So, after some discussion earlier in the day we decided to see whether there was anything around that would make us forget about Lola. The one place we knew of was, Molyvos, which we came across on an earlier visit to the city but never actually tried.
We went for the prix fixe menu, which includes an appetizer, entree, and dessert. We both selected the Greek salad for the first course, which we both agreed compared very favorably with the one at Lola. The capers were a nice tough, and there was plenty of fresh mint to go with the tomatoes, cucmbers, red onions, olives, and feta.
I tried the lamb chops for the main course, while my wife sampled the cabbage rolls. Both were very good, although I think the lamb chops were a bit better. The preparation was simple grilling, but the accompanying frisee preparation and potato cake side complimented it very well. Little J had the free-range chicken, which surprisingly he seemed to like. Our normal strategy is to tell him that any chicken dish is "just like chicken nuggets," which he usually doesn't find convincing. Tonight, though, it didn't seem to matter and he accepted the admittedly un-nugget-like chicken they served on its own merits.
For dessert we tried a yogurt with strawberry-rhubarb sauce and pistachios, as well as a vanilla cake with fig topping. The yogurt (my wife's choice) was the superior of the two, with the nicely tangy, thick Greek yogurt supported by the tart-sweet rhubarb and strawberries. The cake and figs were good (I am a big fan of figs in any form), but a bit to precious for my taste. It was a tiny button of a cake with a couple of pieces of fig balanced on top; more presentation than substance.
All in all, it was a good experience, and we are likely to return to try some of the other offerings. In particular, there were at least three octopus dishes that I would like to try in the future.
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