Comments on: A Bagel Hunting We Will Go!

By: angie

angie — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:36:43 +0000

Hi Ros

Thanks for visiting my website and for providing us with extra info about your shop and your bagels.

By: Ros Bettane

Ros Bettane — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:17:14 +0000

Hi Angie

It’s Ros, from The Kosher Food Centre (KFC). Thanks for the great write-up!

Just to inform the folks out there in bagel cyberspace, yes the KFC is still in Plantation St, Menora. It is a bit tricky to find, however once found, never forgotten! Go to the end of the carpark of the Synagogue….

The Kosher Food Centre bagels ARE authentic (hand) boiled bagels (not steamed), made from a recipe of an eastern european jewish baker in Sydney. We found early on that the Perth consumers prefer the “softer” texture rather than the heavy dense bagel. Our bagels are found through-out the metro area in up-market cafe’s and growers markets and many of our customers take them interstate and overseas with them!

And, yes, The Kosher Food Centre is filled with lots of fab goodies, vegan & dairy free goods along with a lot of South African favourite foods!

By: angie

angie — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:34:44 +0000

Hi Airwalk, sorry for the late reply. It should still be there.

Did you see the Synagogue on Plantation Street? If so, just before it you’ll see a car park. Right at the end of the car park you’ll see a shop there.

Hope that helps!

By: Airwalk

Airwalk — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:18:39 +0000

Has the Kosher Food Centre moved? Saw it on SBS and went looking for it but could not find it. Some houses seem to being built at 3 Plantation St? Thanks

By: angie

angie — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:12:14 +0000

Sam – That’s so true. You can only compare ‘the best’ in terms of taste compared with other dishes that you remember eating; as well as what your food preference is (eg sweet, sour, salty, etc).

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:45:05 +0000

I like the softer version of bagels as you can cut them easier to insert fillings such as salmon. As for authenticity, preference is acquired, and shaped by one’s upbringing and cultural and geographic environment.

I find the ‘authentic vs others’ subject as a reflection of one’s nostalgia of past enjoyments. A Chinese living in LA will missed the pork dumplings that he used to eat at the road stall on the way home from school in Canton, just as a New Yorker living in Abu Dhabi will crave for the burger and fries he grew up with in The Bronx.

By: angie

angie — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:47:12 +0000

Maguro – yes, the taste factor is the most important thing!

$ensei – Yes, yummy biscuits. Would you like to eet sum mor? haha :p

By: $ensei

$ensei — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:11:50 +0000

What interestingly named biscuits? Biscuits…!!!

By: Maguro

Maguro — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:25:37 +0000

Personally I don’t care how authentic something is as long as it’s yummy I don’t have any dietary restrictions as such though.

By: angie

angie — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:52:25 +0000

Mel – Thanks for your insight into how bagels are supposed to be dense. I suppose the bagels at the Kosher Food Centre are boiled or baked for less time…

I think it can be hard to find an ‘authentic’ dish unless you know it is from an authentic place… or you go to the country where the dish originates from. For example, I know a lot of Asian people would never go to an Asian restaurant that is Australianised. Australians would say it’s authentic, but Asians wouldn’t.

Steph – You’re welcome! It does have a lot of great stuff… including some very interestingly named biscuits. I will leave you to it to discover those interestingly named biscuits!