“I’ll get my people to reach out to your people, and we’ll do brunch,” said someone in a film, probably in the 1980s. Do brunch is exactly what we did last Friday. Come this way, and I will tell you all about it…
Neil was at the gym, I walked down to Yialos to pick up some paperwork, we met up and wandered around to Pavone Café.
Friday
The café is currently the talk of the town. It is attached to the Anastasia Hotel, which is situated just behind the old post office/police station/big white building by the clock tower, at the top of these steps…
Actually, when you get to the top (and the handrail doesn’t go all the way), you need to carry on along the balcony/veranda straight ahead, and the café is on your left.
Not down the steps, but straight ahead…
When you reach the courtyard, you’ll find plenty of seating outside, and the hotel reception inside, and you’ll also find the two fine gentlemen who run this establishment…
That’s Kostas, the proprietor on the right, and our eldest godson, Sam, on the left. Between them, they rustled up some very fine fare. In our case, eggs Benedict and a croque madame. I’ve never had either before, and never had such a perfect lunch-brunch.
Apart from being very tasty, organic, and inexpensive, it was also surprisingly filling, so when a plate of desserts arrived as a gift from the godson, it was a fair old match to get through it and do it all justice.
The desserts came along with the largest Greek coffee I’ve experienced to date, and a nice chat with the eldest before he had to deal with other customers. I’d highly recommend Pavone, and not only because Sam works there, that’s a bonus. It’s the food, style, presentation and menu that you’ll fall in love with.
Visit the hotel’s website and you’ll learn more about the café, click here: Pavone Café, Symi.
Ps. I looked up the meaning of the word, Pavone, and found it to be a) a now obsolete word for a peacock (a male peafowl), b) the word for peacock in Italian (?), c) a place in Italy (Pavone Canavese) near Turin. So, there you go.
Pps. Sam did say that people have been coming in and asking if he is Harry. No. Harry is the other one who does kit building with me after piano and music lessons. He’ll be working at the Kali Strata Restaurant any day now.
