{"id":1257,"date":"2006-07-06T09:48:04","date_gmt":"2006-07-06T17:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/07\/more_than_a_pound_of_beef_plus_cheesecake.html"},"modified":"2006-07-06T09:48:04","modified_gmt":"2006-07-06T17:48:04","slug":"more_than_a_pou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/07\/more_than_a_pou.html","title":{"rendered":"More Than A Pound Of Beef Plus Cheesecake?"},"content":{"rendered":"

He’s sick. Totally sick<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A day after downing a record-breaking 53 and 3\/4 hot dogs and buns, Takeru Kobayashi polished off a 22-oz. steak, salad and slice of cheesecake.<\/p>\n

“This is the best steak I have ever eaten,” Kobayashi, 28, told the Daily News through a translator as he tore into the slab of medium-rare New York strip steak yesterday afternoon. “It’s better than Kobe beef.”<\/p>\n

In no time flat, the Japanese chowhound was gnawing at the bone.<\/p>\n

“He polished it,” said an awestruck Tom Hart, general manager of Smith & Wollensky at E. 49th St. and Third Ave. “It was amazing.”<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

Kobayashi’s demure dining experience at Smith & Wollensky was a far cry from his sixth straight prize-winning performance at Coney Island where he elbowed out a table full of sweaty pro eaters.<\/p>\n

The 160-pound “tsunami” shared a quiet corner table at the steak house with his translator, a gal pal and former competitor Tim Janus.<\/p>\n

Instead of using a paper cup of soda to dunk his buns, he sipped house red wine from a delicate glass.<\/p>\n

But Kobayashi got at least one reminder of the previous day’s gluttony when mischievous staffers delivered a single hot dog on a bun in lieu of his real meal.<\/p>\n

“They brought out that hot dog, and he was like, ‘What?'” said translator Robert Ikeda, 36.<\/p>\n

Kobayashi good-naturedly agreed to take a few bites as the table beside him cheered.<\/p>\n

The chomp champ also stomached a mixed green salad with Italian dressing, a thick slice of cheesecake and a couple of cream puffs. There was only one problem — he couldn’t escape the eau du frankfurter.<\/p>\n

“My skin smells like hot dogs,” Kobayashi confessed, wrinkling his nose as he took a whiff of his arm. “I’m not kidding.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Previously: Trying To Convince Your Body To Dance It All Down<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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