lox bagel

Smoked salmon sandwich

A lox bagel is a bagel topped with lox—cured salmon—typically served with cream cheese, capers, thinly sliced red onion, and sometimes tomato.

The combination is a staple of Jewish-American delicatessen cuisine, particularly associated with New York: We grabbed lox bagels on our way to the office.

Often shortened to just lox and bagels or ordered as a bagel with lox.

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capers · red onion · onion · toasted · New York · Lower East Side · Jewish · breakfast · schmear · nova · salt cured · cured · sliced · Sunday · appetizing · rye · sesame · poppy seed

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COASTAL SOPHISTICATION vs HEARTLAND SIMPLICITY

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lox, bagel, bagels

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