On Saturday we ventured out to the Nashville Greek Festival at the Greek Orthodox Church on Franklin Road. The festival is a family friendly event with games and jumpy things for the kids and good food, beer and baklava for the adults. This year the dinners and pastries were sold in the church fellowship hall, while the gyros and appetizers were sold outside under tents. The organization of the food this year was excellent (we waited no more than 5 minutes in line).
The pastichio dinner came with Greek style green beans and pita bread. The pastichio was made with long tube pasta, was full of liberally seasoned ground beef and topped with a rich béchamel sauce. The meal was delicious and only $8.
The lamb platter came with roast lamb on a bed of rice, Greek style green beans and pita bread. The lamb was super tender, seasoned with lots of olive oil and oregano (and lots of other things we couldn’t recognize, but were delicious).
For dessert, we mixed and matched baklava to take home. Between the great goodies you can take home and the smorgasbord board of new things to try the Nashville Greek festival is a great family friendly activity!
