Bagels to buy and try: rainbow, plain, sesame or poppy seed?

Where To Buy and Try Rainbow Bagels
USA - New York, USA
UK - Brick Lane bakery, East End of London, England
Two bagel bakeries are only steps away from each other in Brick Lane. One is open 24 hours.If you are likely to become a regular buyer, do a blind taste test. Buy one from each shop and mark the wrappers with the price and shop name. Taste blind.

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UK Supermarkets Taste Test
You can also buy plain bagels and bagels with poppy seeds and sesame seeds in London supermarkets such as Tesco and Morrisons. You could also do a blind taste test of your nearby supermarkets.

A retired restaurant owner, Peter, told me he thinks you can buy better and cheaper in bulk from Costco in North Watford. They are a wholesaler and you have to apply for a card. Take your business card, or club committee member card if you are buying in bulk for a club on a regular basis.

Another option is B and K salt beef bar. They have branches in Edgware and Hatch End.

You'll find more bakeries in Golders Green.

USA
https://shop.thebagelstoreonline.com/

UK
Bagel Bake
159 Brick Lane
London E
24 hrs.

B and K Salt Beef Bar
Hatch End
Middlesex
(Near Hatch End station.)

Angela Lansbury
Travel writer and photographer