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Off To The Greek Isles…Or South of Koreatown.
Good Morning DANGER-ites!
Once again, taking up my now sacred duty to taste test all of LA’s 17 most delicious sandwiches, I arrive in the Byzantine-Latino Quarter of Los Angeles (yes, it does exist, much to my surprise as well).
Alongside taco stands and spanish billboards lies Cyrillic signs and Papa Cristo’s, a delicious Greek deli and market.
Having to drive this far away, I breathed a sigh of relief when I arrived there at 730: 30 minutes before closing.
I quickly ordered the sandwich and awaited a delicious journey into my digestive system. The service was very quick too as my sandwich, along with pickled vegetables, was on the table in less than 10 minutes.
To start, the Roasted Lamb and Feta Cheese sandwich comes on a tough Italian Roll, with large chunks of slow roasted lamb, and copious amount of feta cheese.
The sandwich roll was a very good contrast for the sandwich: a little tough and perfectly golden.
The lamb must have been roasting for quite some time, as the meat easily feel apart in my mouth. Taking a chunk of it from my sandwich, I pulled it apart to see that most of the fat had been melted away ages ago, leaving a very tender, juicy, and lightly seasoned meat in it’s wake.
While the lamb is more subtle in its flavor, the Feta cheese is a different story altogether. Feta cheese is another one of my favorite cheeses for any situation. I really do love dry and pungent cheeses (listen to me rave about goat cheese sometime), and this feta delivers. It is a serious taste bud explosion when you get a mouth full of feta along with the lamb. It really adds a nice punch to the entire sandwich.
Overall, the sandwich ranks very highly with me. The lamb was very well roasted, the cheese adds a nice touch, and the bread surrounding this delicious pair ties it altogether in a distinctly DANGEROUS way.
If you’re in LA, and can make the trip to this remote part of the city, Papa Cristo’s is definitely worth the journey to this DANGER-filled neighborhood.
**** Stars
Papa Cristo’s
2771 West Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90006
http://www.papacristos.com
5 Comments On Off To The Greek Isles…Or South of Koreatown.
BenFranzExpandedHorizons
July 21, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Wow that was my old neighborhood, The Byzantine-Latino Quarter used to live at S.New Hampshire and Vermont until it became too expensive. Is Dino’s still around? They’re not known for sandwiches per se, but the Greek Grilled chicken is out of this world.
BenFranzExpandedHorizons
July 21, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Come to think of it, Dino’s did do a great Grilled Pastrami sandwich..
sandwich man
July 21, 2010 at 2:20 pm
i will have to check. this was my first adventure into this part of the city
July 21, 2010 at 9:17 pm
How much was the sandwich?
-kW
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