Tips & Tricks

Afrodita

Aphrodite (Lange Leidsedwarsstraat 91, Amsterdam) — In an area awash with Greek restaurants that do a pretty routine island-taverna impersonation, Aphrodite stands out for putting more emphasis on taste and less on dazzling Aegean colors, fishing nets, and Olympian deities. Its single room is modern, restrained in its decor, and softly lit. The specialties — afelia (lamb cubes in coriander/cilantro-and-wine sauce), moussaka, kleftiko (oven-baked lamb), and others — are not much different in principle from those of other local Greek restaurants, but are generally better prepared and served — which, after all, is difference enough.