Familiar Aromas

The foreigner always searches for things which are familiar. One of the first similarities I discovered between Istanbul and Montreal was in the form of a culinary icon--The Montreal Bagel.

A girl sitting in my Econ class saw me eating a Tim Horton's bagel, made some sardonic remark about them not being the "real deal," and later sent me this email:

Hi Oguzhan, 

This is what you're missing:

....doughy, sesame-sprinkled goodness.

enjoy,

M

I responded:

Marisa, thank you. Here is the Turk-style bagel, Simit. 

Take care,

Oguzhan

I don't eat Tim Horton's bagels anymore. It's not really about the taste, but about the nostalgia.