Traditional beef and lamb gyro meat

 Whenever I have craving for greek food, greek gyro sandwiches always pop up in my mind and give nostalgia for eating food in the street of Greece and enjoying modern greek cuisine. But I wonder people always confuse gyro and souvlaki both are stapled modern greek cuisine considered fast food items. The confusion between them is due to their similar appearance but in reality, ‘gyro’ means turn which means cones of meat that cook on a vertically rotating skewer. However, ‘souvlaki’ means bit which means it is cooked over fired it has origins dating back to ancient greek in Byzantine Empire. In Modern terms, Gyro meat is cooked on a rotating skewer while Souvlaki refers to meat cooked on a stick. Gyros are mainly greek sandwiches that contain strips of meat, get their name is ‘gyro pou sto roasted’ means roasted meat with species with a layer of fat making it crispy and spicy. Gyros can be made of different kinds of meat my all time favorite greek gyro sandwich is with  chicken...

 Whenever I have craving for greek food, greek gyro sandwiches always pop up in my mind and give nostalgia for eating food in the street of Greece and enjoying modern greek cuisine. But I wonder people always confuse gyro and souvlaki both are stapled modern greek cuisine considered fast food items. The confusion between them is due to their similar appearance but in reality, ‘gyro’ means turn which means cones of meat that cook on a vertically rotating skewer. However, ‘souvlaki’ means bit which means it is cooked over fired it has origins dating back to ancient greek in Byzantine Empire. In Modern terms, Gyro meat is cooked on a rotating skewer while Souvlaki refers to meat cooked on a stick. Gyros are mainly greek sandwiches that contain strips of meat, get their name is ‘gyro pou sto roasted’ means roasted meat with species with a layer of fat making it crispy and spicy. Gyros can be made of different kinds of meat my all time favorite gyro is with chicken on it but you can tr...