The crisp-crusted, fresh-tomato-slicked vital intelligence came to me the way the very best gossip always does in Soho: while I was having my hair cut. Those boys know what’s going on: the openings, the closures, who’s doing what to whom and when. A new pizza place called Breadstall had just opened down the street, Erminio said, while attending to a client in the next chair. And it’s good. Filipe, who looks after me (and Giorgio Locatelli, as it happens) agreed. You should never ignore a tip from your hairdresser, especially one about good pizza. I went to take a look.
那種帶著酥脆外殼、新鮮番茄醬點綴的關鍵資訊,是以蘇活區(Soho)最經典的八卦方式傳到我耳中的:正當我理髮的時候。那些理髮師總是訊息靈通:新店開張、老店關門、誰和誰在一起、什麼時候發生了什麼。埃爾米尼奧在爲隔壁椅子的客人服務時說,街上新開了一家名叫Breadstall的披薩店,而且味道很棒。負責給我理髮的菲利佩(順便一提,他也爲喬治•洛卡特利(Giorgio Locatelli)理髮)也表示同意。你絕不能忽視理髮師的推薦,尤其是關於好披薩的。我決定去看看。