About an hour outside Brussels sits a cute little tourist town named Bruges.  Many know it from the famous movie “In Bruges” that all my British coworkers kept saying I “had to watch”, but I’d never  heard of it so pretty sure it’s one of those niche British things.

The town itself is wonderful and everything you’d want from a classic European town.  From fantastic markets to the canals, the city is scenic, quaint, and prime to spend a weekend exploring.  The Belfry offers some spectacular views and the Basilica of the Holy Blood supposedly has a vile containing blood that came from Christ himself.

After a weekend exploring, I ended up at Meys Art cafe, a quirky family run cafe/art gallery in downtown Bruges.  Besides the heavy BDSM themed art upstairs by the mens bathroom, the place has a lot of charm and it’s where I had the Meys Bagel.

The Sandwich

Overall: 7.1/10

The Good

The Mey’s Bagel was a great warming sandwich on a rainy October Sunday in Western Europe. The egg had a great flavor with some added herbs to season and give it a kick and a solid consistency to match.  The bagel was well toasted but the winner for me was the generous use of cream cheese.  Now I’m a sucker for cream cheese but it’s hard to deny the benefit it brings to a breakfast sandwich.

The Bad

The sandwich itself was not well balanced. The eggs were overpowering the flavor.  The bacon was both low quality and non existent. Overall it was just missing some “pop” and originality.  Add in the blandness of the bagel and its clear all the elements were just not there.