread/dipping sauce made out of feta, spicy peppers, roasted peppers, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, greek yogurt and oregano, yet another alternative to tzatziki xtapodi sxaras: sundried and then grilled octopus, warning if overcooked it gets rubbery, flavored with salt, olive oil, lemon juice and dried oregano loukoumades: fluffy greek donnut balls drizzled with honey and optionally nuts and/or cinnamon. there's variants with nutella but they're not exactly traditional and imo not as good as the honey version There's also a plethora of legumes dishes that are very healthy and high in protein but not as delicious as the things mentioned and I wouldn't want them to drop the average below S, I am confident everything I mentioned is at least S tier but if you're looking for healthy stuff fava, fakes, fasolada, artichokes ala polita, prasoryzo, mpamies (an okra dish, usually goes with chicken) are all surprisingly tasty for how healthy they are

[@Not_kyrsos]

spanakopita being eaten with a fork kills me

[@Not_kyrsos]

also WHO EATS GYRO WITH BEEF?

[@phishcatt]

To try really authentic greek food you have to come to Greece because we have foods like types of fish, shellfish, pasta, vegetables, olives, wine, meat cuts, ect, that simply don't exist in the US because we often eat them very fresh, so they don't transport well. Chefs in the US usually make do with local ingredients, but it's just not the same.

[@oskarmaxx]

Exactly, I cant imagine how they will do the italian food tierlist... i mean, they will put bacon in carbonara and use "PARMESIAN" dear god!!

[@Demibrot]

@@oskarmaxx I don't think it's impossible to get some dop products in the USA, is it? I only know they had a ban on guanciale for whatever reason, but that was probs. over ten years ago.

[@ferdinandsuryajaya]

bro u forgot charlie doesnt fly

[@ireallylikedorohedoro]

the same can be said abt almost any country food theyre tier listing; japanese food is not the same if u eat it anywhere other than japan

[@zinjlulu9280]

​@@oskarmaxx if I can get pecorino romano in the Philippines, I'm sure they can get it in Florida

[@jimbrk]

Για πάμε

[@Xr1st0s14_Official]

jimmmmmmmmmmm

[@ΚΑΤΕΡΙΝΑΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΔΟΥ-γ5ο]

Σε βρηκα

[@anargyrosliosis9086]

Γειά τζιμ το είδα το βιντεο

[@ΧΡΥΣΑΝΘΗΡΗΓΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ]

Geia jimbrk

[@marinelakapllani9720]

Jim brk se brika apo to short

[@chauntytimes]

The yemista really brought me back to my Yiayia’s living room on a rainy night, but everything she made was heavenly

[@eliaspagonis]

As a Greek my fav food is pastitsio Greek Lasagna type and my 2nd favorite is spanakopita

[@EmreYlmaz-st8kj]

You know what funny? Pastitsio and spanakopita is Turkish food. Yeah good job stealing our shit

[@Sue_Me_Too]

As a non-Greek, it's spanakopita and all the super fresh seafood.

[@eatdaaaa9984]

@@eliaspagonis spanakopita mid af tbh bougatsa my eternal love

[@freedomgoddess]

@@eatdaaaa9984 fair

[@killxhristos7539]

moussaka better🤭

[@anakon]

So Baklava has very interesting history. The three main proposals for the roots of baklava are the Greek placenta cake, the Medieval Persian lauzinaj, and the Central Asian Turkic tradition of layered breads.There are also claims attributing baklava to the Assyrians, according to which baklava was prepared by them in the 8th century BC. There are also some similarities between baklava and the Ancient Greek desserts gastris (γάστρις),kopte sesamis (κοπτὴ σησαμίς), and kopton (κοπτόν) found in book XIV of the Deipnosophistae. The truth probably is that the recipe was born in the region waaaaaay before the Ottomans but they perfected it.

[@ANAHlTA]

every middle eastern ethnicity claims baklava as theirs

[@Harbin_07]

​@@ANAHlTA Baklava is everyone's. I don't get the tradition of Greeks claiming it theirs. Greeks were a minority in Roman Empires too, so how do they even claim the culture of Romans if they were only a minority? We already had the tradition of kebab, döner, baklava and so on. Just Greek cuisine with Turkish tradition perfects the meal.

