Hey,
So, I've been…read moreto LOTS of the Opa's in Calgary and area, and one thing they have in common is that they are all AMAZING. How do you say 'delicious food that's good for you?'...it's Opa, as far as I'm concerned.
The Opa that I've been going to lately has been the one in Sunridge mall, but I've been to the one in North Hill Mall, SouthCentre, Chinook, Market Mall, Crowfoot, Canada Olympic Park, Cochrane and Signal Hill too, and probably some other ones that I'm fogetting. They are all very good.
Today I got the number 8 on the menu, the low carb plate. It's basically a greek steak skewer with a greek salad, and I got a drink with it, for less than $9. I can't believe how good it is...like, that's the thing. I've been eating at Opa for years, and I've always gotten fantastic food there. Usually a place has a few bad days once in a while, but I've always had fantastic food at Opa..
One of the nice things about Opa is that you can choose what kind of greek skewer you want. They have chicken, steak, salmon, shrimp, gyros, souvlaki and maybe some others that I'm forgetting. I couldn't believe when they came out with salmon. I was like, what the heck, salmon? But you know what, it is absolutely FANTASTIC. I can't believe it...I didn't know you could have salmon 'Greek style', but apparently you can.
The number 1 on the menu is any skewer with a greek salad, pita break grilled and sliced into 4 pieces, with a roasted potato ,Greek style, awesome rice and tzatziki sauce. Number 2 is similar, except the salad is Ceasar salad instead of Greek salad. Number 5, Opa fries, is a wrap, with choices of fixings, tzatziki sauce and fries. The thing about the fries is that they are not just ordinary fries. Nothing at Opa is ordinary. Everything is done Greek style, and it is amazing that way. They put spices and lemon or lime juice on the fries and they are AWESOME !!!
I just want to mention something too. Like, if I go to the mall, most of the food is just junk. That's the thing, Opa is NOT junk at all. It's the furthest thing from junk you could eat. Opa is FANTASTIC...it's the kind of food you'd pay twice or three times more at a sit down restaurant. I really can't stress that enough. It's so healthy and delicious...people something think that you can't combine the two...well think again! Opa's done it with all of their food.
Sometimes, I don't understand why people eat the junk food at the food court right around Opa, and not Opa for the same price. Let's not confuse 'fast food' and 'food made fast'. You might think they are one and the same, but THEY ARE NOT, not by a long shot. With Opa, you can have that delicious, healthy food, for the same price as the other places in the food court AND made in the same time that it takes for the other places in the food court to make junk. Opa basically redefined what people can eat at malls.
The staff at the North Hill location are totally awesome. They're nice and friendly and you can tell that they believe in what they're making...and I believe in it too. They laugh at my cheesy jokes, which is nice of them. The staff and the Sunridge location are awesome too. They're friendly and they make the food really fast.
Opa, you guys ROCK. 5 stars all the way baby.