
"Hey Guido!"
"Hey Frank!" Guido said, putting his jacket on a hanger. "What news?". Guido was a chef, owner and manager of a restaurant. Every morning he went to a club, where they were all chefs in view of the city.
"Well ... nothing special .. you? "
" No "
" Indeed yes! Yesterday came a critic? "
" A critic? "
" Yes, a critic! Obviously it was camouflaged, but it was clear who he was! "
rose from a chair to another, it was Easter, he went to the wall of the room, on it there hung a map rolled up. He pulled a cord and this is unrolled, it was a map of the city and were marked with red dots of almost all the restaurants of the circle. Pasquale took the red pen and marked the restaurant Guido.
'A bit of attention please, "said Pasquale in tone solemn. All gathered round "Yesterday, the critic has been sighted in this area, with this we are at twelve hours," short pause "as you can see the critical path is following a specific, very complex, try to lead us astray by jumping from one side of the city but still follows a logical pattern "
" And what would be his next target, "asked a skinny-looking intellectual type.
"Well, if it follows this pattern, the next you'll be," said lead indicators, which jumped.
"Me?" Said stunned "you better put me in efforts to find something special to offer him! When should it arrive? "
" today! "
" What! I thought I had more time! Hello guys I have to go to think, "ran on the fly, taking his coat and slammed the door behind him. When Guido was to think or reflect on anything, he used to take refuge in her kitchen: they knew it was a sort of den, where he could be alone with himself, we always went there and remained closed for hours. He liked especially when there was nobody who could disturb.
arrived at the restaurant, opened the door and went into the kitchen, the lights were all gone because the restaurant was closed, the lamp. The kitchen was empty, clean and tidy. Nothing was out of place, not a spot of sauce on the counter, not a jar out of place: his kitchen was there, waiting only to be used. Guido was a few minutes to observe bewitched her favorite dishes, then took her apron, her favorite hat, worn but still very white. He took a chair, put it in front of the pantry, opened it and sat down to observe what he had at his disposal. Guido loved to take all the food and ingredients, or rather the representatives of them, given that stocks had a special room, which had a provision in a huge closet, as big as the entire wall. When she had to think or invent some new recipe, sitting on a chair, watching and thinking of possible combinations, then performed.
'I gotta find a new recipe' thought 'I need a new recipe! If I want to make a good impression, I need something new! Unique! 'Guido waiting for years for the arrival of a critic of "high caliber" had thought for years to find a recipe to submit to and receiving. He kept it in safe
but used it when he got a critic who had to be very important, proved just a citizen who wrote in a newspaper that nobody followed him. He had wasted his recipe and it was very bad. He did not think any more of that kind, from that day, but now, fifteen years later, he had another chance, by items that were reached, what was a critical
would come very important. "We just hope that time is really important," he thought.
There was dead silence in the kitchen, Guido did not move a muscle, only the eyes were moving, fast and careful, ran over and over again from right to left, left to right, top to bottom and from bottom above. The minutes passed slowly, and the ticking of the clock rang throughout the room.
stood still for about an hour, until he saw a tomato telling him to hurry up and decide to try to combine it with a little 'eggplant, cabbage and robiola, a paste for seasoning. Jumped with fear, can not believe that a tomato has spoken to him, he approached it, looked at it carefully. 'Nothing' thought 'is just a figment of my imagination,
better not stay here any longer, I'll try to listen to what he told me'.
So he did. He prepared a bit 'of pasta, condiments such as tomato el'assaggiò had suggested. "We did not, it is not original enough," he said. He spent another hour trying different combinations: prepared a dozen dishes including first and second courses, but could not find a dish that satisfied him completely.
He sat on the chair. He got up immediately and began to pace nervously in the kitchen. 'Dirty!' you said 'I can not have a kitchen like that!'. He cleaned the kitchen until it shine. Began to walk nervously. At one point the door opened. Guido made a terrible fright.
"Good morning sir," said a young man entering the kitchen. It was Horace, the garbage boy.
"Hello Horace, you made me take a shot, not expecting you"
"Am I early? It is time to open? "
Guido looked at the clock, stared 'curse!' thought 'already noon! You better give me a move if I want make my leap tonight! '. "The leap in quality," was how he said, had waited years to make his leap, to make his restaurant
a great restaurant, high class, where it was necessary to book the first day, where we were going to eat only at night and where the food was good, a restaurant that appeared in all the best food guides. This dream and this is expected from his "breakthrough." His was a good restaurant, popular with many customers every day and good earnings, but what he had dreamed of a fancy restaurant, stratospheric prices and narrow the customer, wanted the best restaurant the city's gains were not as interested in that, as a good name and a great fama.Si was enchanted to think. "Sir?" Horace said quizzically, "Sir? Are in advance? "Shook the spalla.Guido a slightly startled" Um ... um ... yes yes you are right! to wait for a few maids and then we open. " Camera sitting staring at the empty chair.
