by Domenica Marchetti

Hahri Shin was the first to arrive, at noon, a full hour before the scheduled start of the feast. He came outfitted for the occasion, wearing a bright-red Adidas track suit with white headband, and carrying a bottle of Rolaids.

The occasion was the third annual Panarda, a nine-hour, 40-course banquet at Le Virtu, the South Philadelphia restaurant that focuses almost exclusively on the food of Abruzzo, in central Italy.

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