This spot downtown LA, I would grab this on hungry mornings rushing to work… everything bagel with plain cream cheese, sliced tomato and lemon pepper. 10/10
my anywhere order is everything toasted plain cream cheese (this is to evaluate the spot using a standard point of reference) if I’m at Leon’s (shoutout Leon’s) it’s a plain bagel toasted w jalapeño cream cheese and hot honey which is as close as I can get (in New York) to the bagel I dream of at poppy bagels in Oakland which uses serrano cream cheese and local honey Honorable mentions include tomato if its in season and they using something sexy like an earlygirl or a brandywine or a nice heirloom and the lemon olive oil situation at courage bagels in LA
On either an every bagel or bakery sourdough, lox, avocado, chevre/goat’s milk cream cheese, and capers— my bagel shop does seasonal veg, so this might have radishes or pickled red onion, and if I make it at home I add bacon and a fried egg— it’s nutrient dense, salty, and I don’t eat anything else until dinner.
(Besides Marie Sharp’s hot sauce) I haven’t found something that this doesn’t elevate. I especially love the little crunchy soybeans. I am huge fan of more textures in my food.
What are your favorite condiments? Let me see those sauces babygirl