Orazio said something, but Guido did not have ears to him, was totally immersed in his thoughts. Horace was repeated, "Sir? It feels good, it seems very thoughtful, has something happened? "
" Eh? N-no no, Horace calm, nothing happened, go get um to put on your apron and go to the local level, meanwhile, comes the rest of the staff. " Guido was uncomfortable in his chair, continued to move, got up, took a walk looking at the floor, then sat back down and continued so for a few minutes.
It was increasingly difficult to concentrate, too many thoughts crowded my head, thinking more about the consequences of the visit rather than the recipe
'I have to find a recipe! I need to concentrate! ' they said, 'If I can not find a recipe ... if I find a recipe is finished! I have to find it, because if not found will be ridiculed, humiliated, I shall never forget all the dreams of glory ' this thought, and nothing else. At one point
looked up, rising from his thoughts. In the kitchen there were six or seven people who were going back and forth, some with the apron, with other blacks pants and white shirt. Horace saw that it was rather bewildered.
"Lord, you feel good?"
"How long has it been?"
"Lord, what are you saying?"
"Nothing I need to relax a bit 'nerves, I'm going to make me walk, so here you know to handle once there am I "So saying, he took off his apron, hat, took his jacket and went out. It was a spring day, there was a bright sun that warmed, yet
a cool breeze. The weather was very pleasant. Guido's restaurant was in a tree along the river that ran through the city. He walked along the sidewalk overlooking the River. There were some seagulls perched on the bridges. Guido walked, looking at the ground, sometimes along a bridge to change banks. He could not think of anything other than the critic but he was not think of any recipe. At one point she sat on a bench to watch the river, he was perched in front of a seagull, he was even planning to cook it, then got up and went on.
After about two and a half hours Guido returned to the restaurant, the tables were already set for the evening. Guido was a bit 'anxiety, he felt the pressure up thinking it was a few hours. It was three past, the kitchen had just finished cleaning and were almost all gone. Horace was still there with the apron on him:
"Hello sir! Do you feel better? "
" Hi guys ... well ... I can not think ... "
Guido took off his jacket put on his apron and hat and sat on the chair in front of the cabinet. A few minutes later that Guido was sitting in front of the cabinet, Horatio cleared his throat. Guido gasped "What? Why are you still here? "
" What? Do not you remember? He told me he would teach me to cook one afternoon a week, are already two months ago that "
" Oh but of course, I'd forgotten, well, today we will have something more special, instead of cooking recipes that already exist, we will try to invent a recipe right? "
" Okay! "
Guido you print a big smile on his face, hoping the boy would help him if more focus on a new recipe. "Sir? Can I ask you something? "Said Horace," What's the bother? It is usually not so thoughtful, something happened? "
" Well you see ... in effect, will be here tonight for dinner a culinary critic, and I'm not sure what to prepare ... "
" Do not click on the Help menu "
" Yes, but if they take the specialty the house ... "
" I see, "Horace was beginning to feel emotion, smiled when Guido asked his help, he was a great victory, but in fact Guido, Orazio was just to concentrate on the recipe.
"Well begin!" Guido rubbed his hands "First, we start from an ingredient and draw near to what is more befitting." I chose two different ingredients of the closet, they approached in different ways, a lot of cooked dishes, but most often ended up creating dishes that already exist, and the rest of the cases the recipes is not very convincing chef.
The sun began to fall and the light was already a bit 'pink; Guido began agitated, a little also Horace. The two continued to churn and to taste dishes, so that had the bulging belly and continuing to switch from meat, vegetables, fish, do not distinguish the more delicate flavors.
"You just can not do it to taste more dishes," said Guido desperate "It 's useless! We were unable to produce anything worthy of note, goodbye dreams of glory! "
" No sir, do not say that! Possible that there is no dish that we serve? "
" Yes indeed there would be a. This morning I found a good sauce for pasta, also that according to what we did, I did not mind ... "
" The one with thyme and tomato? "
" that is, we must insert in the menu, you have a better writing? "
" It is enough "
" Ok then write: Menu specialties of the house, put the names of the dishes, side dishes ... cov er and roasted potatoes and dessert you choose it. "
" Okay, "Guido
became more and more nervous every minute that passed. He could not stand still, the tension was sky high. "Where the hell happened to all? There are only twenty minutes to open and I want everything to be perfect "
" Do not worry they will reach "
In five minutes, the staff was all gathered and guided him to speak. "So, tonight, is a very important event, it is the reputation of the local will be a food critic!"
