Looking to add a little glamour to your morning meal? The Westin New York at Times Square has just the thing: the world’s most expensive bagel. The hotel debuted the grandiose baked good in 2007, and despite only selling a handful, has received requests for its return every year since. After a decade, they acquiesced. Known quite simply as the “$1,000 bagel”, it comes with a generous smear of Alba white truffle-laced cream cheese and gold leaf-flecked Riesling jelly infused with goji berries.
If you do choose to order the extravagant treat, you needn’t feel too self-indulgent—all proceeds will go to the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen. Just be sure to order in advance (24 hours, to be exact) and soon: the bagels will only be available during the limited truffle season, from November 1 until December 15.
After a decade, they acquiesced. Known quite simply as the “$1,000 bagel”, it comes with a generous smear of Alba white truffle-laced cream cheese and gold leaf-flecked Riesling jelly infused with goji berries.
"If someone is coming to the city and they want to get a classic New York bagel, they're probably gonna go to Ess-a-bagel." Ess-a-bagel has four locations throughout the city: three in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn, which means visitors to the city will almost always find an Ess-a-bagel nearby.
a regular bagel is a strange step in the cooking process. Traditional New York style bagels are submerged in boiling water for a couple of minutes before they're baked. Sometimes called "water bagels," boiling the dough sets the outside to give them a crispy exterior and chewy texture.
A shop's overall prices (including the cost of adding cream cheese to a plain bagel) don't predict your savings. Bagel with cream cheese prices ranged from $1.80 (Bagel Hole) to $3 (Black Seed), and cream cheese prices from $3.90 (Absolute, Brooklyn Bagel, and Murray's) to $6 (Black Seed).
Bagels, however, did not make their way over to New York until the 1800s when many European Jewish immigrants migrated over, taking their bagel recipes with them. As time went on and the immigrants of New York began to assimilate more, bagels became more popular as more people from different cultures came across them.
Looking at the difference between the two coasts, bagels in the west tend to be more soft and chewy in the middle as opposed to dense like New York bagels, and they typically have more of a crisp on the outside. The ingredients used in both (and ratios) are also different, which provides a unique taste.
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