The story: Two breakdancing buddies from Singapore, Jerome and Jereborne Lam, decided their city needed proper bagels in 2014. Jerome had trained at Les Amis and Pollen, serious fine dining joints. Jereborne was living in the sky as a Singapore Airlines flight attendant. Their combined powers obviously went towards bagels. They built Singapore’s first speciality bagel shop from scratch, experimenting with flavours nobody thought belonged on a bagel. Fast forward to 2024 and they’ve landed in Saladaeng with Bangkok exclusive creations.
The space: ‘Refined ratchet’ is how they describe it and we’re pretty sure that means the bread and their industrial cool space that’s made for neighbourhood hangs. The hip hop culture they bonded over back in their breakdancing days shows up in everything, from the attitude to the playlist to every corner of the shop.
What to eat: Bangkok’s signature move is the Pig Fly, a four strip pork jowl beast with double cheese, a runny egg and ponzu chilli jam. The classic pick is the Luxe, salmon on cream cheese with lemon, pickled cucumber, capers and tomatoes. And if khao soi bagel, a collab with Ong Tong Khao Soi, is on the menu when you visit, snap it up immediately. Coffee’s solid all round. There are cold-pressed juices and smoothies for the healthy lot.
The bagels: Dense, chewy, New York style. They bake multiple times daily and when they’re out, they’re out. No backup frozen supply here.
Find it: 39 Soi Yommarat, Saladaeng. Daily 8am to 4pm, last order 3.30pm. Parking across the street.