A waiter said, "And how do you know? It should not come in disguise? "
" Yes of course, but I received a tip-off, was spotted in various restaurants, follows a very precise date will be here! "
" How did they know it was a critic? "
"secret, there are a lot of clues that make it clear whether or not one is a critic. However .. I was saying, is a critic, so be perfect, I recommend we can not afford the slightest mistake and now Come on! Open the local and let work, Horace have written the menu in the house? "
" We've just finished "
Guido went to the kitchen, but stood at the door to observe the porthole. Customers came quite numerous as usual, the tables were occupied floor plan, Guido was the fear that the criticisms are all busy. Until then, no one matching the description he had heard in the morning at the club. It was nearly nine and no one seemed that the critic had entered the room. Guido demoralized lot. He thought that the story of the critic was all a lie, so he lost all hope, was about to cry. Turned away from his position when he saw a guy go: up about one and seventy, in his fifties, not much fat, air, completely expressionless, and with lots of other features that matched the description that had been made. A smile is printed on the face, the power suddenly came back very high and Guido suddenly stirred. A waiter came to welcome the new customer, accompanied him to the table and handed him the menu. The gentleman opened it, looked at the menu, it seemed that the study took a notebook and wrote a brief note: there was no doubt, was the critic! He called the waiter and ordered something. As soon as the waiter entered the kitchen, swept the Guido is him! It's him! I'm sure! What did you get? Give me! "And snatched the paper with the order" I knew it! The menu of the house! I do it to him! "He flung himself to take the ingredients, put the dough on the fire and prepared the sauce, the dish was ready in record time, tasted the 'perfect!' he thought. He gave the waiter and went to see the porthole, 'must be a magician in poker!' guido thought looking at his face completely expressionless. After the first bite, the critic noted something to transpire without the slightest expression. The same scene was repeated with the second and dessert. At the end of the meal, the critic asked a digester. Guido is changed, put a clean apron, took a glass, poured a bitter, put the glass on a small silver tray and brought it personally to the critic. Just joined him put the tray in front of him and said no creeks, "How was dinner, sir?"
"Hey Frank!" Guido said, putting his jacket on a hanger. "What news?". Guido was a chef, owner and manager of a restaurant. Every morning he went to a club, where they were all chefs in view of the city.
"Well ... nothing special .. you? "
" No "
" Indeed yes! Yesterday came a critic? "
" A critic? "
" Yes, a critic! Obviously it was camouflaged, but it was clear who he was! "
rose from a chair to another, it was Easter, he went to the wall of the room, on it there hung a map rolled up. He pulled a cord and this is unrolled, it was a map of the city and were marked with red dots of almost all the restaurants of the circle. Pasquale took the red pen and marked the restaurant Guido.
'A bit of attention please, "said Pasquale in tone solemn. All gathered round "Yesterday, the critic has been sighted in this area, with this we are at twelve hours," short pause "as you can see the critical path is following a specific, very complex, try to lead us astray by jumping from one side of the city but still follows a logical pattern "
" And what would be his next target, "asked a skinny-looking intellectual type.
"Well, if it follows this pattern, the next you'll be," said lead indicators, which jumped.
"Me?" Said stunned "you better put me in efforts to find something special to offer him! When should it arrive? "
" today! "
" What! I thought I had more time! Hello guys I have to go to think, "ran on the fly, taking his coat and slammed the door behind him. When Guido was to think or reflect on anything, he used to take refuge in her kitchen: they knew it was a sort of den, where he could be alone with himself, we always went there and remained closed for hours. He liked especially when there was nobody who could disturb.
arrived at the restaurant, opened the door and went into the kitchen, the lights were all gone because the restaurant was closed, the lamp. The kitchen was empty, clean and tidy. Nothing was out of place, not a spot of sauce on the counter, not a jar out of place: his kitchen was there, waiting only to be used. Guido was a few minutes to observe bewitched her favorite dishes, then took her apron, her favorite hat, worn but still very white. He took a chair, put it in front of the pantry, opened it and sat down to observe what he had at his disposal. Guido loved to take all the food and ingredients, or rather the representatives of them, given that stocks had a special room, which had a provision in a huge closet, as big as the entire wall. When she had to think or invent some new recipe, sitting on a chair, watching and thinking of possible combinations, then performed.
