A Chef-Driven, Neighborhood Pastrami Stand - Johnny's West Adams (+ Impromptu Pastrami Battle! Langer's vs. Johnny's vs. Brent's Deli vs. Ugly Drum) [Thoughts + Pics]

No French omelette aux fines herbes for Cookie then, noted… :wink:

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Cookie Smash! Hide the women and children!

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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: That is perhaps the most Mexican thing you could do…

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Just No!

Like there’ll be no Porridge + Puffs 5-Course Gold for me this weekend. The Watermelon + Chrysanthemum Salad has Creamy Tarragon Dressing! :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:@#%!$?!

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“You can look at the menu but you just can’t eat…” ♪♪

HJ

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@js76wisco @TheCookie @Dommy

Agree. Sometimes you HAVE to do it. Onions would have made this.

Boar’s Head Knockwurst with brown mustard, ketchup, and relish for lunch.

Agreed. The most ridiculous of arguments.

They put tomatoes, sport peppers and relish on the dog. What is ketchup? Tomatoes vinegar and sugar. Hmm.

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Exactly.
what is love

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Now THAT’s a connoisseur of the highest order. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

I mean putting Ketchup on fine charcuteríe like hot dogs makes About as much sense :+1::upside_down_face:

LANGER’S DELI

Wifey had never been with me on a Langer’s excursion. Both times she was out of town. Today I suggested it, assuring her it’s the best pastrami sandwich she’s had. Yes, she lived in NYC so this was a bold statement on my part. So we got two sandwiches to split.

#19 PASTRAMI
This is what old school Jewish delis call a sky high pastrami. Yep, wifey likes cole slaw on these types of sandwiches. She actually likes them both ways, but this isn’t a strange thing to her. Carolina folks put slaw on BBQ, the Jews put slaw on pastrami, corned beef and even turkey*.

She was totally impressed. As was I. Look it’s not my favorite, it’s just different. Like artichokes on a pizza, I like them, but I still prefer pepperoni. But this sandwich was completely delicious!

PASTRAMI WITH MUSTARD

This sandwich is just on another level. I’ve eaten in delis, raised on them, all over various east coast jewish hoods. This is hands-down the greatest pastrami sandwich I’ve EVER had.

My wife: “yeah, this blows away Katz’s and Brent’s.” She not only preferred the bread, but thought the pastrami was better too.

Btw, last time I complained to you all how does a place not salt French fries?

Well secondly, how does a jewish deli NOT have black and white cookies?

I need to have a sit down with Norm.

*this is my culture. Don’t even THINK about going there, naysayers (I know who you are!)

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they really don’t do jewish bakery items there… it’s pretty much all about the pastrami (although the chopped liver is decent too)

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Yum!

They don’t use mayo do they? Hard to believe but I’ve seen that a lot out here.

THANK YOU. I like to consider myself an honorary Jew (for no reason other than being born in Maimonides in Brooklyn), and I really like the #19. I feel validated. :slight_smile:

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Not that I could tell, although it’s fairly smooth in consistency---- I prefer mine to be chunkier. It tastes good on their rye

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Welcome to the tribe!!! :heart:

My mom had a really old kitchenaid stand mixer (like from the 60s) that had a grinder attachment. She ground it coarse.

I think these places use food processors. Yeah, I don’t like it fine and smooth either.

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We had coleslaw on almost all of our sandwiches growing up. Along with ketchup mixed with mayonnaise aka thousand island dressing. #19 is a great sandwich.

I think I like Langer’s pastrami so much because it reminds me much more of corned beef than the peppery pastrami I had growing up.

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