Gazpacho

A cold tomato, cucumber, and watermelon soup with a little kick.

Ingredients

• 4 tomatoes
• 1 cucumber
• 1/2 watermelon
• 1/4 c olive oil
• 2 shallots or 1/2 small onion
• 6 cloves of garlic
• 3 T red wine vinegar
• 1 T honey
• 1 t basil
• 2 t sambal

Directions

1. Combine ingredients and blend.

Tucked away amongst grand hallways filled with sculptures and treasures of all sorts lies The Petrie Court Café at The Met where I took my parents on my Mom’s first visit to the city. We dined in style and laughed and lamented the too-short amount of time allocated for such a place—a lovely memory—and we ate the best gazpacho I’ve ever had in my life. This recipe was reverse-engineered from a glimpse of a list of ingredients provided by a very busy, very curt waiter to whom I am greatly appreciative.