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Take A Bite of Tom Jones — The Sandwich, That Is
Sunday, January 7th, 2007We kept forgetting to post this one, but we had dinner at the Stage Deli in the Forum Shops at Caesars the other night and were reminded:
New York City’s famed Stage Deli — one of the few places in the desert where you can quench your thirst with an authentic egg cream or some Dr. Brown’s soda — has a couple of outposts here in Las Vegas (there’s another at the MGM Grand). Their menu, famous for great corned beef and pastrami and the best pickles, also features a bunch of triple-decker sandwiches named after stars.
Among these are the Wayne Newton (turkey, salami, Swiss, cole slaw and Russian dressing), the Jay Leno (turkey, roast beef, Swiss, cole slaw and Russian) and the George Forman (salami, roast beef, turkey, bologna Swiss, lettuce, tomato and Russian — and this in honor of a guy who promotes healthy eating through grilling).
Anyway, there is a Tom Jones triple-decker. It’s chicken salad, bacon, lettuce and tomato. ($10. 95)
Please note: There is no ham on any of these sandwiches. It’s doubtful they’d want to insult any performer by putting ham in his or her sandwich.
We cannot help thinking that, although a BLT with chicken salad is really very good, it probably is not what we’d put in a Tom Jones sandwich.We’d make it with something more — for lack of a better word — macho. Maybe steak and we’d remove the bacon, as it is a form of ham, now that we think about it. Again, it’s a good sandwich as is, but could be better suited to its namesake.
Although no comment is necessary, if you do choose to comment, please keep it clean. Let’s just assume that many female fans would just put Tom and themselves in the sandwich. OK?
Meanwhile, we hope you’ll continue the duet discussion below.
January 7th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Thanks Ellen/Ursula on your assumption of the PERFECT TJ sandwich! I’m still smiling.
January 7th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Thanks. Love sandwich!! Cindy.
January 8th, 2007 at 9:08 am
Can I have that on an open-face bun, to go, please?
January 8th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Maybe their choice to make the “Tom” sandwich had more to do with chicken salad being: Light, Fresh. and always Delicious! Just a thought.
January 8th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
I’m really hungry all of a sudden.
January 8th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
I think a sandwich suitable for Tom’s moniker would probably be more like: grilled steak with peppercorn crust, cut into thick strips with sauteed mushrooms, roasted red pepper and grilled onions on top, open faced, of course.
I really need to go eat something, this is ridiculous.
If Tom were an ice cream I’d say he was Pralines & Cream: Smooth, sweet and a little bit Nutty!
January 8th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Deb, loved your comment! LOL with a big smile!
January 8th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
My favorite sandwich, hot grilled cheese, with a sour Polish dill pickle on the side reminds me of Tom’s voice. It’s hot and spicy and it always hits the spot.
January 11th, 2007 at 6:39 am
As M.C.Hammer would have said “Can’t touch this!!! Hammer time!!!”
January 12th, 2007 at 6:54 am
Sir Tommy likes cheese and Branston Pickle sarnies and sausage sarnies. I think the Stage Deli should draw inspiration from the humble transport cafs where Tom would have noshed on such grub during his early touring days. I bet he likes bacon and fried egg sarnies too.
As this is a Vegas sandwich outlet though, maybe they could incorporate all of these sandwiches into one postmodern gastronomic pastiche with a triple-decker cheese and Branston, sausage, bacon and fried egg super buttie.
And no cutting the crusts off either.