starts to mean ‘let’s break all the dishes!’ In the morning it means ‘oh sheet, who’s gonna’ clean up all these damn broken dishes?’”
Opaah! will forever remind me of Greek restaurants in my hometown Chicago where delighted cries of “Opaah!” are shouted tableside by diners whenever a waiter ignites a thick slice of alcohol-soaked Saganaki cheese – turning an otherwise ordinary cheese into a sizzling flambé of truly Olympian wonder.
Opaah!