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Best Jewish Delis in the World:: London's New York Deli

Where: 8 Great Chapel Street, London, United Kingdom
April 22, 2009 at 8:41 AM | by | Comments (0)

When Shira Lazar went behind the counter at Schwartz's Deli in Montreal, it got us craving some overstuffed pastrami sandwiches and potato latkes with applesauce. So this week Jaunted is taking a look at the Best Jewish Delis in the World. Got your own suggestion for tasty goody delis? Let us know.

As a native New Yorker, I consider delis as much of a necessity as by-the-slice pizzerias, meaning that whenever I travel outside the City I get really upset that there isn't one on every corner. This is a particular problem in Europe, so I was pretty excited to learn that London finally got a centrally-located New York-style deli.

The Soho-area eatery opened a couple of years ago under the name Zvika, but the owners quickly realized no one had any idea what kind of restaurant "Zvika" would be, so they just changed the name to "New York Deli."

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The name, thankfully, is not a red herring (ha), and the deli offers authentic takes on all the NYC Jewish classics -- matzo ball soup, chopped liver, egg salad -- and in a nod to the London population, even serves up a Kosher menu of Indian cuisine, so you can have some curry with your schnitzel. Don't kvetch when you realize there's no corned beef on the menu—salt beef is the UK's equivalent; it's just as tasty and goes great with a bagel.

Of course, this is London so every establishment is required to incorporate some kind of tabloid-style celeb-and-soccer worship. There's a sandwich named for semi-Jew Madonna (turkey and pastrami), and another for definitely-not-a-Jew David Beckham (salami-pastrami).

Related Stories:
· New York Deli [Official Site]
· The Best Jewish Delis in the World:: Katz's in New York [Jaunted]
· The Best Jewish Delis in the World:: Chicago's Ashkenaz [Jaunted]

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