Mill Basin Deli's pastrami egg roll

Move over, potato pancakes and jelly doughnuts, there’s a new greasy Hanukkah food in town. Well, new to us anyway. We recently went for a good old kosher bite at the historic Mill Basin Kosher Delicatessen, and we came across what may be the epitome of greatness in a cross-cultural delicacy: the pastrami egg roll. This ingenious snack, which we feel hasn’t received near its fair share of the Brooklyn culinary spotlight, involves a delicate (albeit heart clogging) balance between Jewish deli and Chinese fast food. On the outside, nothing more than your run-of-the-mill fried egg roll. On the inside, the deli sandwich: shredded cabbage and pastrami. (more…)