Originally Posted by
Weez
No it was definitely Brick lane for the bagels. I was working at the Homerton hospital in A&E in the early 90s and if it was busy (as it usually was) often the police would do a bagel run for us!
What a lot we have in common .... apart from Homerton Hospital that is .... I suspect A+E was a touch busy
Use to live at Barbican then Tottenham and I see you're currently west country .... well at this moment I'm looking at the waves lashing Goodrington and Brixham and contemplating the 303 back to Hampshire.
My favourite was the bagel place in Vallance Road. My recollection was that there wasn't a shop service as such so no fillings or butter .... you just bought them by the dozen at the door from the baker. Brick Lane has now become a destination in it's own right.
New York is so lucky with delis and bagels etc. Very envious. We have an abomination in the UK called New York Bagels. They're basically a plain bread mix .... a touch sweeter that has been boiled then baked ... but not the real thing. If you re-bake them then they become a mush.
But what happened to onion platzels? Never see them anywhere. I'm going to try and make some.