I was back in my old stomping ground of Joo Chiat for business recently, and I noticed that the Maison Kayser at Crane Road has been replaced by @woolysbagels quite recently. As you might expect from the name, they’re bagel dealers with an emphasis on bagelwiches, which range from the innovative like their Szechuan chicken to the classics like this Pastramania ($14.50 nett).⠀
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Select your fairly large bagel (I chose cheese), and they’ll cut into it, take a heap of beef pastrami & plop it between two halves of the bagel. The beef is then topped with a ponderous parcel of scrambled eggs on top of the pastrami and a generous gushing of sweet mustard on top before it’s capped off by the top half of the bagel. I didn’t notice the cheese in or on the bagel, but I certainly did notice that the bagel was boisterously bouncy with an addictive chewiness, making for a rather robust sandwich.⠀
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The pastrami was piquantly peppery, with an abundance of black pepper all over. The meat itself was fairly tender and satisfactorily salty with a superb smokiness. The scrambled eggs were a touch too dense & not airy enough, probably because the egg mix wasn’t whipped enough to sufficiently aerate it for that coveted airy scrambled egg texture we know, love and desire. The sweet mustard was the glue that held the bagel, eggs & pastrami together, but I reckon it would be better applied on the bottom half of the bagel, as the pastrami could use the creamy, sweet & subtly sharp condiment on it more than the eggs.⠀
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However, at just under fifteen bucks, the cheekily named Pastramania from Wooly’s Bagels is a bit of a bargain for such a beefy bagel. If you’re looking to make a meal out of it, get yourself some fresh out the fryer tater tots & and a tall cup of lemonade for an extra $4.90. Oh and did I mention that Wooly’s is halal?