The Real New Yorker’s Sandwich

Forget your street cart hot dogs and deli pastrami, the *real* New Yorker’s sandwich is the chopped cheese, a beautiful conglomeration of chopped ground beef, melted cheese and secret seasoning, all served on a hero or a roll. The birthplace of the chopped cheese is Hajji’s Deli in Harlem, where Salah has been managing the joint for the past 15 years. Inspired by an Arabic dish, the chopped cheese has now become a New York staple, with fans in everyone from Jay-Z to Cam’ron.

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[garrettrutkowski]

New York quote: “I’ve been eating here for *insert number* years”

[danny]

“Only New Yorkers know what a chopped cheese is.”
Not anymore

[TheBlueDevilDuke]

00:53 I can hear the timbs in his voice

[jimmyneutron]

Watching this at 2am with an empty fridge is not the best idea

[Iba]

"Hey papi, gimme a chopped cheese with everything on it"

[macpizza]

I've been rewatching this video for 20 yee's

[shadowles]

Thats insane.

I’ve always been like “i wanna try a chopped cheese”. It wasnt until he said it’s an arabic food that i realized that chopped cheese is literally مقلقل (mogalgal) but with cheese. I’ve been eating it my whole life minus the cheese.

I never put 2 and 2 together lmao.

[jules]

0:17
*Thick New York accent*: "I've been eatin heeah for 20 yeerz!"

Alright, I'm sold.

[sarankannan]

"Ay boss lemme get 2 chopp cheese wit everyting awn it"
"Lettucetomatopickleketchup"
"Salt peppah and Vinigah"
"Ze secret iz the sizining"

[joelkosinski]

He eats them without cheese, so he’s just eating chopped

[universalsorrow]

"I don't eat it with the cheese, because I'm trying to lose weight, that's all". God damn, you gotta give it to this man for his brute honesty. You've won a customer for life.

[RaZorasiangamer]

This guy speaks with an Arabic and New York accent

[danielbonham]

A roll, $3.75. On a hero, like $5.00

Bless this man, his generosity and brutal honesty. May his weight loss journey be filled with chopped hamburger.

Edit: Thank you for all the likes, never had so many!!! 🙏👌

[woobharb]

I recently tried their chopped cheese on vacation and I can tell you this place is excellent, from the crunchy bread, flavorful meat, and the gooey cheese, Hajjis is a must have!

[mtnrth]

Holy trinity: seasoning, vinniguh, twenty years

[insekt]

A salute to the videographers of great big story.

[nicholaslovett]

"It's an Arabic food, but we don't put cheese on it...but when we come here, we do cheese on it."

That's America!

[harmmoney]

I'm from FL and I've never been to NYC but because of these kinds of videos I've been making chopped cheese sandwiches at home for the past year and everyone loves them.

[sunopan]

i think we all can relate to 2:10
sometimes its followed by a laugh





and sometimes tears