On a Thursday afternoon in March, an e-mail requirement came in to Ekiben restaurant in Baltimore—tempura broccoli (天妇罗西兰花) together with fresh herbs and sliced onion. The man who sent the e-mail didn’t actually want the food itself. He was writing on behalf of his mother-in-law, Rita, who liked the dish so much He went on to explain that she was now in the final stages of lung cancer at her home in Vermont and that he was hoping to get the recipe to make it for her there.
Steve Chu, one of the restaurant’s co-owners, read the e-mail and quickly replied with an alternative suggestion. “Your behavior is definitely considerate and touching,” he wrote “We’d like to meet you in Vermont and make it fresh for Rita.”
Brandon Jones, the son-in-law, was astonished. “I e-mailed back, saying, ‘You do know that this is Vermont we’re talking about, right?’” says Brandon. “But Steve responded, ‘No problem. You tell us the date, time, and location and we’ll be there.’”
For the past six years, every time Rita visited Baltimore, the first place she desired to go was Ekiben restaurant so she could enjoy broccoli, and I really wanted her to have it one more time,” Brandon says.
“She had always told us, ‘When I’m on my death bed, I long to have that broccoli’”, recalls Brandon.
That Friday after work, a day after receiving Brandon’s e-mail, Chu loaded his truck with a hot plate and a cooler filled with ingredients and then headed for Vermont.
As soon as Chu and his team pulled into the parking lot, they got to work. They pulled down the gate of the pickup, hooked (钩住) the hot plate to the truck’s power port, and started cooking and deep-frying. After neatly packing everything up, they knocked on their customer’s door and waited for the answer.
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As soon as Rita opened the door, she recognized the good smell.
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Several days later, Chu received an email with several photos from Brandon.
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