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Wed Jun 13 2012
Strictly speaking, if this were as Greek as it gets, a traditional Hellenic homestead would be an interior-design showroom. This two-floor restaurant hangs around a chandelier-dominated alcove, its chic, black walls lined with artfully snapped portraits of black-clad elderly Greek women and red and gold wooden spoons. Mottled white marble tables are topped with vases of flowers. Were it not for a big orange map of Greece and a smattering of Greek recipe books in the window, you might struggle to identify the nationality of the cuisine served here.
There’s no doubting the heritage of the food, though, which tends more toward Greek than Cypriot dishes. Delicately fried cod came in a light batter with a serving of pungently garlicky skordalia; a platter of grilled meats arrived with an impressively aerated mustard mayonnaise and thick, chunky tzatzíki. Less successful was filo-wrapped feta, with a honey and ouzo coating that left it an unpleasant exercise in salty sweetness. Charcoal-flavoured keftédes lacked the requisite kick of onion and herbs. On our Friday night visit, the venue was curiously empty, with staff so untaxed they spent most of the evening chatting by the bar.
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