The vietnamese, there's another people handling invasions rather well, under the circumstances ... of course they've had a lot of practice at it, with serial invaders coming over twenty centuries or so ... still they do all right, today they are celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the end of The American War ... crafty buggers, now they invite invaders, but only the ones coming with the specially approved American Express card, the one that says, Don't Leave Home Without It But Do, Repeat Do, Leave Your Tanks And Napalm
There have been all kinds of invasions throughout history, it's a bad habit, hard for some to break ... to take what is not their own is as natural for some as it is for others to defend what is their own ... as natural as eating, or being eaten, and always with the victors, until recently anyway, being able to designate for the record which party was the chef, and which the soup
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'Soup for You: 'Soup Nazi' Depicted in 'Seinfeld' Episode to Launch Takeout Chain
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- The brusque New York chef who was
lampooned on "Seinfeld" as the "Soup Nazi" plans to open a
chain of takeout soup stands across North America. But don't
expect the authentically rude New York treatment.
Signs will be posted in each of "The Original Soup Man" franchises bearing chef Al Yeganeh's strict rules for ordering, such as "Have your money ready!" and "Move to the extreme left after ordering!"
But a company spokesman said workers will be prohibited from
shouting, "No soup for you!" at customers who disobey. <--[ed. This is progress, no?]
Yeganeh and his partners have signed deals for 123 outlets so
far, with the first slated to open in the New Jersey town of
Ridgewood this summer.
The group hopes to have 1,000 franchises at shopping mall
food courts and airports in the United States and Canada within
seven years. The partners also plan to sell refrigerated soup in markets.
"We really plan to take this whole concept international
because Al is world renowned," said John Bello, chairman of
Soup Kitchen International, the five-month-old venture named
for Yeganeh's original storefront restaurant in New York City.
The storefront has been a tourist attraction since the 1995
"Seinfeld" episode in which Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer
become frequent visitors to the Soup Nazi's takeout restaurant
before angering him and having their soup orders abruptly cut
off.
As in the "Seinfeld" episode, Yeganeh's real recipes are closely
guarded secrets. He and his chefs have been working with
experts at Rutgers University to adapt the recipes to preserve
taste and freshness when making huge quantities of soup and
shipping it across the continent, according to operations
manager Linda Gavin.
"He is a typical high-strung chef," she said, and his manner was portrayed "pretty accurately" on "Seinfeld."
(So high-strung, in fact, Yeganeh hung up on an Associated
Press reporter who had lined up an interview -- before a single
question was asked -- then refused all further requests for an
interview.)
The soup stands will bear Yeganeh's Original Soup Man logo
with his photo. For $10, customers will get eight ounces of soup -- the menu includes seafood bisque, chili and other more
exotic soups -- plus bread, a drink, fresh fruit and a chocolate.
Scott Ruddy, a Bronx sheet metal business owner who
frequently bought soup from Yeganeh's storefront in
Manhattan, said he is "100 percent confident" the takeout
franchise he plans to open in September near Princeton
University will succeed.
"It is bar none the best soup ever," he said.
On the Net: originalsoupman.com
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