{"id":60,"date":"2018-05-25T17:04:02","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T17:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bufftendies.com\/?p=60"},"modified":"2018-08-01T17:17:20","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T17:17:20","slug":"dimitrious-family-restaurant-pelham-nh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bufftendies.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/25\/dimitrious-family-restaurant-pelham-nh\/","title":{"rendered":"Dimitriou&#8217;s Family Restaurant &#8211; Pelham, NH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bufftendies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/buff-tendies.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/bufftendies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/buff-tendies-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"buff tendies\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bufftendies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/buff-tendies-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bufftendies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/buff-tendies-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bufftendies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/buff-tendies-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hey everybody!\u00a0 I am back from my buffalo tendy sabbatical and I am ready to party.\u00a0 I had to give my stomach a rest from the full on assault it was receiving.\u00a0 In reality I&#8217;m just lazy.\u00a0 Anyway, today&#8217;s review is Dimitriou&#8217;s Family Restaurant located in lovely Pelham, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>As you&#8217;ve probably figured out, Dimitriou&#8217;s is a family owned Greek restaurant.\u00a0 And if there&#8217;s any kind of food the Greeks are known for, its buffalo tenders.\u00a0 This is why I decided to venture away from the seacoast and actually have to drive through Massachusetts (shudder) to get to my destination.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, Dimitriou&#8217;s is a free standing building, sharing a parking lot with a Dunkin Donuts.\u00a0 Parking is ample, and the building is in good repair.\u00a0 Good signs if you ask me.\u00a0 Walk through the door and you&#8217;re greeted to an open style layout where you seat yourself (at least we did anyway).\u00a0 It can be a little loud inside, but who doesn&#8217;t want to hear about Aunt Edna&#8217;s little son Joey finally trying to use the potty and missing it entirely.<\/p>\n<p>After a bottle of red wine and several macro brews, we were ready to place our appetizer order.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s how it reads on the menu:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Buffalo Chicken Tenders<\/strong>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">9.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>No messing around here folks.\u00a0 Take it or leave it.\u00a0 That&#8217;s the Greek flair people have come to know and love!\u00a0 Let us begin&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presentation\u00a0<\/strong><em>Score: 3.5\/5<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The order arrived on a contemporary style rectangle appetizer plate.\u00a0 My eyes immediately noticed that the buffalo tenders were not fully bathed in buffalo sauce.\u00a0 This could either mean laziness by the chef or a buffalo sauce packing a wallop.\u00a0 In this case I think it was more of the former.\u00a0 Not a deal breaker by any means.\u00a0 The bleu cheese was served in disposable container, however.\u00a0 If there&#8217;s one thing I love more then buffalo tenders, it&#8217;s the environment.\u00a0 I wasn&#8217;t sure what those green or orange wedges were.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never seen a meat or cheese like those before, so I stayed away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicken <\/strong><em>Score: 5\/5<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Flavorful.\u00a0 Moist.\u00a0 Tender.\u00a0 \u00a0Succulent.\u00a0 I could go on using sexual innuendos masquerading as adjectives but I&#8217;ll quit while I&#8217;m ahead.\u00a0 This chicken was all that was right in the world.\u00a0 Fresh tendies with the perfect texture.\u00a0 No strings, no tendons, no bullshit. A tendy strong enough for a man but gentle enough for the lady.\u00a0 They nailed it.\u00a0 Good job fam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Breading\u00a0<\/strong><em>Score: 4\/5<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Some say the breading is the glue that holds this family together.\u00a0 I have no idea what that means, but this is a nice, simplistic breading that gets the job done.\u00a0 Hints of salt and pepper can be found throughout.\u00a0 Fried to a nice golden brown.\u00a0 A side effect of the less than 100% sauce coating application means the bread did not buckle under the weight of it&#8217;s counterpart.\u00a0 A blessing in disguise perhaps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sauce\u00a0<\/strong><em>Score: 3\/5<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ahh, the American standard.\u00a0 Frank&#8217;s Red Hot.\u00a0 A staple in every patriot&#8217;s kitchen, and also a great way to tell who&#8217;s a communist.\u00a0 Some may think using Frank&#8217;s is the easy way out, but why mess with something that works?\u00a0 I can&#8217;t really go more into this topic, as this has been debated many times by people with far more wisdom.\u00a0 They played it safe here, and it paid off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dressing\u00a0<\/strong><em>Score: 4\/5<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Upon first sight I thought I had been served some kind of poppy seed dressing or worse, Caesar.\u00a0 I started to tense up and was wondering if I was going to have to start administering Stone Cold Stunners.\u00a0 Luckily after I sampled it with my pinky I realized my anger had been misplaced.\u00a0 It was my old pal, bleu cheese.\u00a0 Creamy and with little chunks, this bleu cheese did what it needed to do.\u00a0 A very nice complement to the assorted and textures my palate had been receiving.\u00a0 I doubt that this bleu cheese was homemade, but I doubt this happens outside of Greece.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Score: 4.3\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I was averaging out the scores, I had come up with a 3.9 but I couldn&#8217;t let that stand. I was so enthralled with these tendies that I even ordered an extra set to go (much to the chagrin of my fellow diners.\u00a0 Therefore I have adjusted the score to reflect my pleasure.\u00a0 I also have to give praise to our waitress (whose name I&#8217;ve since forgot).\u00a0 She was an absolute doll.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well there you have it folks, another one is in the books.\u00a0 I seem to be averaging about 1.2 reviews a year at this rate.\u00a0 As always, please leave a comment or suggestion and I&#8217;ll be sure to ignore it!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Hey everybody!\u00a0 I am back from my buffalo tendy sabbatical and I am ready to party.\u00a0 I had to give my stomach a rest from the full on assault it was receiving.\u00a0 In reality I&#8217;m just lazy.\u00a0 Anyway, today&#8217;s review is Dimitriou&#8217;s Family Restaurant located in lovely Pelham, New Hampshire. 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