{"id":623,"date":"2010-07-30T13:24:44","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T18:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/?p=623"},"modified":"2011-02-12T10:34:56","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T16:34:56","slug":"laylas-gyros-pizzaria-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/general\/laylas-gyros-pizzaria-wow\/","title":{"rendered":"Layla’s Gyros & Pizzaria – Wow!"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Todd Barron @ FoodieCuisine.com<\/h4>\n
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Layla Gyro & Pizzaria<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWow!\u201d is the easiest thing for me to say about Layla\u2019s Gyros & Pizzaria<\/a> in Little Rock, Arkansas.\u00a0 I met my wife for lunch there, not expecting much, but was blown away by some of the food.<\/p>\n

We first ordered the Babba Ghannouj<\/strong> ($2.99) \u201cBaked eggplant puree with tahini, parsley, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil\u201d,<\/em> the Hummus<\/strong> ($2.75) \u201cChick-pea puree with tahini, garlic, lemon juice & olive oil\u201d,<\/em> and the Tabbouleh<\/strong> ($3.20) \u201cBulgur wheat, green onions, tomatoes & parsley mixed with lemon juice\u00a0 & olive oil.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Hummus had a nice kick to it with cayenne on top and the texture was nice.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t have the level of acidity I like in a Hummus but was better than most.\u00a0 The Babba Ghannouj was too creamy for me\u00a0and needed more texture.\u00a0 I did like the cayenne on the top and the spice but wasn\u2019t excited by it.\u00a0 The tabbouleh on the other hand was excellent and had a great consistency.\u00a0 I would definitely order it again.<\/p>\n

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Layla Appetizers<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u00a0ordered\u00a0the Gyros Sandwich<\/strong> ($4.65) with Feta added.\u00a0 The sandwich is\u00a0described as \u201cServed on a pita with marinated onions & taziki sauce.\u201d.<\/em>\u00a0 I also ordered the\u00a0Greek Pizza<\/strong> ($6.95) to split with my wife which comes with your choice of chicken or Gyro.\u00a0 We opted for the Gyro on the pizza.\u00a0 The pizza is described as having \u201cFeta & Mozzarella Cheese, samak marinated onions, your choice of meat Gyro or Chicken, Fresh Tomato on the top & taziki on side.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Layla Gyro Sandwich<\/p><\/div>\n

The Gyros on the sandwich had a very nice crust to it which is much better than the mushy meat you get at some places.\u00a0 Not only was it crisp but it had a great flavor.\u00a0 The sandwich had plenty of feta cheese on it and the sauteed onions were wonderful.\u00a0 The pita was warmed as well and the entire thing was topped with a very flavorful taziki sauce.\u00a0 I can see myself going back very soon to have another Gyros, it was that good!<\/p>\n

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Layla Greek Pizza<\/p><\/div>\n

Here comes the big surprise.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t expect to like the pizza given that it is a Gyros pizza after all.\u00a0 I mean, who thinks of pizza when they think of Greek food?\u00a0 I sure don\u2019t but wow was I surprised.\u00a0 The Greek Pizza was the best thing we had and was super flavorful.\u00a0 It had plenty of Gyros meat on it and was formed on a brick-oven style crust.\u00a0 There was no marinara sauce to have but instead they used melted cheese, feta, and the taziki sauce (on the side.)\u00a0 The onions were nice and spiced as well and overall the entire pizza tasted great.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I actually can\u2019t wait to go back again and have the pizza.\u00a0 That\u2019s saying something too since I can be pretty critical about food. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

A word of warning though.\u00a0 Do not go there for a\u00a0formal dinner or expecting to have a quiet subdued lunch.\u00a0 The place is small and loud and reminds me of the restaurants I used to eat lunch at in Philadelphia.\u00a0 Expect to get in, eat, and get out.\u00a0 It\u2019s very loud too so I wouldn\u2019t expect to have any life changing conversations there. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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by Todd Barron @ FoodieCuisine.com \u201cWow!\u201d is the easiest thing for me to say about Layla\u2019s Gyros & Pizzaria in Little Rock, Arkansas.\u00a0 I met my wife for lunch there, not expecting much, but was blown away by some of the food. We first ordered the Babba Ghannouj ($2.99) \u201cBaked eggplant puree with tahini, parsley, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,205],"tags":[214,212,213,211,45],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-reviews","tag-greek","tag-gyros","tag-lamb","tag-layla","tag-pizza"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1034,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions\/1034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}