On-the-go or kicking your day off right, a good New York sandwich is a soul-satisfying staple. Fanum cooks up a storm with GQ, as the Twitch streamer prepares three classic NYC deli sandwiches. From his bev of choice with the mouth-watering Chopped Cheese, to his mayo ratio on the full-flavored Honey Turkey, Fanum reveals some of his certified taste-tested sandwich secrets along the way. Let him cook!
Director: Jeremy Clowney
Director of Photography: Eric Brouse
Editor: Paul Tael
Talent: Fanum
Producer: Camille Ramos
Line Producer: Jen Santos
Production Manager: James Pipitone
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Talent Booker: Mica Medoff
Camera Operator: Chloe Ramos
Gaffer: Niklas Moller
Sound Mixer: Rachel Suffian
Production Assistant: Erica Palmieri
Food Stylist: Jeannie Chen
Post Production Supervisor: Rachael Knight
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Rob Lombardi
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
Director: Jeremy Clowney
Director of Photography: Eric Brouse
Editor: Paul Tael
Talent: Fanum
Producer: Camille Ramos
Line Producer: Jen Santos
Production Manager: James Pipitone
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Talent Booker: Mica Medoff
Camera Operator: Chloe Ramos
Gaffer: Niklas Moller
Sound Mixer: Rachel Suffian
Production Assistant: Erica Palmieri
Food Stylist: Jeannie Chen
Post Production Supervisor: Rachael Knight
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Rob Lombardi
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
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00:00Yo, Chet, chill, you know why I'm here, come on.
00:03You know I eat good.
00:04What's up, GQ?
00:05I'm Phantom, and I'm about to cook up my favorite sandwiches.
00:08I'm not just gonna make one.
00:09I'm making three classic New York sandwiches.
00:12And I know I say sandwich a little weird,
00:13that's just how I say it, but let's really do it, though.
00:20The type of deli I'm speaking about specifically
00:22when I come to deli sandwiches is the corner store
00:24in New York City, the bodega for some.
00:26It's pretty much a staple of New York, in my opinion.
00:28Every borough got one, you know what I'm saying?
00:30Even Staten Island, y'all got one, too.
00:31The deli is so important to New Yorkers.
00:33Like, it is literally, the first thing you wake up
00:35in the morning, that's the first stop you really might make.
00:37Get your, you know what I'm saying, your bed for the day,
00:40which is your beverage, your meal for the day real quick,
00:42your coffee, you know what I'm saying?
00:44You know the guy who owns the whole deli,
00:46that's like your best friend.
00:47When you're in Manhattan, when you're stretched out,
00:48he knows, trust me, he knows.
00:50You get a nice cut, he also knows.
00:51This the morning time, so I don't wanna do too much.
00:54So the first sandwich I'm gonna make is a honey turkey
00:56with everything on it, on a roll.
00:58Let's do it.
01:02This is crazy, I feel like this is too small,
01:04and it's just, nah, you know what I'm saying?
01:06Take me back to the trenches, you know what I mean?
01:08This is what we're gonna work with,
01:09this is what we wanna use.
01:10First thing first, you gotta cut it down the middle.
01:13That's what you do, you know what I mean?
01:14Lightly toast it, don't do too much.
01:17Give it like, shit, got there, 20 seconds.
01:23Perfect.
01:24All right, now, light mayo, always go light mayo.
01:28Got your butter knife, you know what I'm saying?
01:30Do what you do with it.
01:31You don't have to OD, if you wanna take some off, you can.
01:34If you wanna take some of the mayo off, you can.
01:37Okay, let's go, sorry, we used to fold them.
01:40Nah, I mean, this is honey turkey, by the way.
01:42It's basically, it's just turkey,
01:43just with a little bit of glaze on it.
01:45That's kinda crazy, glaze me, glaze me.
01:47One day I was working, and everybody knows ham and cheese
01:50and stuff like that, or turkey and cheese,
01:51but she came in and said,
01:53let me get a honey turkey and cheese.
01:54I said, whoa, what's that?
01:56And ever since then, I've been doing honey turkey.
01:58We got pepper jack cheese.
02:00It's basically cheese with a little spice on it,
02:01know what I mean?
