HUNGRY GERALD

HG/BSK have a pleasant custom–alternate home dinners with daughter, Lesley R. and her husband Massimo. (They live in Riverside, RI, a moderate drive from HG/BSK’s Central Falls loft). HG/BSK follow this custom at HG/BSK’s Prince Edward Island oceanfront home with BSK’s sister, Noel, and her husband, Yossi, even though this means a 40 minute drive. This Sunday it was dinner at the HG/BSK home.  Lesley and Massimo generously provided a Chinese feast  (L. and M. know that HG lusts for Chinese gourmand treats). The food came from Chengdu Taste, a restaurant that compares with the very good eateries in New York’s Chinatown, Sunset Park and Flushing neighborhoods. Sunday’s supper began with hot and sour soup (the best HG ever tasted). This was followed by Szechuan fish (spicy); wontons in chili oil(super spicy); mapo tofu  (moderate level of heat); minced pork (lusty veggie sauce); stewed eggplant (HG’s favorite vegetable dish–just slightly below in-season sweet corn); string beans (a BSK fave); ample rice noodles and white rice. HG was beyond happy–HG was ecstatic. Everyone drank Gansett Pilsener–very much like a Czech beer. Lesley and Massimo:  A zillion thanks from HG/BSK.