Xie Xie is Finally Opening Today
And now a Public Service Announcement from Captain Obvious: “Asian sandwiches are blowing up people!” And it seems like they’re all attracted to the outskirts of Midtown Lunch’ing. First, Baoguette brought the almighty banh mi to Lexington btw. 25+26th. Then last week Mantao hit us with the mantou Chinese sandwich on 53rd btw. 2+3rd. And now welcome the latest upscale Asian sandwich joint to (almost) land in Midtown: Xie Xie (pronounced Shay Shay), which will open on 9th Ave. btw. 45+46th today. Last night they had some sort of “let us know what you think by filling out these comment cards” soft opening that was by invite only, and “unless the place blows away overnight” it should be open to the public today at 11:30am. So if you’re one of those “I want to be the very first ones to eat this thing that everyone will be writing about in a week”, and don’t mind the hefty price tag for a sandwich, today is the day. (I’ll probably stop by… I’m sorry, I can’t help myself when Asian sandwich are involved!)
The 5 sandwich menu, which they were handing out on the sidewalk last night (and appears to be unchanged since Grub Street posted it last month, minus the wine)- can be seen after the jump…
Fish Cha Ca La Vong – Onion Jam, Sriracha Mayonnaise, Dill – $8.75
Sweet Glazed Pork – Chinese Bun, Sweet & Sour Condiment – $8.50
Vietnamese BBQ Beef – Basil Mayo, Carrot Kimchee – $9.00
Shredded Braised Chicken – Smoked Egg Salad, Cilantro – $8.50
Asian Lobster Roll – Kewpie Mayo, Tarragon, Crispy Shallots – $14.00
“1000 Year Old” Ice Cream Sandwich – Chocolate Cookie, Black Caramel – $4.00
Xie Xie Fortune Cookie – Yuzu cream – $3.00
Boylan Soda – $2.25
Mash Soda – $2.00
Fiji Water – $1.75
Red Jacket Orchards Juice – $2.25
Pop Chips – $1
Xie Xie, 645A 9th Ave. (btw. 45+46), 212-265-2975
Posted by Zach Brooks at 8:30 am, July 22nd, 2009 under Out of Bounds, Xie Xie.
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23 Comments
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Shay shay? SHAY SHAY!!? That is the worst Mandarin transliteration I’ve ever heard.
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@jayspec – haha… i copied it off the flyer. :-)
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I’d say the pronunciation is more like shiyé shiyé Audio here: http://forvo.com/word/xie_xie/
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@zach: Actually that is a quite good interpretation of the pronunciation. Jayspec is just being a douche. I took 4 years of Chinese.
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I was never to sure how to pronounce it, so thanks to all for leaving comments. My cousin’s husband and his family speak about two or three different Chinese dialects and I always embarassingly mumble some variation of shay shay, and they’re always too nice and polite to ever correct my mangled pronunciation.
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I believe it’s more like Shheehh Shheehh. Shay Shay isn’t bad though. Too many people are going to pronounce it wrong anyway so whatever. Call it Dos Equis. X-X!
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i’m down with does equis.
shay shay is close enough.
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i like that they named the fish sammie after a famous restaurant (aka tourist trap)
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i’m with @vdubjb — wayyy too expensive
someone needs to bring $2.50 Lee’s Sandwiches to NYC -
Zach, I think you missed a well needed comma in that first sentence! If Asian sandwiches are blowing up human beings, we’re in fucking trouble…
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These things are approaching momofuku sandwich prices, I hope they are big for that price.
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Why is there no banh mi cart in Midtown?!! the classic pork could easily be churned out assembly style and fetch 4-5 bucks a pop.
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oops, meant “assembly-line” style
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Eating the beef as I type. It’s huge and it’s tender, tasty. The staff all seem to be anglo. The managerial acting guy is possibly the best looking sandwich shop worker outside of the EU. $12 lunch wont make me a regular, but I am enjoying it.
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Scott, you beat me to it. Unless Zach is stealing headlines from the Weekly World News….
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My review with lots of food porn
http://www.yelp.com/biz/xie-xie-new-york#hrid:AW1ZB8fCzazIml6n76m9uA
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I’m unqualified, but I’ll enter the pronunciation debate. My understanding is it varies wildly by region and dialect. Where I lived in China it sounded a bit like “shay” (of course with tonality as well), while in my friend’s harsh Beijinger accent is sounded almost like “sure.”
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well, the white girl behind the counter pronounces it , “Shay-Shay”. dunno if they hired linguistics coaches..
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Damn it. I can never resist getting into the Chinese pronunciation debates. Okay, it’s kinda like: “Shi-yeah shi-yeah” (minus tonality). Say it all dipthongy, smooshing the two sides of the hyphen together into one syllable. Freakin’ DEFINITELY not “Shay shay” unless you want to sound like an ass.
holy christ is that expensive!