02:02Some people do the lettuce and tomato under everything.
02:05I do it above, I'm not sure why.
02:06I put the lettuce, know what I mean, and stuff like that.
02:10When I'm on my grown man shit, right,
02:13this is what I get every time.
02:15I feel like, you know what, today I wanna be respected.
02:16I wanna be taken seriously, I get a honey turkey
02:19with the pepper jack on it, you know what I'm saying?
02:21Everything, word.
02:22But if I'm playing around,
02:23it's a big nigga cheese day, yeah?
02:25♪♪♪
02:35All right, so I did my oil, let me see,
02:37I did my tomatoes, gotta do some onions,
02:39you know what I'm saying?
02:40Salt, pepper, you know what I mean, real quick,
02:41nothing too crazy, though.
02:44You close that right up.
02:47Mess it up, there you go.
02:49Nice.
02:51Tuck it in, like a tummy tuck real quick.
02:53Hold on, down the middle.
02:56Man, you don't have to heat this one up,
02:57it's a cold cut, y'all.
02:58So, oh my God, you fucker.
02:59So, there you have it.
03:00You got the honey turkey, pepper jack cheese,
03:02lettuce, tomato, salt, pepper, vinegar.
03:04Let's do it, though.
03:11All I'm missing is the chips.
03:13What type of chips I want today?
03:14Shit, barbecue.
03:16And look, because I'm on my grown man shit today,
03:19I get me a little water.
03:20Don't do too much, you know what I mean?
03:22So, with that being said, honey turkey,
03:25you know what I'm saying, with the sandwich,
03:26water, and chips.
03:29My next sandwich is gonna be a chopped cheese.
03:31♪♪♪♪
03:35Now, you probably asked yourself,
03:37who made the sandwich?
03:38John Montague, 1762.
03:40How do I know that?
03:41Little known fact, I am a sandwich connoisseur.
03:44I am a sandwich connoisseur.
03:46Aficionado, experto, you know what I mean?
03:49What am I, dad?
03:50So, there's three things you need to know
03:52when you're going to any New York deli,
03:54and this is what certifies them as a great deli.
03:55Number one, the manager.
03:56It's not a person, it's a cat.
03:58Have respect for the cat.
03:59Two, the A.C.
04:01If there's no A.C. in a deli, the food is spoiling.
04:03How you gonna eat from there?
04:04Come on, it's hot in there.
04:04Nah, walk out.
04:05Number three, the language barrier.
04:07If you can barely understand the guy
04:08who's making your sandwich,
04:09you about to have the greatest sandwich of your life.
04:12Trust me.
04:13All right?
04:14All right.
04:16And what I always say, life is like a sandwich.
04:19Bread always comes first.
04:21So, we got the butter.
04:22I feel like butter always goes first.
04:23I'm not a chef or nothing like that,
04:25but I am a hood chef,
04:25so I have to consider myself somewhat of a chef,
04:28but just on the block.
04:29Ah, you hear that, right?
04:31Okay, so now we about to chop up the chopped cheese.
04:34Before the chopped cheese become...
04:35Just know we about to chop up the meat, all right?
04:38It's gonna take a little minute, I'm telling you.
04:41Let me just try with this one, hold on.
04:42So, as I'm chopping the meat,
04:44what I'm looking for is for the meat
04:45to look like it's in bits, right?
04:47You're not getting a burger.
04:48It's not a burger.
04:49You know what I'm saying?
04:49You gotta chop up the meat, bro.
04:55So, the meat is chopped up,
04:56and now it's time to season your meat.
04:58Know what I mean?
04:59So, some people use this.
05:00I like red top, adobo.
05:02You feel me?
05:03So, we're gonna get rid of that, all right?
05:05Is there a certain amount you're measuring?
05:07No, I eye everything, bro.
05:09So, it may seem like a lot to some people.
05:11That shit about to bust, like, bro.
05:13Usually, I already washed my hands,
05:16but I'm about to do some getaway shit.
05:17Nah, just do your thing, just do your thing.
05:19I washed my hands before,
05:20and if I guess I'm gonna play in the comments,
05:21oh my God, bro!
