Bagels on board...

When confronted by the assortment of bread options at the bakery, the bagel serves no purpose in my breakfast choice.  In amongst the pastries I barely acknowledge its existence and commonly mistake it for an odd-looking donut.

I've had many a bagel in my lifetime and they have been hard, overly dense and yeasty. I gave them multiple chances and they offered nothing but a frown every time. I wore the scar of disappointment from ex bagels so when my friend offered to take me to breakfast at a bagelry, I had my doubts. Did she say bakery? Nope she definitely said bagelry. Is that even a word? anyway...

My friend introduced me to a bagelry that would then change the way I see bagels forever. Huff Bagelry! You can find it down Koornang road in Carnegie. It was like a wonderland of bagels. Never had I seen so many bagels in one place. Is this where the bagels sleep at night? it was like a bakery exclusive to bagels, a bagelry it seemed.

There was an arrangement of bagels waiting to be chosen, "pick me, pick me" they yelped from behind the counter. To be honest, I brought my bagel baggage and wasn't interested in recruiting any of them for my team. But in the name of second chances, I pushed my agony from the past aside and ordered a wholemeal bagel with fluffy scrambled eggs, thinly sliced salmon and a piece of avocado with cream cheese... oh yum!

We took a seat and impatiently anticipated the results. I envisioned taking one bite, throwing it on the floor, then swearing never to eat another bagel for as long as I live, cursing, 'Damn you bagel! Damn you!'. I was gladly mistaken.
The food arrived and it looked promising. This bagel was absolutely exquisite!! It was firm, fresh and fantastic.

Who would have thought that in a land of indifference I would find a bagel to uproot my disdain. Admittedly, my generalised presumption on bagels was inaccurate and judgemental and I was wrong to write them off so quickly.

The spell of bad bagels is broken and my opinions on bagels have changed. I want to scream 'Bagels are delicious!' from the roof tops and get a bumper sticker that reads 'i heart Bagels!' for my car.

It's difficult not to be hesitant when you've made a similar mistake in the past, but if you don't eat with a clear heart each time, you may walk past the fun adventure that could open your mind to another perspective.

p.s  they also make a mean chai latte and buttercream cupcake Mmm.

Olives x

<a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/71/1461419/restaurant/Melbourne/Huff-Bagelry-Carnegie"><img alt="Huff Bagelry on Urbanspoon" src="http://www.urbanspoon.com/b/link/1461419/biglink.gif" style="border:none;width:200px;height:146px" /></a>

Facebook
Google+
Twitter

0 thoughts on “Bagels on board…”

  1. Magnificent goods from you, man. I’ve understand your stuff
    previous to and you’re just too wonderful.
    I actually like what you’ve acquired here, really like what you are stating and the way in which you say it.
    You make it entertaining and you still care for to keep it sensible.
    I cant wait to read much more from you. This is
    actually a great web site.

Leave a Reply

Olive Sundays is a Melbourne food blog where you can search great places to eat in Melbourne, learn how to make utterly delicious meals, be inspired by food bits and get the chance to win some mouth-watering prizes. Whether you’re new to Melbourne, travelling to Melbourne, have lived in Melbourne your whole life or just have a general love for food, we have something here for you.
Beware, drool ensues.

Olives x

Click below to be the first to find out about competitions, events, new restaurants and more

Popular posts

More reviews

Follow us on Instagram

Follow us on Zomato

View my food journey on Zomato!