Raise your hand if you like good ole’ bagel and cream cheese in the morning? Sometimes, we don’t want bacon or eggs or sausages for breakfast; sometimes, just some bagels and cream cheese is enough to hit that spot! And what’s even better is a toasted, warm bagel with cold, fresh cream cheese smoothly spread on top. Now that just does it!! But let’s say I want to change it up a bit and add some zing to my bagels or cream cheese! At Western Bagel in Encino, CA, you can find a whole variety of bagels and cream cheese and customize your pairing to whatever your heart desires. (;

long bialy bagel with onion cream cheese and smoked lox cream cheese – I’ve never heard of the long bialy bagel before and I merely chose this one for its shape! It is such a genius idea for a bagel shape! So easy to bite from and eat! Just one long bagel with no complicated hole in the middle. The onion cream cheese is sooo good! How do they make such an eye-watering vegetable so good as a cream cheese spread? You can definately taste and smell the onion in a GOOD way! I don’t mind my breath smelling like onions after this! Totally worth <3 And the smoked lox was just so delicious! I like this idea more than regular cream cheese with a layer of smoked salmon on top! This is like diced smoked salmon mixed within the cream cheese itself! The small bits of chewy salmon were fishy delights in my mouth! Yummm

everything bagel with blueberry cream cheese and wild berries cream cheese – And what comes after a savory bagel? Why not a dessert bagel! The everything bagel consists of ALL of their spices from all the other bagels into ONE bagel! WOW! These two cream cheeses were surprisingly not too sweet! And both cream cheeses had chunks of their respective fruits in it to add some chewy sustenance. The blueberry cream cheese had some blueberries and the wild berries had some strawberries!

long bialy bagel with smoked lox cream cheese and onion cream cheese – Sorry, it’s the same as the first one, but I can’t help it! My second time coming and I had to get the same bagel and cream cheese pairing! I love how you can pick two cream cheeses and have it on half and half! 😉 More variety for the same price!

I promise next time I go back I will try the OTHER bagels and cream cheeses!! But you know that feeling when you already found a favorite from the start and keep wanting more and more? 😀 I’m guilty of that!

Oh! And one last thing! You can buy their cream cheeses in set containers and take it home! I think I might just do that! Have a cheesy day guys! <3