05:23So, I like to really get in there.
05:25I feel like it just helps out with the seasoning,
05:27in my personal opinion.
05:28And did I bring a couple safety codes already?
05:30Facts.
05:31But you at my deli, you know you can eat it, enjoy it.
05:41Chopped cheese is basically chopped up hamburger meat,
05:44right?
05:45You know, you got the cheese you put.
05:46You don't have to go American cheese,
05:47you can go with pepper jack,
05:47if you want a little bit of spice.
05:48Kobe Jack, that's another one, too.
05:50Lettuce, tomatoes, salt, pepper, vinegar,
05:52and I do light mayo.
05:54Some people put ketchup on their shit, too.
05:56And if you really want to get crack,
05:57you really want to get busy,
05:58you can do turkey bacon on it.
06:00And it's just, you keep adding on it,
06:02you know what I'm saying?
06:03But remember, sometimes less is more.
06:05Man, I should smell good right now.
06:06Yeah, I ain't gonna lie, baby.
06:07All right, chopped cheese is only ground beef.
06:10Nothing else.
06:11Don't get too creative with it.
06:12Let things be what they are, y'all.
06:14I understand you want to add a little sauce to shit.
06:17Stop it, all right?
06:19Like, come on, bro.
06:20Whoever gave Keith Lee a salmon chopped cheese,
06:23son, I don't know who.
06:25Hey, that's crazy.
06:26You putting fish on the chopped cheese
06:28don't make no sense to me.
06:29And I know you probably charging like $20,
06:31so you crazy, son.
06:32The toaster bread, you gotta toast the bread, though, bro.
06:34Even if it's a little bit, you gotta toast the bread, bro.
06:37Like, this is actually perfect.
06:39I gotta get my mayo going.
06:41If you ever get too much, you just take it off.
06:42People always like to make it feel like,
06:44oh my God, that's too much on my sandwich.
06:45Like, bro, just take it off.
06:46And some of y'all real disrespectful
06:48with the deli man, with the chef.
06:50Chill, bro.
06:51Take it easy, bro.
06:52We're gonna go American cheese.
06:54The square is like perfect for like the sandwich.
06:57So you don't really gotta do too much.
06:58Like, when you lay it down,
07:00what you about to pick up is just the square of the cheese,
07:02if that makes sense.
07:03This the hardest part,
07:04but it's like the sexiest part, though.
07:06So you set it up,
07:08come through, lay it down.
07:10Some people, they double cheese it.
07:12We'll double it for today.
07:13Why not?
07:13You know, a little funky on them and stuff like that.
07:15And just let it rest there for a little bit.
07:17It's looking good, though.
07:18I ain't gonna lie.
07:19What up, bro?
07:20I'm about to do a little taste test.
07:21Oh, God.
07:26I think that looks good.
07:27All you missing right now is the side sound
07:28of my Chi-Town music in the background.
07:29That's all you missing.
07:30I'm telling you.
07:36Damn, it's falling apart on me.
07:37Hold on again.
07:45What am I back?
07:47I'll go a little bit of this.
07:48Got some lettuce down.
07:49Sometimes I definitely do onions.
07:50Sometimes I don't.
07:51Today, I will.
07:52Because why not?
07:53I definitely do tomato.
07:54I put two down every time.
07:56It's looking good, though.
07:57I ain't gonna lie.
07:58It's looking good, though.
08:00You see this?
08:01Look good, right?
08:02Oh, I forgot.
08:02Yo, Jack.
08:03Yo, Jack, look.
08:05Now, that shit wavy.
08:08We want vinegar and some ketchup, too.
08:09I thought we was together on, bro.
08:11All right, and the ketchup.
08:14Yup.
08:16Now that we finished the sandwich,
08:18we need to go get some chips and a bath.
08:22You know what's crazy?
08:23So, if you don't know,
08:25deli is short for delicades,
08:29which is like something that's like
08:32you should be doing like with care.
08:34Delicado.
08:35You know what I'm saying?
08:37I don't know if that's true or not,
08:37but my man told me that.
08:38He used to work with me.
08:39He told me that.
08:40So, wherever I go, bro gotta come through, too.
08:44Let's really do it.
