Best deli EGG SALAD (preferably UES/UWS)?

[sequins]

Not an egg-salad sandwich -- just egg salad: fresh, deliciously seasoned, and ideally at less than $6 per pound. Thanks!

[EmoryJ]

The Market Deli at 74th and 1st. Ave. sells a very plain, but very fresh, mayo-based egg salad that's mostly halved eggs. I like it 'cause I can mush it and season it to my own specs. They also have a great shrimp salad there that is the only thing I've ever liked that uses (audible shudder) Krab.

[PAULSCOHEN]

hi sequins, egg salad is so easy to make. you should try making it yoourself at home. ggently simmer eggs for6-7 min. remove from shell add desired amount of mayo, s&p celery ,dill or red pepper. make a batch, store in fridge up to 4 days. better than fairways ,zabars and anywhere else

[sequins]

You are so right. I really should supply myself endlessly with the stuff -- and will try / have tried now and then. Just hoping to find a supplier more reliable than myself for the lazy times....

[italianagambino]

I love the egg salad at pick a bagel.

[sequins]

Hmm... I keep underestimating that place for no reason. There's one just 'round the corner from me so I'll give it a go.

Also - please keep all suggestions coming. I will try as many of your suggestions as possible and (for the sake of any other egg-salad devotees) post back over the next weeks!

[goodhealthgourmet]

now that you mention it, when my sis lived on the UES she loved the egg salad from the Pick-A-Bagel location at 77th & Lex.

[sequins]

Just had some from this Pick-A-Bagel. At $10 a pound it was pricey, and the ingredients seem quite plain really, but somehow the subdued saltiness, the amount of time it was aired / had aged throughout the day (hopefully not much longer), and generous yolk-to-white ratio made for quite a satisfying egg salad. No doubt it'd taste even better on (could benefit from the enhancing powers of?) a toasted bagel.

[goodhealthgourmet]

those types of mayonnaise-based salads - egg, tuna, whitefish, salmon, chicken - are *always* better on a good, toasted bagel. something about the contrast of the creaminess with that toasted flavor & crunch.

but i'm also in agreement with PAULSCOHEN - i prefer homemade whenever possible. and $10/lb is WAY too much to pay for hard-cooked eggs & mayo, particularly if it doesn't knock your socks off.

[fooodie]

Not in your preferred area, but for something delicious and different than your typical egg salad, try Lamazou on 27th and 3rd. They mix in Roquefort cheese. Yum!

[jackieparis]

I agree. I think Lamazou's is the best egg salad in the city. Its amazing!

[dpastor]

Egg salad at Murrays - 90th and Bway - is great. For a change, try the spinach egg salad.

[dkny21]

Sables on 2nd between 77th and 78th.

[Gelaine]

I close my eyes to the price whenever I buy it..... but Eli has good egg salad. Also, if you're near 86th and York... Bagel Bob's isn't too bad (and about 1 /10th the price of Eli's.)

[Brian W]

And next door to Bagel Bob's is the Mansion Diner on the corner of 86th & York. So far this is my favorite egg salad and you can get a serving to go. It's made without celery, the egg salad killer.

[eameyer]

I like the egg salad at Todaro Brothers 2nd and 31st. They have a really amazing chicken salad too...

[sequins]

Thanks -- will keep this in mind when I'm next in that neighborhood!

[JungMann]

I rather like the egg salad at Fairway.

[msny98]

Second this, from the deli counter, not the food cases. I think they add dill and something else that makes it perfect

[sequins]

Thanks -- I'll definitely try Fairway and report back.

Meanwhile, a couple I ate in the past 24 hours: Zabar's at $9.99/lb. is relatively fresh (though pre-packaged, not available from the deli counter) but its taste is too purist, as it contains only eggs, (not particularly flavorful) mayonnaise, and salt.

Fresh Direct's at $6.99/lb. has a nice vinegary tang, assisted by bits of scallion, but the eggs are too hard-boiled -- or perhaps just a tad past freshness -- and lack the tenderness to render a creamy salad.

[alc]

I love the Zabar's egg salad for exactly the reason that sequins does not!

[goodhealthgourmet]

my mother *loves* that Zabar's egg salad (with some freshly ground pepper on it)...whereas i just take one look at all that mayo and start gagging. to each her own!