Seed Greek Kouzina, Petersham

You know that it’s a legit Greek restaurant when you realise it’s a small world and that two of your Greek ex-colleagues are dining there with their partners on the same night.

The story as to how my dining companion and I ended up at Seed Greek Kouzina is a tale of well, two restaurants. We had intended to eat at another Greek institution in Marrickville (which shall remain unnamed) but did not have a booking there. So we went this Greek-restaurant-that-shall-not-be-named to be told they would have a table for us in 30 to 45 minutes. So we put down our name and went off to enjoy a cheeky beverage at a bar down the road. At about 25 minutes, I called the restaurant to check on our table for no response. At about the 35 minute mark, we wandered back to the restaurant to be told that they had given away our table because “they couldn’t wait for us forever”. Bear in mind, that they hadn’t taken down our number so could not call us. So my dining companion and I ended up at Seed Greek Kouzina, where the service was absolutely delightful and the table they held for us from a simple phone call was actually there.

The food was top notch quality. Our waitress recommended the slow cooked lamb shoulder with smoked eggplant puree. The dish did not disappoint. The smokiness of that eggplant was beyond smoky (did the smoke alarm go off?!) and it completely made the dish. The lamb was tender, savoury and just falling apart.

I also loved the entree dish which was a special of the night – crispy school prawns. Crispy was a bit of an understatement and I loved that the prawns didn’t taste greasy at all.

If you’re ordering a Greek salad, a warning is that it’s huge! We took about a third of the Greek salad home.

Finally, the dessert. Again, on our waitress’s recommendation, we ordered the souffle special of the night which was a sour cherry flavour. Look at the delightful souffle top below!

Sometimes, things are meant to be. I’m beyond glad that after a bit of a detour, we ended up at Seed Greek Kouzina!

Details: Seed Greek Kouzina, 88 Audley St, Petersham NSW 2049