We aren’t even done with the first month of school, and TrekNorth is serving up another lunch with the lamb-itious goal of introducing students to new, interesting foods. Kirby ran the show like a regular super-gyro serving this unique Greek cuisine. It wasn’t an easy task, with students dishing out roast lamb, freshly chopped cucumbers and tomatoes, shoveling out sides of sweet potato fries, and doling out grapes and strawberries, but in the end it made for an excellent school lunch.
Typically, this food critic has their one annual gyro at the county fair, wrapped in foil and smothered in tzatziki sauce while he ogles at the baby piglets in the pig barn, but today he made an exception. No new and interesting school dish gets past the Serving Spoon Sommelier!
Upon the first bite of gyro, I immediately notice the juxtaposition of flavors and textures. A gyro is defined by contrasts: the savory lamb contrasting the bright, fresh cucumbers, the warm pita bread to the dollop of cool, creamy tzatziki sauce. This gyro was no exception--students agreed that the gyro was a hit, and they are a tough crowd to please.
No school lunch is complete without sides, and today’s sides were just right. In Greece, gyros are typically served with a side of fries, so it only made sense that today’s lunch did the same.
While the sweet potato fries may have lost some of their crispiness from waiting in the serving trays, they were at least in the ultimate fry shape- the waffle fry. This, paired with a little ranch on the side, made them a great (and healthy!) side dish. The strawberries were also cold, ruby red, and sweeter than you can find at the grocery store.
All in all, in this food critic’s opinion, this lunch was good enough to Greek-out over.