'I gotta find a new recipe' thought 'I need a new recipe! If I want to make a good impression, I need something new! Unique! 'Guido waiting for years for the arrival of a critic of "high caliber" had thought for years to find a recipe to submit to and receiving. He kept it in safe
but used it when he got a critic who had to be very important, proved just a citizen who wrote in a newspaper that nobody followed him. He had wasted his recipe and it was very bad. He did not think any more of that kind, from that day, but now, fifteen years later, he had another chance, by items that were reached, what was a critical
would come very important. "We just hope that time is really important," he thought.
There was dead silence in the kitchen, Guido did not move a muscle, only the eyes were moving, fast and careful, ran over and over again from right to left, left to right, top to bottom and from bottom above. The minutes passed slowly, and the ticking of the clock rang throughout the room.
stood still for about an hour, until he saw a tomato telling him to hurry up and decide to try to combine it with a little 'eggplant, cabbage and robiola, a paste for seasoning. Jumped with fear, can not believe that a tomato has spoken to him, he approached it, looked at it carefully. 'Nothing' thought 'is just a figment of my imagination,
better not stay here any longer, I'll try to listen to what he told me'.
So he did. He prepared a bit 'of pasta, condiments such as tomato el'assaggiò had suggested. "We did not, it is not original enough," he said. He spent another hour trying different combinations: prepared a dozen dishes including first and second courses, but could not find a dish that satisfied him completely.
He sat on the chair. He got up immediately and began to pace nervously in the kitchen. 'Dirty!' you said 'I can not have a kitchen like that!'. He cleaned the kitchen until it shine. Began to walk nervously. At one point the door opened. Guido made a terrible fright.
"Good morning sir," said a young man entering the kitchen. It was Horace, the garbage boy.
"Hello Horace, you made me take a shot, not expecting you"
"Am I early? It is time to open? "
Guido looked at the clock, stared 'curse!' thought 'already noon! You better give me a move if I want make my leap tonight! '. "The leap in quality," was how he said, had waited years to make his leap, to make his restaurant
a great restaurant, high class, where it was necessary to book the first day, where we were going to eat only at night and where the food was good, a restaurant that appeared in all the best food guides. This dream and this is expected from his "breakthrough." His was a good restaurant, popular with many customers every day and good earnings, but what he had dreamed of a fancy restaurant, stratospheric prices and narrow the customer, wanted the best restaurant the city's gains were not as interested in that, as a good name and a great fama.Si was enchanted to think. "Sir?" Horace said quizzically, "Sir? Are in advance? "Shook the spalla.Guido a slightly startled" Um ... um ... yes yes you are right! to wait for a few maids and then we open. " Camera sitting staring at the empty chair.
Orazio said something, but Guido did not have ears to him, was totally immersed in his thoughts. Horace was repeated, "Sir? It feels good, it seems very thoughtful, has something happened? "
" Eh? N-no no, Horace calm, nothing happened, go get um to put on your apron and go to the local level, meanwhile, comes the rest of the staff. " Guido was uncomfortable in his chair, continued to move, got up, took a walk looking at the floor, then sat back down and continued so for a few minutes.
It was increasingly difficult to concentrate, too many thoughts crowded my head, thinking more about the consequences of the visit rather than the recipe
'I have to find a recipe! I need to concentrate! ' they said, 'If I can not find a recipe ... if I find a recipe is finished! I have to find it, because if not found will be ridiculed, humiliated, I shall never forget all the dreams of glory ' this thought, and nothing else. At one point
looked up, rising from his thoughts. In the kitchen there were six or seven people who were going back and forth, some with the apron, with other blacks pants and white shirt. Horace saw that it was rather bewildered.
"Lord, you feel good?"
"How long has it been?"
"Lord, what are you saying?"
"Nothing I need to relax a bit 'nerves, I'm going to make me walk, so here you know to handle once there am I "So saying, he took off his apron, hat, took his jacket and went out. It was a spring day, there was a bright sun that warmed, yet
a cool breeze. The weather was very pleasant. Guido's restaurant was in a tree along the river that ran through the city. He walked along the sidewalk overlooking the River. There were some seagulls perched on the bridges. Guido walked, looking at the ground, sometimes along a bridge to change banks. He could not think of anything other than the critic but he was not think of any recipe. At one point she sat on a bench to watch the river, he was perched in front of a seagull, he was even planning to cook it, then got up and went on.
