I haven’t seen my friend Panos for ages and as it was his Name Day last Friday we found the perfect excuse to catch up. He’d reserved a table in Apollonia, a Greek restaurant by Tottemham Court Road, but we came to know at the last minute that they’ve moved from there a while ago. Anyway, we ended up in Elysee, another Greek restaurant where we were also promised some Greek customs such as smashing plates and live music. The food was fine, the wines acceptable, the service a bit too pushy, smashing plates is extremely funny, the live music very nice, so overall we had a good time. Then we headed towards Freedom in Soho where we had several rounds of ‘mojitos’. Esnayder and Maria took control of the dancing pole and we just had a laugh out of it. I’m really glad Panos and Maria are staying in London for another year and so is Zicos… look forward to Panos’ birthday in a few weeks’ time.With regards to the Greek custom of smashing plates, I was told it hasn’t happened in Greece for the past 20 years, and used to be an expression of men’s pride and wealthy after the dictatorship’s times.
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