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Irving's Deli in Livingston
VERY DISAPPOINTED! I ordered the Pastrami, curious to see how it measured to Katz's. I expected something within reason, but I got a totally tasteless $12+ sandwich. It was fatty and moist enough--it looked fantastic, the bread was perfect, the sandwich piled high, but the meat tasted as though it had been sitting in plain WATER (not brine) all day. Like boiled meat, eww! It was diluted and flavorless. No excuse for what I had. I cannot believe how people are raving about this place. I've had the dry stuff from the supermarket taste more like pastrami than this. The fat is wonderful and juiciness is great, but there HAS to be flavor behind it. I actually added salt, but it didn't help much. I am hoping in a sad $12 way that my sandwich came from a lousy cut of pastrami that fell into the sink. I invested the money and the calories and I ended up not finishing it. How awful! I am a star member of the Clean Plate Club. Their knish was good, but pastrami blew. I called them (I had take-out) to tell them that it was disappointing, but I doubt it went any bit beyond the woman. She said, "blah, blah, well, I'm sorry it wasn't to your expectations, blah, blah" (I expected flavor) and after I told her it needed salt, she'd "have the manager taste it." Thanks, but that sink meat is long since gone. Now, that I've talked about my experience, I will try it again sometime. You all seemed to have thought it was terrific. Maybe it was just a fluke. Maybe their corned beef is better. However, if it comes up tasteless again (this can't be what humans find delicious; something had to be wrong), I’ll let you know.
