I don’t care what aired on TV. I had a delightful time at The Neighborhood Kitchen in Whitinsville — and the nearby candlepin bowling alley with which it shares a kitchen.
I had a delightful burger for lunch. I came back for dinner to have a supremely upgraded shepherd’s pie and a brownie sundae — complete with a jumbo brownie that co-owner Lisa Moon told me she’d baked that morning.
It was a far cry from the kitchen nightmare that was portrayed for about 30 minutes on national television by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay.
The Neighborhood Kitchen, post-Gordon Ramsay
A few nights earlier, I’d watched the latest episode of “Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service.” It’s the latest in the celebrity chef’s series of “restaurant rescue” shows, where he bursts into restaurants and yells at people until things get better…