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Utopia bagels whitestone8/13/2023 My third stop was Utopia Bagels, which has one store location in Whitestone. Overall, this bagel wasn’t too bad and being under $2 I wasn’t disappointed, but my experience seemed to fall a little shorter than expected. In addition to this, the cream cheese melted too easily and the bagel got cold and stale quickly. Compared to Brooklyn Bagel’s cream cheese, this seemed smoother, but it was more sour, it wasn’t as rich, and I found it under-salted. There was a perfect amount of cream cheese. The bagel inside was fluffy and leaned more on the salty side. Oddly enough, the top half of the bagel was mostly soft and chewy while the bottom half of the bagel was crunchy and embedded with lots of tiny grains this strange phenomena seemed to bring out the best of both worlds. It was toasted to a light brown color on top, and it was perfectly round. This bagel was slightly smaller than that of Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Company, but still just as filling. Frequent customers also enjoy their other products like salads and muffins, but once again I got a plain toasted bagel with plain cream cheese. The small, classic shop sells a variety of classic bagels like poppy and sesame and also has a wide selection of spreads including strawberry cream cheese. This store was opened in 1961 and through the last five decades has never changed their location or their bagel process: they offer fresh bagels with no preservatives/additives. The next store I went to was Bagel Oasis, which has one location in Fresh Meadows along the Horace Harding Expressway. It was rich in flavor smooth, yet thick in texture had just the right amount of saltiness and it wasn’t sour at all as cream cheese can sometimes be.Īlthough this was the most expensive of all the bagels that I tried (it was well over $2), I still believe that it was money well spent because it was so delectable. The bagel was overflowing with cream cheese, which was both a good and a bad thing I thought that it was too much and at times it covered the delicious taste of the bagel itself, but at the same time the cream cheese was splendid. The bagel was also hard and crunchy on the outside while on the inside, it was warm, moist, fresh, plushy, and sweet. Besides this, you can see that the bagel was hand rolled with its markings from when it was being twisted still intact and with its imperfect circular shape. The exterior was golden brown, and instead of having a smooth and glossy finish to it, it was unlustrous and had a lot of tiny pocket bubbles on its surface, which gave it a unique look. It was large, roughly 5 inches in diameter. This homemade bagel was different from the kind that most of us have grown up knowing. Even more so, they sell other toppings like smoked fish, but I simply ordered a toasted plain bagel with plain cream cheese. They also have a variety of spreads like bacon scallion cream cheese and tofu. This chic and modern store sells all sorts of bagels from cinnamon raisin to pumpernickel and salt. I went to the one at 30th Avenue in Astoria. Across New York City, the company has four store locations: three in Astoria, and one in Manhattan. My first stop was Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Company. In order to solve this great riddle, I’ve set out to try some of the most famous stores in Queens, including Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Company, Bagel Oasis, Utopia Bagels, and Hot Bialys. Everyone has a favorite bagel shop that they swear makes the perfect crisp and chewy dough, but what deli can really boast the title of “best bagel in Queens”? New Yorkers can have pretty strong opinions when it comes to one of their most famous breakfast staples: bagels.
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