Famous movie food scenes
Goodfellas Prison Dinner — Garlic, Sauce and Steak
Goodfellas has a well-known prison dinner scene where garlic is sliced paper-thin with a razor blade so it melts into the sauce.
The scene shows inmates cooking an elaborate dinner with sauce, meatballs and steak, with garlic sliced so thin with a razor blade that it liquefies in the pan.
The film's director, Martin Scorsese, is Italian-American, and his mother appears in the film.
The food
- Tomato sauce with meatballs
- Pan-seared steak
- Thin-sliced garlic
Larry says: “A razor blade for garlic. I tried it. Now I use a knife and a bandage.”
An in-character joke, not a quote from the film, show or person.
Questions
- How is the garlic sliced in Goodfellas?
- With a razor blade, very thin, so it melts into the sauce.
- Who directed Goodfellas?
- Martin Scorsese.