{"id":89713,"date":"2014-02-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/the-soup-nazi-in-real-life\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:51:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:51:53","slug":"the-soup-nazi-in-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/the-soup-nazi-in-real-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Soup Nazi (in real life!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/the-soup-nazi-in-real-life\/soup-nazi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31439\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-31439\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Soup-Nazi.png\" width=\"417\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am a huge Seinfeld fan. In fact, that doesn\u2019t even begin to describe it\u2026 I have all of their seasons (of course) but know most of them off by heart \u2013 my brothers and I watched Seinfeld on repeat pretty much solidly for about five years.<\/p>\n<p>So it was fun to be in New York and imagine the gang there, but I didn\u2019t want to do a tour or anything\u2026 I\u2019d once been to the Chinese restaurant (scene of the famous Chinese restaurant episode, which most people probably won\u2019t remember) and it was a bit of a disappointment. So I was intrigued but not too excited when I walked past the sign above. Could it be the original inspiration for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WZ3AOmZ2fps\" target=\"_blank\">Soup Nazi<\/a>? Surely not\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Half an hour later, my curiosity got the better of me and I was back to buy some soup \u2013 and see if they were, actually, the inspiration for Seinfeld\u2019s Soup Nazi. And they were! That day the \u2018friendly\u2019 partner was working (I wonder if the unfriendly one ever works, or if fame has gone to his head?) but there were striking similarities \u2013 the same flavours, the same emphasis on homemade soup, the same bags with a bowl of soup and a chunk of fresh bread.<\/p>\n<p>And how was the soup? Aside from the thrill of eating inspiration for one of my all-time favourite Seinfeld episodes? Delicious! I went for jambalaya, and it was quite possibly the most delicious soup I\u2019ve ever eaten. Now, how much of that was in the recipe and how much of it because I was on a bench on a New York sidewalk, I can\u2019t tell you. But you should definitely give it a try when you\u2019re next in the Big Apple!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a huge Seinfeld fan. 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