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By Elisabeth Abrahamson
Dough Exchange We asked Jason Quinn, chef of downtown Santa Ana’s recently shuttered Playground, to tell us how he came up with his newest culinary adventure, a bagel shop called Dough Exchange. His response? “A 34-year-old self-loathing Jew’s favorite food plus pandemic boredom.” Quinn’s bagels aren’t your typical dough and schmear. Options range from the Missionary, a French toast bagel with egg soufflé, bacon, cultured butter, and maple syrup to K-Pop, a Goma Shio bagel with kimchi schmear, roasted turkey breast, chile garlic crunch, and pickled cucumbers. Quinn’s go-to order? The Street Corn bagel. “I rip the jalapeno cheddar bagels and dip them into our esquites schmear, which has roasted corn, roasted jalapenos, lime zest, chile powder, and cilantro.” Did someone say new favorite brunch spot? Find more information @doughexchange on Instagram.
Photo credit courtesy of Dough Exchange, Heritage Barbecue, and Open Market OC