[@Harbin_07]

Honestly dont even try. Many foods can be similar to many things, although Yoghurt for sure was ours. Besides that every single Greko-Turkic rooted food is a whole mystery.

[@vanishzephsoul9066]

History has left the room

[@Synergy-d9m]

@@Harbin_07 BAKLAVA GREEK RAHAHAHAHA

[@crow_buddy]

I'm Greek and Charlie goes straight to S tier

[@bafengameingreat]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@tjsynkral]

Surprised there was no Greek salad, it's the best kind of salad there is, but they wouldn't have given it S tier because it's a salad

[@christopherperperidis8144]

Ο υγρός κρίσιμος αγαπάει το ελληνικό φαγητό 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔊🔊

[@cymaratechoverdragon]

The Greeks and the Italians sit on top of the world when it comes to food, absolutely elite tier cuisine.

[@jamesmir89]

I think the Mexicans would like to have a word…

[@JUSTREGULARSCREAMINGAAHH]

real

[@cymaratechoverdragon]

@@jamesmir89 Not even on the same planet.

[@jamesmir89]

@@cymaratechoverdragon haha, Italian and Greek foods are great, mot discounting that, but Mexican food also is incredible

[@twona.]

italian food is the most overrated. american italian is better

[@jimakiad]

I know it ain't gonna happen, but I'd love a part 2! Mousaka and pastitsio being left out is disheartening!

[@Nickanimations21]

As Greek, I am absolutely overjoyed seeing penguinz trying Greek food, thanks KZbin for putting this on my recommended.

[@LizeronWardragon]

Greek here, lemme give u a fun fact: The reason gyros is usually pork or chicken is because that's how it was actually established in greece. There were rumours that the doners that were usually big clusters of minced meat had different meat in them, including cat and dog and people started being wary of them. The gyros is usually normal meat parts so it cannot be mixed easily and people prefered it.

[@chrisbfmv7389]

yemista can be taken to a higher level when you put minced beef meat incide along with the rice. when there isnt meat inside we call them yemista orphaned.

[@cherryviolence3]

I'm Greek and named Demeter and this was HILARIOUS Also pork and chicken are the most popular meats for gyros imo

[@soulful5284]

HAHAHAH they should see this comment

[@borub.817]

The most popular is Pork, nothing else.

[@cherryviolence3]

@@borub.817 σε άλλη Ελλάδα αναφέρεσαι μάλλον λολ

[@PotDylan]

When it comes to gyros, pork is almost like the default, if you go asking for a "Pita gyro" and there's no convo about the meat it's going to be pork. Then there's chicken which is a close second but beef and lamb I barely see at least in Athens that's the case.

[@thathanzorequiem1226]

10:56 Even they said the word "souvlaki" and not "kalamaki" for all the people from Athens

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

Silence, bougatsa, PAOKI! We will call it however who want!

[@ΗλιαςΤζουβαρας-κ2η]

Εσυ φαε το σάντουιτς σε πιτα και μη μιλας

[@s3ndnud3s]

​@@TeutonicEmperor1198Μη πατώνεις μικρούλη.

[@PA1NA9THI0NA8I1KOS3]

We can give you that. But you, our friends from the North, please stop calling every single cheese "kaseri" and also stop calling feta just "cheese". At this point I really think you are doing it on purpose just to annoy everyone else!

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

@@PA1NA9THI0NA8I1KOS3 don't forget to add dear Vazele, that not every "sfoliata" is "bougatsa"

[@theotherguyyyy]

20:45 it's funny that gyros is never made with lamb in Greece, only with either pork or chicken.

[@ChristandIreland]

Ελλάδα and moist critikal is something id never expect

[@bruhstfuu]

i've NEVER heard of gemista being made with JUST rice, usually we have minced meat in the filling, i don't think the taste could even compare cos the meat makes it 10x better, but maybe that's just the way we cook them in my area

[@kongg9409]

21:05 that was enough to make a grown man cry. How touching 🥲

[@fish_drowner4535]

The amount of warhammer references since the space marine plays have blessed my soul

[@SkibidToiletCartel]

Who asked

[@tehchief1]

Same

[@E-stats]

Can you leave a time stamp for the reference?

