Bagel order - double toasted

[Anonymous]

This is a very petty post but I’m wondering if this is normal.

I love a good bagel and have ordered it the same way for most of my life: double toasted (everything or onion) bagel with cream cheese. I like the crispy texture, the melted cream cheese and the char of the toasted onions. I’m from NYC and this was a normal order and never had a problem.

I’ve lived in the DMV for over a decade and never once has a bagel shop actually toasted it the way I ask. They are not even hot to the touch and don’t even have a light toasted color. I’ve tried adjusting and saying “triple toasted” or “burn it” and it’s never toasted enough. What am I doing wrong?

[Anonymous]

Nobody eats bagels.

[Anonymous]

Ha I have the same gripe! I’ve tried saying a different ways. Double toasted. Toasted twice. Toasted dark. it always comes out too mushy drives me crazy. I now only get them if I’m headed home and can re-toast.

[Anonymous]

I’ve had decent luck with double toasted at Ize’s. It helps to have a regular place so they recognize your order and you can say, No last time it wasn’t dark enough.”

[Anonymous]

The pizza equivalent is “well done” - have you tried that?
Or order it in person and ask them to show you before they put the cream cheese on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody eats bagels.

I eat bagels daily. This isn’t California. Go to Chesapeake bagel bakery. Their once toasted is almost burned imo, but they will lightly toast ( throw it in 1/2 way) or double toast for you. Their bagels suck though.

[Anonymous]

I find it helps to describe.

"Hi, I like my bagels almost burned...toasted longer. Can you do that?"

"Double toasted" is easy to not understand or hear or dismiss.

I do this with bacon and almost always get what I want. But only if I add some actual language to the description instead of just an order that people can brush over or not register.

[Anonymous]

Change your bagel place. Tim Hortons does this when I travel.

[Anonymous]

Never heard of "double toasted". "Toasted, dark".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never heard of "double toasted". "Toasted, dark".

Double toasted is standard terminology for the NYC/NJ area. It just means toast it twice.

[Anonymous]

I think that double toasted is an option at Bethesda Bagels.

[Anonymous]

I feel this, OP. My other pet peeve is when I order a bagel and cream cheese and instead of putting the cc on the bagel, they put it in a tiny little ramekin in an amount that barely covers half the bagel.

[Anonymous]

Call Your Mother does pretty well with this order. Have you tried them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never heard of "double toasted". "Toasted, dark".

Double toasted is standard terminology for the NYC/NJ area. It just means toast it twice.

I'll remember that when I visit New Jersey.

[Anonymous]

Another vote for Izes