你住在義大利拿坡里(Napoli)中央火車站的附近,距離這家據說有「全世界最好吃的披薩」的披薩店,只消不到五分鐘的腳程;你預計自己快要餓了,走到 Da Michele 披薩店拿取號碼牌後,算好大概的等待時間,先到對面的咖啡吧喝一杯濃縮,和店裡的人寒暄一番,然後再悠閒地把一盒熱騰騰的披薩提回家。
而這家位於拿坡里市中心的 L’Antica Pizzeria Da Michele 有何魔力?
托《享受吧!一個的旅行》(Eat, Pray, Love)作者之福,我們得以看到茱莉亞.羅勃茲在電影中大啖各種義式美食的樣子,包含 Da Michele 的披薩。再看看原書作者(Elizabeth Gilbert)對於這家店的描述,更給人一種「非吃不可」的責任感。在書中,她這麼寫:
Giovanni and Dario, my Tandem Exchange twins, are originally from Naples. I cannot picture it. I cannot imagine shy, studious, sympathetic Giovanni as a young boy amongst this—and I don’t use the word lightly — mob. But he is Neapolitan, no question about it, because before I left Rome he gave me the name of a pizzeria in Naples that I had to try, because, Giovanni informed me, it sold the best pizza in Naples. I found this a wildly exciting prospect, given that the best pizza in Italy is from Naples, and the best pizza in the world is from Italy, which means that this pizzeria must offer … I’m almost too superstitious to say it … the best pizza in the world? Giovanni passed along the name of the place with such seriousness and intensity, I almost felt I was being inducted into a secret society. He pressed the address into the palm of my hand and said, in gravest confidence, ”Please go to this pizzeria. Order the Margherita pizza with double mozzarella. If you do not eat this pizza when you are in Naples, please lie to me later and tell me that you did. ‘’