"Of Brick Lane’s two sleepless bagel factories, “the yellow one” is great for people who hate queuing. But what makes Beigel Shop really interesting is the decades-old room it resides in, which is filled with halogen lights, the smell of bread and a never-ending bagel production line. Unlike its neighbour, the place is quiet enough to have room to stand, where visitors can enjoy their meal on a delightful granite strip. While the bagels next door do have more shine, bounce and colour to them, there’s not much in it. Anyway, there’s a wider variety of sweet things at Beigel Shop, like its surprisingly light elephant ears, which are like coiled churros and as sticky as superglue." - Isaac Rangaswami