[@Sue_Me_Too]

@@E-stats It was during the 2nd trivia question (sorry, no timestamp).

[@E-stats]

@ thank you

[@atnirv]

the way their movements sync 😭 14:36

[@nonnom5567]

LOL WAITTTTTTT-

[@lamineyamalisthenextking]

LOL TRUE

[@BigGayIncorporated]

it was very silly lol

[@Ryan-mw9pm]

😂 they are so funny

[@aina7313]

Also here 7:32

[@LeFreud7]

Damn thanks for the shoutout to greek food boys! Nice to see you enjoying it. As always with food, it's gonna be even better when you try it in a traditional tavern over here, although looks like Dave did an amazing job. Best part of a trip here is food. Also, love how penguin decided to instantly wrap the souvlaki in the pitta bread, that's some true greek reflex right there.

[@LoganPerplexxx]

No members video yet. Interesting

[@fernerx]

Agreed, I want the uncut long version

[@_Gutso_]

This is the greatest Greek food tier list of all time

[@SkibidToiletCartel]

Who asked 😂

[@Y-MAN771]

Don't translate... भवतः हृदयस्य धड़कनं कतिपयेषु घण्टेषु स्थगयिष्यति, अस्य शापस्य मुक्तिं प्राप्तुं एकमात्रं मार्गं मम चैनलस्य सदस्यतां कुर्वन्तु......😮

[@_Gutso_]

@@SkibidToiletCartel your name is skibidi toilet cartel sybau kid

[@GODSTEVE_1]

1:22 that's a squid...and the tentacles are the best! (for me)

[@PsyTim91]

Would atleast love to see some B-roll footage of chef dave working his magic in the kitchen

[@Any-Brilliant6935]

Damn even Zeus is jealous that the savior is trying out his food

[@eliotgarcia21]

Jorkin Depeanus 😢😢😢😢 0:52

[@liketrainslol420funni]

Το γεγονός ότι έφαγαν Σπανακόπιτα με πιρούνι ήταν τραυματικό. Edit: ΣΑΤΖΙΚΗ lol

[@JackScholten-g5m]

Kaya is punching air rn

[@vivian_hearts]

As a greek, i was not expecting to see this on my feed.

[@palmtreepanic2181]

Italian food next where Charlie’s dressed as Jesus for no reason at all

[@gdvitoytbs]

@@SkibidToiletCartel no the fuck it aint

[@lucasmichalopoulos6216]

To be honest its very rare that you find a beef or lamb gyro, its almost always chicken and pork, i dont remember the last time i heard a restoraunt had lamb or beef gyro.

[@sleekismboyz605]

It's more popular in countries of Greek diaspora like Germany, UK, Australia

[@arisgaliatsatos595]

Athenian here. Regarding the yeero meat question, lamb is never used for it anymore. Since the 1970s, pork is the predominant meat used for yeeros due to the lesser expense and vast availability of it. We only have pork or chicken yeeros and sometimes beef donner. Tzatziki is used for pork mainly or consumed standalone. We use what we call "sauce" for chicken yeeros (a mixture of mayo and ketchup or mustard). Contrary to popular belief, we dont eat everything with tzatziki cause its strong and can masks flavours. We eat lamb during Easter most of the times due to the high cost of the meat. Lamb chops (paidakia)are very popular but its a different way of cutting /serving it than you do in the West. No fancy sauces, just the meat, the coal char and some lemon. The quality of lamb here in GR is light years ahead of the trash i have tried in the US and Western Europe and stronger in taste (which can alienate a few). Lamb yeero is a thing only in North America.