After about two and a half hours Guido returned to the restaurant, the tables were already set for the evening. Guido was a bit 'anxiety, he felt the pressure up thinking it was a few hours. It was three past, the kitchen had just finished cleaning and were almost all gone. Horace was still there with the apron on him:
"Hello sir! Do you feel better? "
" Hi guys ... well ... I can not think ... "
Guido took off his jacket put on his apron and hat and sat on the chair in front of the cabinet. A few minutes later that Guido was sitting in front of the cabinet, Horatio cleared his throat. Guido gasped "What? Why are you still here? "
" What? Do not you remember? He told me he would teach me to cook one afternoon a week, are already two months ago that "
" Oh but of course, I'd forgotten, well, today we will have something more special, instead of cooking recipes that already exist, we will try to invent a recipe right? "
" Okay! "
Guido you print a big smile on his face, hoping the boy would help him if more focus on a new recipe. "Sir? Can I ask you something? "Said Horace," What's the bother? It is usually not so thoughtful, something happened? "
" Well you see ... in effect, will be here tonight for dinner a culinary critic, and I'm not sure what to prepare ... "
" Do not click on the Help menu "
" Yes, but if they take the specialty the house ... "
" I see, "Horace was beginning to feel emotion, smiled when Guido asked his help, he was a great victory, but in fact Guido, Orazio was just to concentrate on the recipe.
"Well begin!" Guido rubbed his hands "First, we start from an ingredient and draw near to what is more befitting." I chose two different ingredients of the closet, they approached in different ways, a lot of cooked dishes, but most often ended up creating dishes that already exist, and the rest of the cases the recipes is not very convincing chef.
The sun began to fall and the light was already a bit 'pink; Guido began agitated, a little also Horace. The two continued to churn and to taste dishes, so that had the bulging belly and continuing to switch from meat, vegetables, fish, do not distinguish the more delicate flavors.
"You just can not do it to taste more dishes," said Guido desperate "It 's useless! We were unable to produce anything worthy of note, goodbye dreams of glory! "
" No sir, do not say that! Possible that there is no dish that we serve? "
" Yes indeed there would be a. This morning I found a good sauce for pasta, also that according to what we did, I did not mind ... "
" The one with thyme and tomato? "
" that is, we must insert in the menu, you have a better writing? "
" It is enough "
" Ok then write: Menu specialties of the house, put the names of the dishes, side dishes ... cov er and roasted potatoes and dessert you choose it. "
" Okay, "Guido
became more and more nervous every minute that passed. He could not stand still, the tension was sky high. "Where the hell happened to all? There are only twenty minutes to open and I want everything to be perfect "
" Do not worry they will reach "
In five minutes, the staff was all gathered and guided him to speak. "So, tonight, is a very important event, it is the reputation of the local will be a food critic!"
A waiter said, "And how do you know? It should not come in disguise? "
" Yes of course, but I received a tip-off, was spotted in various restaurants, follows a very precise date will be here! "
" How did they know it was a critic? "
"secret, there are a lot of clues that make it clear whether or not one is a critic. However .. I was saying, is a critic, so be perfect, I recommend we can not afford the slightest mistake and now Come on! Open the local and let work, Horace have written the menu in the house? "
" We've just finished "
Guido went to the kitchen, but stood at the door to observe the porthole. Customers came quite numerous as usual, the tables were occupied floor plan, Guido was the fear that the criticisms are all busy. Until then, no one matching the description he had heard in the morning at the club. It was nearly nine and no one seemed that the critic had entered the room. Guido demoralized lot. He thought that the story of the critic was all a lie, so he lost all hope, was about to cry. Turned away from his position when he saw a guy go: up about one and seventy, in his fifties, not much fat, air, completely expressionless, and with lots of other features that matched the description that had been made. A smile is printed on the face, the power suddenly came back very high and Guido suddenly stirred. A waiter came to welcome the new customer, accompanied him to the table and handed him the menu. The gentleman opened it, looked at the menu, it seemed that the study took a notebook and wrote a brief note: there was no doubt, was the critic! He called the waiter and ordered something. As soon as the waiter entered the kitchen, swept the Guido is him! It's him! I'm sure! What did you get? Give me! "And snatched the paper with the order" I knew it! The menu of the house! I do it to him! "He flung himself to take the ingredients, put the dough on the fire and prepared the sauce, the dish was ready in record time, tasted the 'perfect!' he thought. He gave the waiter and went to see the porthole, 'must be a magician in poker!' guido thought looking at his face completely expressionless. After the first bite, the critic noted something to transpire without the slightest expression. The same scene was repeated with the second and dessert. At the end of the meal, the critic asked a digester. Guido is changed, put a clean apron, took a glass, poured a bitter, put the glass on a small silver tray and brought it personally to the critic. Just joined him put the tray in front of him and said no creeks, "How was dinner, sir?"
END