Sunday, September 18, 2011

Bagels!

In case you were wondering where the Jews go in Shanghai, I think we found them all during my quest for bagels. After the Chinese banquet meal I was in need of comfort food on Sunday. We tried Shaghai's new bagel place Egghead Bagels for breakfast. The bagels were a little softer and more doughy than real NY bagels but better than nothing. There were mostly westerners in the bagel shop, I got a feeling a lot of them were Jewish. One table was speaking Hebrew.











We wandered around for a while and headed towards the older more established bagel shop. The street with the bagel shop also had an authentic looking Indian place that and a few other restaurants that looked promising.


We walked though People's Square and saw lots of elderly people hanging out with personal ads for their children and grandchildren. Danny translated one for me. It was pretty funny.




We bought a dozen bagels and cream cheese at Haya's. The bagels there were slightly better but still a bit too soft. I think they will taste ok if we toast them. We still haven't gotten a toaster oven...
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  1. GinaSeptember 20, 2011 at 9:59 AM

    Speaking of Jews in Shanghai...have you checked out the Chabad house?? The librarian from the synagogue where I teach spent the summer in Shanghai and LOVED IT!! She raved about the Chabad house...

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  2. Shoshana GleitOctober 9, 2011 at 1:29 AM

    I went to Chabad a few times. I'm really excited there is a new reformed group in Shanghai though since I prefer their philosophy on Judaism.

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  3. Shoshana GleitOctober 9, 2011 at 1:34 AM

    Also, after Yom Kippur I discovered there is a much better bagel place called Spread the Bagel that kicks Haya and Egghead's butts. It is almost as good as real NY bagels.

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