Grab a Yao courtside this season http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/hoffman/4281881.html By KEN HOFFMAN Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Yao Ming has received many accolades in his basketball career, including being picked No. 1 in the 2002 NBA draft. But there's something special about being immortalized in pastrami. After all, as Seinfeld fans know, pastrami is the most sensual of the salted cured meats. In his never-ending quest to make Rockets fans as wide as Yao is tall, Toyota Center concessions boss Ed Mazza has introduced the Yao Mingwich — 7 1/2 inches of pastrami, corned beef, turkey, Swiss cheese, lettuce and tomatoes crammed between slices of deli marble rye. Served with coleslaw and garlic pickles (like this sandwich needs side dishes?) That's a tall order for one person. Even the sandwich's namesake had trouble finishing his. "This was a mouthful — even for me. I did not know you could put that much meat on a sandwich," Yao said. "Usually, when I order food, I have to ask for seconds, but not this time. I'm not going to let the coaches know I ate it, because if they find out I would probably have to put in extra time on the exercise bike." The Yao Mingwich sells for $15 at the Café, two locations, one on each side of Toyota Center on the Club Level. Levy Restaurants, food provider for Toyota Center, has a few other new tricks on the menu this season. Authentic New York-style corned beef and pastrami sandwiches are available at the Café for $10. And there's a 4-inch-high slice of cheesecake with strawberries or caramel sauce that will have fans unbuckling their belts in the stands. Each slice is double wide and costs $8.50. Ask for two forks. In the mood for Chinese? There are new Mongolian beef and pork dishes served in extra-large Chinese takeout cartons for $8. And there's a Texas cheesesteak for $10 made with jalapeño peppers on a crusty hoagie bun that puts Philly to shame. "Each year, at the end of the season, we ask fans what they liked or didn't like about the food selection," Mazza said. "Then we go to work on giving them more of what they liked, plus putting new and different things on the menu." Coming soon: the T-Mac Stack in honor of Tracy McGrady and the Chuck Wagon for Chuck Hayes. The Chuck Wagon? Since when do role players get sandwiches named after them? Hayes must have one heck of an agent. "We don't really know what the sandwiches will be. So far we just like the names. We had a contest among employees to name sandwiches for players, and the winners were Yao Mingwich, T-Mac Stack and Chuck Wagon. We have it on reliable source that Tracy McGrady likes meatloaf, so that's a clue," Mazza said. Also on the drawing board: a concession stand called Copper Canyon, which will sell wholesome carnival treats like corn dogs, sausage on a stick, cotton candy, flavored popcorn, pretzels and freshly roasted honey-coated nuts.
mmmm yummy... i love new york style deli meat I'm about to make me a boar's head cajun turkey sandwich right now
I'd pay that much for a premo sandwich. From the sounds of it, it looks like it can feed two (normal-sized) people.
The Yao Mingwich. That's a lame name, but it sounds like a mighty good sandwich. You definitely want your sandwich to be a good one, unlike that episode of Curb your enthusiasm, where Larry got a whitefish and cream cheese sandwich named after him.
Ribwich mascot: Hey, hey, the Ribwich is back. Homer Simpson: (Gasp!) The Ribwich! The commercials have come to pass. Ribwich mascot: Try the new Ribwich. It's so good you'll croak. Homer Simpson: You seem like an impartial observer. But I've been fooled by so many people in costumes. Ribwich mascot: Try the sauce. I'm soaked in it. Homer Simpson: Oh, I could lick you all day long. Ribwich mascot: And yet my children think I'm a failure. Homer Simpson: One Ribwich, please. squeaky-voiced teen: Uh-huh. Homer Simpson: ''Now without lettuce.'' [Homer eats Ribwich after Ribwich after Ribwich and then becomes delirious.] squeaky-voiced teen: Sir, are you all right? Homer Simpson: I have eaten the ribs of God. squeaky-voiced teen: Drool clean-up at Register 4. Homer Simpson: Three Ribwiches, please. And instead of a shake, I'd like a blended Ribwich. squeaky-voiced teen: I'm sorry, sir. The Ribwich was for a limited time only. Homer Simpson: Not again! First you took away my Philly Fudgesteak. And then my Bacon Balls. Then my Whatchamachicken. You monster!
to hell with the lettuce and tomatoes.... gimme some saurkraut and spicy mustard on that badboy. now that's a mingwich.
lol, mingwich. from the title of the thread, i was thinking something along the line of wizord and a witch...
