Bagging the Bagel

The Gladio bagel,Dario’s

Koregaon Park

This unique Darios preparation is one of the most sought after at the restaurant. Served with melted cheese,mustard,lettuce and roasted bell peppers,the Gladio bagel is the perfect mouth-watering treat to jazz up your breakfast or lunch. “People always like to try something new and different,” says Rebecca Dazio,owner of Darios,“I think that is the reason the Gladio is so popular.”

(Price: R45 per piece )

Fried Egg Bagel

Tertulia,Koregaon Park

The vegetarian bagel is served with lettuce,tomatoes,mushrooms and cheese where as you have a choice of eggs and ham with other toppings in the non vegetarian variant. “Eggs Florentine and Eggs Benedict are the favourite bagels here.” says Niranta Nazinare,Tertulia. The bagels are prepared fresh on order and are light on the wallet as well.( Rs125 for veg and Rs145 for non-veg)

Herbed bagel

Sugardough Bakery,Inorbit Mall,Wadgaon

Herbs are known to lend not only their fantastic flavour,but a sensual aroma to anything to which they are added. Sugardough Bakery’s herbed bagel is a hit with the customers. “We add a mix of dry herbs to the bagel dough,” says Pravin Rao,owner of Sugardough Bakery,“It includes several herbs such as oregano,basil,rosemary,among others.” The earthy flavours of the herbs complement the bread beautifully to make one pretty good bagel. (Price: R 45 for a packet of three)

Raisin bagel

Coffee Jar,Wanowrie

“We make bagels only on order,out of which raisin bagels are the most popular among the customers,” says Yaseer Shaikh at the Coffee Jar. The dry fruit,which is added to the dough before the bagels are shaped,poached and baked,adds an element of sweetness to the bread. This scrumptious bagel makes for a great tea-time snack. (Price: R 380 for a dozen)

Plain bagel

Godrej Nature’s Basket,Dhole Patil Road

There’s nothing like a plain,simple bagel. Pair it with cream cheese,honey,jam accompanied with coffee to add zing to one’s breakfast. At Godrej Nature’s Basket,the extremely popular plain bagels are available in packs of five to six. (Price: R150 for a packet of five)