08:44Come on.
08:49Damn.
08:51We got the Mango Arizona.
08:52Classic legend.
08:54OG.
08:55This, Mr. Duke Dennis put me onto this.
08:58How you say this?
08:59Martinelli's?
09:00Yo.
09:01Captain America.
09:02Word.
09:03Glaze them.
09:04We got the Sparkling Water Saratoga.
09:05You can do Peruvia.
09:06You can do whatever.
09:07It don't really matter, but Sparkling Water.
09:09I love Sparkling Water.
09:10Shit wavy.
09:11It's water, but like, not really, but it is.
09:13Know what I mean?
09:13There's some cider.
09:14If I want to get on some classy shit,
09:17it's me, bae, Broke's bathtub,
09:19candles, schmales, incense.
09:23Know what I mean?
09:25Today I'm going with the Ari,
09:26so let's go ahead and pack this shit up.
09:29All right, bro.
09:30I'ma holler at you.
09:33Let's really do it, though.
09:35I got my Bev, got my chips.
09:38I got everything.
09:39What else can I ask for?
09:40Come on.
09:40It's time to take that bite.
09:51One more.
09:58Mm.
10:00You right here.
10:06God damn, son.
10:07Nah, we did right.
10:08I charge full price for this.
10:09No discount.
10:10How much are you supposed to pay for chopped cheese?
10:13So, chopped cheese is really supposed to be $4.50.
10:16Maybe $5 cash, bro.
10:18But you know, you got inflation and magic going on.
10:20I done seen some where it said $12.50.
10:23I'm never paying $12.50 for a chopped cheese.
10:25Like, come on.
10:26I'm done with the chopped cheese.
10:28Let's move on to the next sandwich.
10:32So we about to go to the next sandwich.
10:34So we about to make a bacon-nugget cheese.
10:37This could be a breakfast meal, midday, or dinner.
10:41He's like that.
10:42Versatile.
10:42For this sandwich, I'ma use the harrow bread.
10:46You put it to toast lightly.
10:48Well, we keep it there
10:49because we don't want to put it in right away.
10:51But we do toast lightly, just not right away
10:53because it'll just be bad.
10:55Some people do two or three or even four eggs.
10:58I go two always, but I mean,
10:59today I want to get a little work, so I'ma go three.
11:04So I'ma need a bigger pan.
11:06It's not gonna fit in, man.
11:06It's a harrow, not a roll, man.
11:07Come on, let's do it.
11:09All right.
11:11How do you cook these eggs?
11:11You gonna medium or hard?
11:12Like, what's the...
11:13When the fire's on.
11:15I don't know, bro.
11:16I don't even check the fan.
11:17I don't know shit about the fan.
11:18We about to add some salt and pepper.
11:20Once again, everybody does it differently,
11:21but it's how I do it.
11:22I just the Phantom way.
11:23I just put the fork in here and do what I do.
11:25It's pretty much good.
11:26I'ma put a little bit of salt in there.
11:27I'ma put a little bit of pepper.
11:28I'ma put a little bit of salt in there.
11:29It's how I do it.
11:30I just the Phantom way.
11:31I just put the fork in here and do what I do.
11:33It's pretty much good.
11:34All right, so we about to cook the bacon.
11:37This is turkey bacon, by the way.
11:38Make sure everything good.
11:39How many strips of bacon do you usually use?
11:41I don't even know.
11:42I probably do like, oh, five of these rolls.
11:45I ain't gonna lie.
11:46Why do you use turkey bacon over beef bacon or pork bacon?
11:49I don't know either.
11:50I think it's because I got a lot of Muslim friends
11:52and they all told me, like,
11:52when they like,
11:53bro, it's because you do turkey bacon.
11:55And I did it.
11:56But I still eat pork, though.
11:57It's just...
11:59I don't know, like, it's weird.
12:01That's just my thing.
12:01All right, back.
12:03It's quick.
12:04I told you it was quick, bro.
12:05All right, so I'm about to go toast the bread now.
12:07It's dancing.
12:08I gotta go toast the bread, bro.
12:09It's dancing.
12:11All right.
12:12God damn, bitch ass nigga.
