Saturday Brunch Spread from Russ and Daughters

I took a detour from my Saturday morning run to stop by Russ and Daughters to pick up a few bites for brunch with the girls.

Russ and Daughters offer quite a list of premade breakfast sandwiches featuring some of their best smoked fish but I wanted to make my own.  Half an hour later, I walked out with a bag full of goodies.  Included with two bagels and a bialy were smoked pastrami salmon, smoked sable and tuna belly with a trio of smears including a horseradish dill cream cheese and goat cream cheese.  Of course, I didn’t forget the classic scallion cream cheese.  I also threw in a few fresh pickles and wasabi infused tobiko to spice things up.

Instead of making sandwiches, I maximized the bagels by making my bites open faced.  A little smoked pastrami salmon with goat cream cheese here…

… and a few bites of horseradish dill cream cheese with smoked tuna belly and wasabi tobiko there.  This fabulous spread was completely worth the wait in the tiny cramped store front.

Russ and Daughters | 179 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002 | http://www.russanddaughters.com/