Summer Sundays in London are marvelous. Brick Lane & Spitalfields market, oh my. Bought my first Paul Auster novel (The Brooklyn Follies). Peeked in on the all-day jungle/house music dance party in the back room at one of my favorite London spots, Cafe 1001. Stood in line for 20 minutes to get the revered, unbeatable, gloriously tasty Japanese pancake (chopped vegetables cooked with cheese in shape of pancake, topped with scallions and sweet mayo) only to have the power on their griddle go out just as it was our turn, and walk away sad and empty-tummied. No matter, we moved onward and upwards, to the other J-food: Jewlicious.
Had my first bagel ("beige"?!) since I've moved here, at the 24-hour white-fronted Beigel Bake on Brick Lane, filled with cream cheese and lox, for just £1 flippin' .50. Insane. Anywhere else in the city and it would be more than £4, easy. Next door is another bagel shop, yellow-fronted. We did a taste test and theirs is superior: they add lemon juice & pepper to their sandwich, build each one to order, and their beigels are fluffier. Both offer plain beigels for just 20p, an unheard-of deal and if I weren't kind of carb-phobic I could live oh so cheaply on them.
Summer Sundays in London are marvelous. Brick Lane & Spitalfields market, oh my. Bought my first Paul Auster novel (The Brooklyn Follies). Peeked in on the all-day jungle/house music dance party in the back room at one of my favorite London spots, Cafe 1001. Stood in line for 20 minutes to get the revered, unbeatable, gloriously tasty Japanese pancake (chopped vegetables cooked with cheese in shape of pancake, topped with scallions and sweet mayo) only to have the power on their griddle go out just as it was our turn, and walk away sad and empty-tummied. No matter, we moved onward and upwards, to the other J-food: Jewlicious.
Had my first bagel ("beige"?!) since I've moved here, at the 24-hour white-fronted Beigel Bake on Brick Lane, filled with cream cheese and lox, for just £1 flippin' .50. Insane. Anywhere else in the city and it would be more than £4, easy. Next door is another bagel shop, yellow-fronted. We did a taste test and theirs is superior: they add lemon juice & pepper to their sandwich, build each one to order, and their beigels are fluffier. Both offer plain beigels for just 20p, an unheard-of deal and if I weren't kind of carb-phobic I could live oh so cheaply on them.
2 comments:
1. paul auster novel--hooray! haven't read that one, though. i'm all about leviathan.
2. i want that japanese pancake.
3. there is an awesome "jewlicious" theme running through your posts today (see: not jew riding a bicycle). which i have to say, again, is
pretty
pretty
pretty good.
<3
I miss bagel bake! one of the few things I really miss from that old home town...like beyond retro and the women't pond on hampsted heath and that litte farm near brick lane...sigh
also i've tagged you. if that kinda thing catches your fancy
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