Dueling Beigels

Tonight was exciting. I convinced three of my friends to go down to Brick Lane with me to explore a couple of much-hyped “beigel” shops. And we were not disappointed. Located side by side near the end of Brick Lane were two twenty-four hour pastry shops. We assessed what each had to offer us, and eventually decided to buy from the one which stocked croissants as big as a man’s head. Well, all right, a small man’s head. There was strawberry cheesecake, and giant cookies, and bagels covered in meat, and scones, and pasties. Any bread-based pleasantry you can think of, one of these shops had it. And it was cheap! You could buy a plain bagel for twenty pence, and most of the menu items were less than one pound. It was a great find, and I daresay I’ll be returning there in the near future.