Harold's Deli

Because of the holidays things have been a little less hectic at work for Phil, so one of his coworkers invited us out to dinner last week to a place called Harold's Deli. We were told beforehand that this place is known for their huge sandwiches - supposedly the largest in Jersey. For anyone that knows Phil this was an eating dare waiting to happen.

We went to their website beforehand (http://www.haroldsfamousdeli.com/) to get an idea of what we were getting ourselves into, but nothing could have prepared us...
When we arrived at the deli and started looking at the menu the majority of their sandwiches were around $45, but then you notice that it says feeds at least 4 to 5 people. Now, I'm thinking what kind of sandwich feeds 4 to 5 people...and when the sandwich came I had my answer. It was probably about 4 or 5 pounds of pastrami and corned beef, and keep in mind this picture only shows half of the sandwich. The other half is on another plate identical to this one.

Definitely too much meat for any single person. Although that's not going to stop Phil from trying... ^__^

There's not much bread to the sandwich, but they have a "pickle bar" where you can get all kinds of pickles and bread to accompany your enormous sandwich.

They also have non-sandwich type options on the mneu as well. Like the giant hot dog...

And the knish...although I've never had a knish before, so I'm not really sure if this is an abnormal size for a knish...

And it's not just the regular meals that are huge, but the desserts too. They had an entire fridge full of giant chocolate cakes, and I believe the dessert on the bottom shelf is a giant cannoli. Mmmm...chocolate...
We ordered a single slice of chocolate fudge cake. It was enough to completely stuff the 4 of us (not that we weren't already full from the meal) and have leftovers for at least 2 or 3 people.

Overall the food was OK. If nothing else it's one of those things you should try at least once. Even if it's purely for the shock value.