12:14Nah, hold on.
12:15Let me show y'all something, bro.
12:16Let me show y'all something, yeah.
12:17This is how we used to do this shit.
12:18If you was never like a little ass kid doing this,
12:21don't try this shit at home, though.
12:23Nice.
12:25Perfect.
12:27Damn, bro.
12:27It's still dancing, though, bro.
12:30Shit went backwards.
12:31Bro, I be going through with it.
12:32Like, with bacon, bro, I be going through it, bro.
12:34Damn, you see what I'm talking about, bro?
12:36You see what I'm...
12:37Let's do it.
12:39I feel like I'm on a job here, man.
12:40Shit.
12:41Wait, wait, wait, wait.
12:42You put mayo on the...
12:43Yeah, it's light mayo, bro.
12:45Stop it.
12:46Sit over there.
12:46I'm over here.
12:48Don't worry.
12:49Once again, it may look like it's a lot.
12:51It might not really be a lot.
12:52All right, so now we gotta take out the bacon.
12:54Go.
12:56And now we're gonna put the eggs.
12:57♪♪
13:07Is it the goat meat sandwich?
13:08I feel like it's the most known.
13:10I think the chopped cheese just kind of, like,
13:11came into, like, I guess, fame recently.
13:14Because everybody knows it's always been
13:16the bacon-nigga cheese.
13:17Like, it's always been the bacon-nigga cheese.
13:18Chopped cheese just kind of came around.
13:19The chopped cheese is a new ball in the block, man.
13:22So I'm about to try some shit that we used to do.
13:25Hopefully I can finesse it the way I used to do it.
13:27Basically, we would put the bacon in the middle, right?
13:30Line it up real nice and shit.
13:32And then we would hug him.
13:33I'm over here trying to see if it works.
13:36Like, we were like, oh, it might not work.
13:39I don't think so.
13:40But the idea is to hug it,
13:42kind of like a mini omelet in a way.
13:44So it's, like, hugged in there.
13:46And then we will go lay the cheese down
13:50and let it do its thing for a little bit.
13:52And then it'll be, like, doing its thing.
13:55And then it goes here.
13:57So now we about to plate it.
13:58All right, come on.
14:00Oh, yeah.
14:01That's what I'm talking about, son.
14:03All right, just cut this right here.
14:04Tuck it in real nice.
14:07Flip it, whatever.
14:09And then I cut them in three.
14:10I don't like cutting it down the middle.
14:12That's just my thing.
14:13Partially.
14:14Perfect.
14:16Ah, there you go.
14:18So I be getting salt and vinegar chips.
14:20Y'all be complaining too much about that.
14:22I like those, bro, so that's how we do it.
14:24You know what I mean?
14:25Damn.
14:26Hold on, before I get into it, you got to get your baby.
14:28Let me go get my baby. Give me a sec.
14:30And I'm sweating bullets, too.
14:32Damn. Ooh, I'm going Martin Landry's right now.
14:34I ain't gonna lie.
14:37What up, bro?
14:40I'm digging so bad on, bro.
14:43What up, bro? I want to dig in.
14:45Once again, shout out to Duke for putting us on
14:47to this Martin Landry shit.
14:48Shout out to the whole southern states
14:50because that's where I found y'all at.
14:51All right.
14:59All right, what you rate it out of 10?
15:01What you rate it out of 10?
15:02Eight out of 10. I forgot the ketchup.
15:05It needs ketchup.
15:06Not that I don't share.
15:08I'll share, but it's really my shit right here,
15:10so at the end of the day, I made it.
15:13I get to eat this.
15:16At the end of the day, we made it.
15:18We made it.
15:19So, that's crazy, y'all.
15:22Niggas getting taxed and shit now,
15:24but listen, at the end of the day, you got to share food.
15:25Don't gatekeep food, you weirdos.
15:27Come on, stop playing.
15:28I ain't gonna lie.
15:34Yo, chat, it's been real.
15:36Smash that like button if you haven't already.
15:38Shout out to GQ.
15:39I'm here, though. Know what I mean?
15:41We ate good. Y'all seen me eat good.
15:43Now you finna see me leave good.
15:44I'mma holler at you.