Lunch with one of the world’s most talented and complicated sportsmen is at Roka, a sleek Japanese-fusion restaurant packed with chattering expense-account lunchers in London’s Canary Wharf. Ronnie O’Sullivan, current and five-time world snooker champion, has eaten here a couple of times before. “It’s a local for me and the food’s really nice,” the 37-year-old explains in a softly spoken Essex accent. He peers with interest at a dish with an open-shell tiger prawn that is being carried to a nearby table.
与当今世界最具才华、也是最捉摸不透的台球运动员共进午餐就定在伦敦金丝雀码头(Canary Wharf)的Roka餐馆,这家雅致的餐馆荟萃各种日式特色菜,里面食客如云,他们谈兴很浓,餐费大多可报销。现役台球选手、五届斯诺克世锦赛冠军罗尼•奥沙利文(Ronnie O’Sullivan)之前多次光顾这家餐馆。“我认为这是家本地餐馆,饭菜质量上乘,”37岁的奥沙利文柔声说道,话音中略带埃塞克斯(Essex)口音。他饶有兴趣地盯着一盘正端往旁边餐桌的开口壳斑节对虾。