Bagel with salted beef

Few weeks ago, I tasted this bagel in a Jewish bakery shop at Brick Lane, London. It tasted so good that I was craving for it when I got back to Cambridge. Since I can only get it from London, and decided to cook it myself. So here it is:

British beef, the one that is free of mad cow disease:


Covered it with sea salt..keep it for days (ideally 6 days) in the fridge:


This is how it looks like after 2 days.. and I couldn't wait any longer. It looked a bit unappeatizing at this time:


Simmer it with garlic and black pepper:


After one hour of cooking, and the meat looks better:



Cut the meat into slices and serve with bagels, mustard and pickles:



Note:
It is not as good as the one in the bakery shop, but it is the closest that I can get. It does taste similiar though.

The meat needs to be boiled a long hour (3-4 hours) for it to be soft and moist. But I couldn't wait, so I had to settle with a slightly chewy meat.

I don't have food poisoning the next day too :) . I guess the salt kills all the harmful bacterias.