We finally made it to Katz's Deli this year, after previously trying both Stage Deli and Carnegie Deli. After biting into our sandwich, it was Katz's for the win.
We ordered a lean pastrami Reuben, Matzo ball soup and half-sour pickles. The taste of pastrami was fantastic and I couldn't wait for the sandwich to be built. Once we gathered our order we sat at a table several down from the one made famous in When Harry Met Sally and chowed down. The Reuben was a.ma.zing. Truly spectacular...so much better than both Stage and Carnegie that it wasn't even like comparing apples to apples.
Carnegie, however, won on the Matzo ball soup. The soup at Katz's was missing the intense chicken flavor of Carnegie, so Carnegie won the soup round.
To give you a better idea, we were plotting how to get more Reubens delivered from Katz's to Seattle as we're only in NYC about once a year. We already miss that darn sandwich.
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