[@Chooopy]

Should add some US context. There's like probably 3 producers and wholesalers of gyro cones here in the US (Olympia and Kronos/Grecian Delight). If you're getting gyros at a fast food joint, late night shack, corner store, food truck, etc. it's almost always beef or a beef/lamb mix and supplied by one of them. The only way to really get pork gyros is to make them yourself or have a traditional restaurant make them in-house. I suspect it's almost all beef and lamb here because it just streamlines things better. Gyros are eaten by all sorts of cultures around the Med and most of them are Muslim. So, with the melting pot that is the US, it's much easier to make them without pork to cater to as many people as possible. Whereas in Greece, you can get away with making them predominantly out of pork because most Greeks are Christian or Orthodox.

[@darkninjagiannis3373]

Mlk ti ston poutso einai o yeeros

[@tupacshakour9102]

​@@Chooopy Christian or orthodox ? Orthodox is a branch of Christianity

[@Chooopy]

​@@tupacshakour9102 That's why Orthodox don't call themselves Orthodox, they simply call themselves Christians right? Oh wait they don't. Some people are simply Christians. Some people are further down the branch as Greek Orthodox and identify as such. That's why I made that distinction because there's a distinction to be made.

[@Nina-cd2eh]

@@Chooopy There's no "christian" or "orthodox". You're either "orthodox christian" which is synonymous to "christian", or you're something else, like catholic which is exceptionally rare. Orthodox christians, just call themselves christian, because that's what christianity means in Greece. Nobody will think you're not orthodox if you say you're christian, unless you're a foreigner/american. There simply is no "down the branch" or whatever.

[@ohleo]

As a Greek , I have never seen lamb gyros sold in my life

[@HeresJohnnyDee]

22:43 5.3 gallons of olive oil is approx. 678.4 oz (or 18,955g for my european folks) totaling to about 170,278 calories over the course of a year. On average, about 466 calories per day.

[@Nikosk00]

i can verify, we consume that much. a 17 liter tank for me and my wife lasted us about 7 months. parents and grandparents use way more.

[@Wastedpoint]

peak food rating right here..

[@nickmeh6042]

This Greek food list situation is crazy

[@l8nghts]

L spammer

[@KeanuGrieves]

Jesus and Pontius Pilate doing a Greek food tier list is wild...

[@mistmine7441]

0:58 respectable attempt

[@antonisdrakakis94]

As a Greek i have to say everything is S tier :^)

[@m4g1cf3tus]

im with you with that one

[@likeyeeah]

As a greek 7 of these foods are turkish

[@MrMiltious]

@@likeyeeah You are an undercover 🧐

[@ATHN88]

@@likeyeeah you sure are greek "Emre YILMAZ" def a greek name

[@Theneonguy789]

​@@likeyeeahThere is a Double agent among us

[@karenrineer542]

charlie is getting ever closer to cosplaying jesus

[@LamprosGi15]

As a Greek, opening KZbin and seeing moist eating Greek food it was great...

[@jesuschrist7833]

My big fat Greek Charlie. The movie.

[@Emanis960]

As a greek i love you

[@SkibidToiletCartel]

Didn’t ask

[@rajatajjewadiermath6722]

turkey better

[@Emanis960]

@ nah

[@IAmNotDiluc]

@@rajatajjewadiermath6722Quit embarrassing us, as a Turkish person we dont claim you

[@waterboy7985]

@@rajatajjewadiermath6722 L for Luffy

[@yikes2262]

As a women from the Turkish community I fully support this foods can be from multiple areas because throughout history they raided each other 24/7 makes sense they’d have same foods

[@tantuni147]

yes but didn't your heart ache when you saw the baklava like that?

[@Porkey798]

What I've always said is Baklava might not be Turkish, it might not even be Greek at the end of the day. A lot of cuisines of the region had deserts to which the origin of Baklava can be attributed, including the greek. But I don't doubt for a moment that the desert was at least perfected by our eastern neighbours in Turkey.

[@Fatihh956]

hain

[@KRMLZ01]

​@@tantuni147it's syrian 🐺🐺🐺🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾

[@Rigardoful]

Lots of turks come from converted greeks so they retained a lot of common cuisine in a way

[@Left.V]

The greek raid goes crazy στα comments 😂😂