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Restaurant review: To Achilleion, Nicosia
January 22, 2021
Among the ‘knowing ones’, this establishment is also known as Platanos – due to the giant Asian Plane tree beneath which it shelters – the place, or the club, or simply, Andro’s. Before the scourge forced it to comply with our life saving legislation, this was the harbour of the most diverse dining coterie in Cyprus: mechanics and ministers, diplomats and designers, ambassadors, authors and academics – above and below the salt – lawyers, liars, accountants and actuaries by the bucket-load. And let’s not forget the lapidaries, millionaires, drivers and gardeners. Masters of the Universe broke bread with the United Nations, side by side with sheep shearing olive barons discussing prices with plumbers, plasterers and painters. But no matter how humble, rich or self-important, Andro, the master of ceremonies, and Floventier, his son-in-law, treat them all the same, be they hobbledehoy or autocrat.