PEC Challenge: What About a Bagel

Not a lot to say about this place.  "What About a Bagel" is a clever name, I suppose, for a bagel shop.  If it weren't for DoorDash I would have never known this place existed.  It's a bit off of 35 in Ocean near my all-time favorite Hibachi restaurant, Ichiban.  Do you care about any of this? Probably not but I'm really grasping here eight weeks into social distancing.  A flyby is scheduled for this afternoon in New Jersey and it will likely be the most exciting 10 seconds of my day as my office looks right out towards where they should be flying.  (Update: they just flew by, pretty cool to see, didn't last that long.)  Why don't we have a bagel to celebrate? Idk, this blog sucked but the bagels here don't! 

Bread Rating: 8.3/10 (Perfectly toasted bagel, exactly how you'd want it: crispy outside, soft and pillowy inside.)

Pork Roll Rating: 8.5/10 (Three slices grilled up to nearly crispy.  Timing is everything when heating pork roll, and they heat these slices right up until they're going to be burnt.  But they weren't burnt and the flavors really came out.)

Egg Rating: 8.1/10 (The crispy exterior of the bagel with the soft fried egg is a combination few have perfected. Easier said than done, but they nailed it here.  The egg might have been a little small in comparison to the meat slices but the seasoning was there and you can tell this is a griddle with some experience.)

Cheese Rating: 6.8/10 (Regular melted cheese a the bottom.  Melted just find with the toasted bagel.)

Sandwich Composition: 6.9/10 (Solid sandwich, but no SPK, and pretty typical placement of meat, egg, and cheese.  Not exactly a bad thing if they can pull it off as well as this place can.)

Overall: 7.72/10 (An excellent bagel sandwich that left me wanting more, except its beach season so one bagel is enough.  If you're ever in Ocean for whatever reason, check this place out.)

Price: $5.50

What About a Bagel is located at 885 W Park Ave, Ocean Township, NJ 07712.