The setting takes some beating: on a spacious, flag-stoned terrace, with views overlooking the shimmering Ionian sea, I’m sat with other diners at simple, white marble tables on rustic wooden chairs.
The low-key table arrangements belie the exquisite food which is about to be served to us, for this is no ordinary evening meal at the Apaggio restaurant in the elegant Nido hotel, on Corfu’s eastern coast.