As I’ve written in the past, my kids have gourmet tastes in just about every category of food. And they know what they want, with routine orders at each restaurant we frequent. At Los Bagels my son orders the usual lox and cream cheese on a poppy seed bagel, and he asks for the complimentary tomato as well. And he likes capers, and after one difficult experience asks that they be “tucked under the fish so that they don’t roll off.”
Lilith’s preference is a little more extravagant. She asks for a poppy seed bagel with cream cheese, cucumber, and tomato. On top of that she wants guacamole. And then she wants a layer of Larrapin sauce drizzled on top of the heap. Yesterday when calling out her order, the man behind the counter asked, “who ordered this awesome bagel?”
He was less enthusiastic when announcing the completion of her Dad’s boring onion bagel with cream cheese, lox, with only the complimentary onion and tomato to dubiously pull it out of east coast orthodoxy. Next time I’d better order the sushi bagel.
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February 6, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Tom Sebourn
A bagel is like a donut covered with cement…until you toast it. I like them just about anyway as long as they are sliced and toasted. My dad is 73 and had hated bagels until I talked him into a Los Bagels toasted with cream cheese. He thought the toasting made them harder to eat than they already were but was delightfully surprised and now likes them.
February 6, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Eric Kirk
Well, even Los Bagels are soft by comparison to some NY bagels. The joke there is that they are the reason most elderly Jewish women don’t have double chins. The key to the tough crust is boiling them before you bake them. If it isn’t done that way it’s not a bagel but merely a roll. That includes Noah’s.
Oh, and the purists frown at the toasting.
February 6, 2011 at 5:36 pm
tra
Let them frown. Unless they’re already totally fresh and still warm, I do prefer them toasted as compared to cold.
February 6, 2011 at 6:01 pm
Eric Kirk
Ah, but then TRA, you probably put lettuce and tomato on your cow’s tongue sandwich!
February 6, 2011 at 7:55 pm
tra
No, I stick with real vegetables… like ketchup and salsa.
February 7, 2011 at 10:53 am
Anonymous
Try the egg salad with the larrapin sauce!
February 7, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Anonymous
I was shocked to learn that one bagel is equal to 5 (five!) slices of bread. So approach with caution.
February 7, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Ben Schill
I’m with you, Eric… except no tomato on my lox… and light on the cream cheese.
February 7, 2011 at 9:29 pm
Eric Kirk
I was shocked to learn that one bagel is equal to 5 (five!) slices of bread. So approach with caution.
I’ve heard that before, but even though they are very dense if made right, I find that hard to believe. I wonder if it isn’t an urban legend.
February 7, 2011 at 10:41 pm
tra
And what kind of bread are we talking about here? Wonder bread? Multigrain? Pumpernickel?
And bagels vary, too. Los Bagels are dense, but on the East Coast I’ve had plenty bagels that were equally dense, but also quite a bit larger. I can definitely see how one of those might have more nutrition than 5 slices of Wonder bread!