Squeezing cream cheese inside a bagel is kind of a brilliant idea.

But the bagel bomb isn’t really a bagel. The brilliant part of a good bagel is the hole. The hole allows for a bagel to have a high surface to center ratio, getting a crispy exterior and soft doughy interior. The bagel bomb just has cream cheese, like a deep fried popper, but with a bagel exterior.

A good filling breakfast, the bagel bomb can be ordered warm. Ultimately though, the bomb part of it loses the essence of bagels.

Momofuku Milk Bar
382 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn
(also Manhattan)