1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:03,120 S1: We're all hungry. Amelia Fuller, where have you been? 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:06,920 S2: I have been to Pataki. It's at 115 Station Street 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:10,320 S2: in Fairfield. And the thing that you immediately see when 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,840 S2: you walk in is lots of signs saying no moulakis. 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:15,960 S2: You cannot miss it. It's on the door. It's on 6 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,680 S2: the walls. It's probably tattooed somewhere on the shelf. For 7 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:23,920 S2: anyone not fluent in Greek, let's say it roughly translates 8 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:29,400 S2: to no nonsense, no brutish, no crap. So, and the 9 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:31,840 S2: locals will probably tell you it covers a little bit 10 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,120 S2: wider than that as well, but that is definitely the 11 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:37,160 S2: vibe that they are giving. The logo also has a 12 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:41,760 S2: chesty chef with the words hot and sexy above it, 13 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,360 S2: so you're getting the tone. They love a laugh and 14 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,760 S2: also they're not afraid to get into it. So Sparky 15 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,879 S2: translates to little House and it feels like that already. 16 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,320 S2: You can feel that cheekiness coming through. And they've made 17 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:00,320 S2: it feel not staged or Instagrammable, but it is just 18 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,600 S2: that got that beautiful chaos about it. And you can 19 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,520 S2: imagine it's the kind of place where Uzo would flow, 20 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:11,200 S2: flow freely, and someone's Yaya might appear and come with 21 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:16,800 S2: arms full of pitta. There is Greek, uh, vintage records and, uh, 22 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,760 S2: pictures of singers all down one side. And the wall 23 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,000 S2: we sat at had all little Polaroids. And when I asked, 24 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,319 S2: who are these people? They said, oh, they're all Greek 25 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,959 S2: singers who have come here to visit us, either to 26 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,960 S2: sing there or just to eat there. So you're getting 27 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,200 S2: the idea of the place. It's a bit of a 28 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,880 S2: cultural moment. And even even to add to that, when 29 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:41,880 S2: I went, there was a Papua silver haired cigarette in hand. 30 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:46,160 S2: He's keeping an eye down at down Station Street and 31 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,280 S2: just exuding that type of energy, like he's been here 32 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,040 S2: for a while. He's seen it all before. So let's 33 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:53,880 S2: get into it so you could whet your palates to 34 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:58,720 S2: begin with with some Greek sodas, some Greek lager, pilsner, 35 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,520 S2: Greek white wine, or of course, ouzo, if that's the 36 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,840 S2: way you like to go. Things. We kicked off with 37 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,800 S2: just some Greek sodas because they caught my eye. Really? 38 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,720 S2: And then we went with some saganaki. Of course it. 39 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:13,560 S1: Is pan fried cheese. That couldn't be bad for you. 40 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,040 S2: Yeah, and it really makes you go. You know what? 41 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,040 S2: Whoever said that this should be a meal. I think 42 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,839 S2: they might be half a genius because you just put 43 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,919 S2: a bit of lemon over the top of pan fried cheese, 44 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,359 S2: and that is a whole dish in itself. So that's 45 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,520 S2: a pretty good place to start. And then we went 46 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:37,850 S2: for the $79 plate, which the waitress very nicely said are. 47 00:02:37,970 --> 00:02:41,650 S2: By the way, this is for about four people, but 48 00:02:41,650 --> 00:02:45,170 S2: it had the whole lot and it would easily feed forwards. 49 00:02:45,210 --> 00:02:46,770 S2: Fed us for a couple of days now. I said, oh, 50 00:02:46,770 --> 00:02:48,650 S2: don't worry, we'll take the rest home just so I 51 00:02:48,650 --> 00:02:52,330 S2: could try everything because they got the chicken gyros on it. 52 00:02:52,370 --> 00:02:57,330 S2: It has a juicy and shredded with lemon and oregano. 53 00:02:57,610 --> 00:02:59,970 S2: Of course there's pork gyro as well. That's that's a 54 00:02:59,970 --> 00:03:04,290 S2: bit of the Holy Grail slowly roasted over charcoals. And 55 00:03:04,330 --> 00:03:08,970 S2: it's pretty meltable on contact. The lamb gyro was everything 56 00:03:08,970 --> 00:03:12,210 S2: you want it to be. Has that smokiness, some rosemary 57 00:03:12,210 --> 00:03:14,329 S2: that wood smoke comes through and they also have the 58 00:03:14,450 --> 00:03:18,329 S2: the biftekia which is the lamb beef patties. 59 00:03:18,690 --> 00:03:21,690 S1: Stay with us. Amelia. We're going to get more beautiful beers, 60 00:03:21,690 --> 00:03:26,250 S1: Greek beers, mythos and alpha. Really. Ace 28 after eight. 61 00:03:26,290 --> 00:03:30,530 S1: Damian has made this Pataki three times in the last month. Uh, 62 00:03:30,570 --> 00:03:32,650 S1: leave us with one dish, Amelia. 63 00:03:32,690 --> 00:03:34,490 S2: Well, I think if you're going to Greek, you'd better 64 00:03:34,490 --> 00:03:37,850 S2: end on Loukoumades, which is their golden donuts. They can 65 00:03:37,850 --> 00:03:41,730 S2: do them draped in either Nutella. Uh, crushed peanuts. Oh, sorry. 66 00:03:41,770 --> 00:03:44,850 S2: Crushed pistachios. You can do the peanuts if you really like. 67 00:03:44,850 --> 00:03:46,610 S2: So that's what you've got to end with. 68 00:03:47,170 --> 00:03:49,490 S1: Good on you, Amelia. That's in Fairfield.