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.
那种带着酥脆外壳、新鲜番茄酱点缀的关键信息，是以苏活区(Soho)最经典的八卦方式传到我耳中的：正当我理发的时候。那些理发师总是消息灵通：新店开张、老店关门、谁和谁在一起、什么时候发生了什么。埃尔米尼奥在为隔壁椅子的客人服务时说，街上新开了一家名叫Breadstall的披萨店，而且味道很棒。负责给我理发的菲利佩（顺便一提，他也为乔治•洛卡特利(Giorgio Locatelli)理发）也表示同意。你绝不能忽视理发师的推荐，尤其是关于好披萨的。我决定去看看。