After two Montreal bagel bakeries were talking trash about New York City bagels, City Room sent reporter to Montreal to taste their bagels and compare the two cities’ bagels. The result? Opinions on which one is the best vary, with most tasters choosing their hometown.
The two varieties are certainly different. Montreal’s bagels are sweater, thinner, and still baked in a wood-burning oven.
Montreal bagels, photo courtesy of http://www.cbc.ca/
New York City’s bagels are saltier and larger.
New York City bagel, photo courtesy of http://z.about.com/d/gonyc
Both sides declared the other city’s bagels “shouldn’t even be called a bagel.”
