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Like a bad french restaurant in the Chicago suburbs...

In the movie Goodfellas mob boss Paul Cicero (played by Paul Sorvino) had a great method for processing garlic while in jail. Here's what Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) had to say about it:

“He was in a year for contempt and he had this wonderful system for doing the garlic. He used a razor and he used to slice it so thin that it would liquefy in the pan with just a little oil. It was a very good system.”

Whenever I'm slicing garlic, I try to match Don Cicero's skills; I haven't quite found the knife that can pull it off. Is the Santoku up to the challenge? (I'm not in jail, so I have less time on my hands. The knife has to do the job quickly.) I'd like to see if the Santoku blade is good for 'whacking' garlic too.