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信息，是以蘇活區(Soho)最經典的八卦方式傳到我耳中的：正當我理發的時候。那些理發師總是消息靈通：新店開張、老店關門、誰和誰在一起、什么時候發生了什么。埃爾米尼奧在為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。負責給我理發的菲利佩（順便一提，他也為喬治?洛卡特利(Giorgio Locatelli)理發）也表示同意。你絕不能忽視理發師的推薦，尤其是關于好披薩的。我決定去看看。