Where to buy REAL bagels and lox in Austin? (Post: bankruptcy, cabinets)

[cBach]

Originally Posted by passionatearts

Costco carries Einstein Brothers bagels at very low prices. They're pretty good but not the same as a real New York bagel.




I'll take bagels any day over breakfast tacos. I've lived in Texas most of my life and still find breakfast tacos kind of weird.

You know there are many more calories in that bagel than the breakfast tacos? Empty carbs versus protein.

[N. Olikee]

Can anyone answer my question about Lox? What is it exactly? I willingly take whatever they give me in NYC and love it. Is the stuff in the cases at Central Market considered Lox? I'm just wondering if smoked salmon is the same as lox, and when I look at the offerings at CM.........what do I choose?

[atxcio]

Originally Posted by N. Olikee

Can anyone answer my question about Lox? What is it exactly? I willingly take whatever they give me in NYC and love it. Is the stuff in the cases at Central Market considered Lox? I'm just wondering if smoked salmon is the same as lox, and when I look at the offerings at CM.........what do I choose?

I believe it's the same as smoked salmon. You want to avoid any flavored kind, you want plain cold smoked salmon. You can find it in 4oz packages and it's most stores carry the Nova brand.

That + bagels + cream cheese is Lox and Bagels.

[N. Olikee]

Originally Posted by atxcio

I believe it's the same as smoked salmon. You want to avoid any flavored kind, you want plain cold smoked salmon. You can find it in 4oz packages and it's most stores carry the Nova brand.

That + bagels + cream cheese is Lox and Bagels.

I'm referring to the different choices in the cases (deli counters) at CM.....NOT the prepackaged stuff. There's Nova, but then there are two or three other choices. Do they all qualify as Lox?

Honestly, it doesn't matter to me because it ALL tastes great, but I was just wonderin'........esp. from our Northeastern folks.

Basically........what it comes down to is which of the salmon do I choose? Guess I need to ask the Deli counter people?

[lemonlime22]

And up north, they miss breakfast tacos. From this week's New York magazine: Güeros Brooklyn and Whirlybird -- New York Magazine Underground Gourmet Review

[PJ1252]

I'm having the same problem since my move to Delaware. My recommendation is to call H and H bagel in New York City, they will Fedex bagels to you. They have quite a few locations so you won't have any problems finding one. I'm not sure about the Lox, it's much too salty for my liking although I sure could go for some white fish, LOL.

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by shmatbert

I think Wholey Bagel on William Cannon is good for bagels, but I haven't had a true NY bagel in a long long time. The owner is from NJ I think, and there always seem to be a few East Coast transplants there when I go by. Don't know about the lox though. The bagels are hard on the outside and chewy on the inside.

I just noticed this Impact News article about the new Wholy Bagel shop in South Austin.

Wholy Bagel - impactnews.com Thanks to Wholy Bagel, Austinites can have a delicious taste of New York while staying close to home. Everything from the bagel recipe to the drink selection at Wholy Bagel is rooted in New York, where bagels are revered the way barbecue is in Texas.

Wholy Bagel is one of only a handful of bagel stores in the nation that uses a 100-year-old-plus bagel recipe that originally came from a person who moved from Israel to Harlem, Campanozzi said. The bagel-making process Wholy Bagel uses includes making fresh dough daily, boiling the dough the next day, baking the bagels in an oven and flipping them.

Wholy Bagel, 4404 W. William Cannon Drive, Ste. P, 899-0200
Hours:

• Mon.–Fri. 6 a.m.–3 p.m.,
• Sat.–Sun. 7 a.m.–2 p.m.

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by N. Olikee

Can anyone answer my question about Lox? What is it exactly? I willingly take whatever they give me in NYC and love it. Is the stuff in the cases at Central Market considered Lox? I'm just wondering if smoked salmon is the same as lox, and when I look at the offerings at CM.........what do I choose?

From the wiki

Lox is salmon fillet that has been cured. In its most popular form, it is thinly sliced—less than 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in thickness—and, typically, served on a bagel, often with cream cheese, onion, tomato, cucumber and capers. Lox in small pieces is also often added and cooked into scrambled eggs, sometimes with chopped onion.

[N. Olikee]

Originally Posted by CptnRn

From the wiki

OK......I do know what lox is, I just don't know what to choose when I'm at Central Market in their deli area. So, basically, I didn't explain that, but that's what I'm after.

Went to Wholy Bagel recently, and they're good, but I'm curious as to how they are different? Maybe it's because I moved from an area that had more bagel options, and that's what people are complaining about?

[owlman]

Does anyone know of some good low-sodium smoked wild salmon available around town? I like Whole Foods' Whole Catch Smoked Sockeye--runs around $12/8oz--but it's a bit salty for me, especially coupled with cream cheese or goat cheese. I think it's 630mg/2oz. Any other non-outrageously-expensive lower sodium varieties?