What It’s Like Working With Mom at a Montreal Restaurant | Eater Montreal

"At the Park Ex ice-cream shop run by Deexit and Aakruti Patel, I hear Sheela Patel insist that 'to make a mango lassi taste good, you need to mix the sweet and the sour just right.' Deexit consults his mother on every menu detail—from the chai masala mix (hand-ground spices and two kinds of ginger) to the need to boil the milk for the rose-flavoured falooda (something he hadn’t realized the first time he made it)—and exactly how much cardamom should go into the elaichi pistachio ice cream (lots). Her recipes are tacked on little Post-Its around the kitchen, she guides their ingredient sourcing to ensure authentic Gujarati flavours, and family support (including Aakruti’s mother Champa, who brings food or helps with dishes) is described as essential as the shop prepares to re-open for the summer." - Ivy Lerner-Frank