I Tried the Katz Deli’s Sandwich from When Harry Met Sally and It's My New Favorite Lunch (Exclusive)
The cat's out of the bag. When Harry Met Sally's Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan recently united after many years for a Super Bowl 2025 commercial, and it was hilarious as you'd think.
The stars of the 1989 romantic comedy made their return to the legendary Katz's Deli in New York City to star in an epic ad for Hellman's mayonnaise, the brand released today on YouTube. Sitting across from each other at a deli table, the stars replicate the set-up for what is now the iconic "I'll have what she's having" scene.
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"I can’t believe they let us back in this place," Crystal as Harry in the ad says to Ryan. “Why?” Ryan as Sally asks to which Crystal responds, "Hello?" and nudges her to remember exactly where they are. "No one remembers that," Ryan boldly proclaims in true Sally Albright confidence.
The couple proceeds to dig into their Katz's sandwiches. Sally is displeased with her sandwich until she adds a generous squeeze of Hellmann’s mayonnaise that adds mind-blowing flavor so audibly palpable (screaming! hand banging on the table!) that patrons around the couple can’t help but notice. So much so, actress Sydney Sweeney, takes notice, delivering the famous line, “I’ll have what she’s having.”
Hellmann's tapped Jake Szymanski, director of such comedic projects like Jury Duty, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, and many SNL Digital Shorts, for the job. Recalling what it was like on set, Szymanski said at a preview event, "Billy gave us a lot, Meg gave us a lot, and it was great they showed up to play and get back into their old scene."
We were lucky enough to get an exclusive first look at both the 30- and 60-second cuts of the Hellmann's Super Bowl commercial and taste the Sally-approved "What She's Having" Sandwich from the ad campaign.
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What is the "What She's Having" Sandwich?
Hellmann's "What She's Having Sandwich" is inspired by the famous line from the movie and according to the brand its "Sally’s very particular, and very delicious, turkey sandwich order." As featured in the ad, the sandwich is composed of sliced turkey on toasted rye bread with Swiss cheese, sliced tomato, lettuce, half sour pickle, salt and pepper and of course, Hellmann's mayo.
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Beginning Wednesday, January 29 through Sunday, February 9, mayo lovers can experience how Hellmann’s hits the spot with the official ‘What She’s Having’ Sandwich Package which features the main ingredients of the sandwich and a recipe card to make Sally’s order along with Harry’s pastrami sandwich. You can also find the recipe for the sandwich on the Hellman's website.
What I Thought of the "What She's Having" Sandwich
Every time I watch When Harry Met Sally, I laugh and am amused by Sally's impeccably precise food orders. I can't say I've tried to order just like her, but I can say with certainty that she was onto something with adding a healthy squirt of mayo in her turkey sandwich.
Turkey sandwiches can sometime be dry because of the absence of moisture and fat in the meat, so adding mayo can help compensate. I typically don't go for Swiss cheese in a sandwich, but here it added nutty richness that worked well with the creamy, tart mayo. Stacked high with all the good stuff, this sandwich drove home why mayonnaise is a condiment that's as classic as a Nora Ephron movie. You're not losing when you eat a good sandwich with mayo, ever.
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