Soup Nazi

Yev Kasem (a.k.a. the Soup Nazi) was a fictional character portrayed by Larry Thomas in the sitcom Seinfeld. The Soup Nazi was a stone-faced immigrant chef with a thick Stalin-esque moustache, who was well-known throughout the city for his delicious soups. He demanded that all customers in his restaurant follow his meticulous (and seemingly arbitrary) soup-ordering instructions to the letter, lest they be refused service by his insistent avowal, "No soup for you!" Some of the soups that he served were cold cucumber, corn and clam chowders, jambalaya, turkey chili, mulligatawny and crab bisque. He got his comeuppance when Elaine discovered his secret recipes. He made a brief cameo in the Seinfeld series finale.

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Fictional character - Larry Thomas - Sitcom - Seinfeld - Immigrant - Chef - Stalin - Moustache - Soup - Cucumber - Corn - Clam - Chowder - Jambalaya - Turkey - Chili - Mulligatawny - Crab - Bisque - Elaine - Recipe - Series finale

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His character was based on an actual soup vendor named Al Yeganeh, who runs Soup Kitchen International in New York City's midtown area. The store is open only part of the year. In the summer, his customers are greeted with a sign indicating he has gone to "Argentina for the winter".

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Al Yeganeh - Soup Kitchen International - New York City - Midtown area - Argentina

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Yeganeh dislikes the Nazi label, but he is renowned both for his excellent soups and for his rude treatment of customers. Cosmo Kramer inspiration Kenny Kramer agrees that Yeganeh's nickname is unfair, and jokingly suggests his nickname be changed to Al, The Soup Rat Bastard.

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Nazi - Kenny Kramer

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Like Jackie Chiles, the Soup Nazi has appeared in commercials after the end of the series; The Center for Consumer Freedom has him denying food to people he considers too fat.

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Jackie Chiles - Center for Consumer Freedom

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According to an AP Article published April 29, 2005, Yeganeh plans to open a chain of soup stores under the name "The Original Soup Man" across the country. The first franchise was slated to open in Ridgewood, N.J. in the summer of 2005. His company, Soup Kitchen International, plans to open 1000 outlets nationwide.

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April 29 - 2005

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"Soup Nazi" is also the internal codename for the Windows XP key verification engine.

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