Ok, I've twice gone to the same bagel store and made the same order: I washed my hands and when I came back, they had to pick-out the lettuce and tomato but left the capers They handed me a cream cheese bagel ... no lox ... the manager put the lox on Next time, I'm going to take a sketch showing exactly what I want and then ask the clerk to tell me what they think I'm ordering. Maybe I should just bring my own lox and cream cheese and fix it myself. How hard can it be? Bob Wilson
Re: Cream cheese, lox, on toasted seed toast bagel Wash your hands before ordering and hang around to supervise.
Assembly lines and special orders don't usually play well together. I find I have to be very specific no matter what I order. On the bright side, most restaurants seem far more sensitive to food allergies and special requests than they used to be.
I've frequented small, locally owned deli's where they prepare your order right in front of you. Otherwise, you may very well have to DIY
I think I might have said to them, "Oh, no, I'm sorry. This isn't my order. This must be somebody else's. I ordered thus and such." And after it happened twice, I wouldn't return there. Can you actually get bagels in Alabama? Since leaving CA I've never lived anywhere you could get bagels. Just doughnut-shaped bread. But then, bagels are no big deal for me. I'm happy with a good 100% whole-grain bread, preferably from a bakery.
Re: Cream cheese, lox, on toasted seed toast bagel It's because you ordered one with sesame seeds. Those evil little seeds are hypnotizing the workers to get it wrong. Rat bastards. On a completely unrelated note, I am deathly allergic to sesame seeds.
Make that order here in Brooklyn and I am 100% certain you'll get what you want. It's quite a common thing to be ordered on a bag around here... I've had good bagels in other states, really I have, but there's just something about how they're made here in NYC that sets em' apart...
That means you can't eat halvah!?!?!?! You poor unfortunate soul! I weep for you. NYC is one of the few places where real bagels exist. There are places in L.A. that have them also. But then, as I said already, I can take them or leave them. It's just that when I buy a "bagel" here I know that all I am buying is doughnut-shaped bread. Sometimes it's good bread. Even very good bread. But it's not bagel.
Bob, in your town I see Brueggers as a potentially good choice. Unless that's where you went! Wouldn't mind a fresh bagel myself, from time to time. Got the reice and noodle thing covered though
Bagels are boiled. Here, and many places, they just make doughnut-shaped bread and call them bagels because of the shape. Sometimes it's good bread. But it's not a bagel. That said, I'd rather have 100% whole-grain bread than a genuine bagel made of white flour.
That is the place!!! But it is over in Jones Valley, which is the Huntsville version of where 'valley girls' come from. One interesting thing about my recent kidney stone incident, there were days when I felt a general malaise even though the stone was gone and I'd stopped taking the meds. Then I realized that the last time I'd felt like this my electrolytes were all catty wampus. So I got a bowl of Vietnamese pho and by the time it was done, I was back to normal (or as close as I ever get.) I suspect you've discovered a number of Chinese 'soups' that are meals by themselves. Bob Wilson
The Chinese food stories can wait for another thread. As it happens I was in Hanoi a couple of months ago and the pho was mighty good. Best food is alledged to be in HCM city though.
