Katrina and I just had the best lamb & sausage dinner I’ve ever eaten at restaurant called Ladokola in Kos Town. It is a relatively new place, housed in wonderfully quaint building, opened about a year ago by family from northern Greece. The mother and father cook up the culinary delights while their three sons serve the meals. We’ve eaten their twice and both times were a special experience. The food was so good I had to write about it. It is best restaurant we’ve eaten at yet on Kos Island.
We discovered Ladokola when we asked where we could find a restaurant that served locally raised lamb from Kos. We had learned that many local restaurant were serving lamb imported from New Zealand because it was cheaper to buy. While I’ve enjoyed good quality imported frozen lamb and other meats from New Zealand when living in the USA, I didn’t travel all the way to Greece to eat imported lamb. It was a Wednesday when learned about Ladokola and we immediately marched out to try it. Only to discover that lamb is usually served just Friday and Saturday, because they slowly roast a whole lamb on spit all day. But, I’m getting ahead of myself.
After getting over the initial disappointment about the lamb, we decided to stay anyway to try out some of the other wonderful aromas coming from the kitchen. After looking over the menu of traditional Greek dishes, we decided on Dolmadakia for an appetizer and the Special for the Day, the Mixed Grill for 2, which consisted of grilled:
- Chicken
- Burger
- Sausage
- Pork
- Fresh Fries/Chips
Served in plain butcher, which we found out is the English translation of the restaurant’s name, Ladokola. Everything was delicious! Growing up in America the only sausages I could ever find were greasy and heavy, but this sausage was everything American sausage wasn’t. They mixed leeks into the sausage adding flavor and helped to cut the grease. I liked it some much I started steeling some Katrina’s sausage. I honestly never new sausage could taste that good! After that meal we knew we had to come back on Friday for the Lamb night and to photograph everything (you can see all of my photos in my Ladokola Gallery.).
We started again with the Dolmadakia (one of my childhood favorites). I, of course, ordered the lamb without even looking at the menu. Katrina ordered Kokoretsi, which is basically a lamb sausage wrapped in lamb intestines. Again, everything was amazing. The lamb had that flavor and tenderness you can only get from slow roasting. Katrina and I always share dishes when we eat out, so I even had the opportunity to enjoy her Kokoretsi. If you have the opportunity to visit Kos, you definitely need to stop by Ladokola for a meal or two … or more.
