Chromeo, the Arab-Jewish duo from Canada (one of whom looks like a member of Duran Duran circa 1984 on a juice cleanse, and the other like Ice T and ZZ Top’s jolly little love child), just weighed in on one of the food world’s long-standing geographical foodie grudges: Montreal vs. New York bagels.
Montreal, 1. New York? Nil.
Montreal bagels, long-touted as less salty with a smoke and honey flavor and arguably truer Jewish roots, rolled into town via the cult fave Mile End last year, and New Yorkers haven’t been quite as confident in their carb-laden bona fides since.
And now this. Sensitive readers, avert your eyes.
“Montreal bagels are full of finesse and sophistication,” said Dave 1 (who clearly has a pro-Canadian agenda). “It feels like you can taste every sesame seed. You can eat four or five. You eat one New York bagel and you can’t go to the bathroom for six weeks.”
Oh no, he didn’t. Watch and weep at Rolling Stone, here.
TOPICS: Eat to the Beat, Kathleen Willcox