They take their cinnamon rolls (or kanelsnegle) pretty seriously in Copenhagen, and most people seem to agree that some of the tastiest ones can be found at Skt. Peders Bageri.
I just ate one, and yeah — that makes sense. It’s amazing.
I wasn’t planning on eating a trdelník — also known an a chimney cake, or a chimney cone — here in Prague. They’re available back home, plus it’s pretty clear that they’re more of a tourist thing than anything else. You’ll have a hard time finding them outside of tourist hotspots.
There are roughly five billion chocolate shops in Brussels (that’s a totally accurate number — look it up), so trying to decide which one to visit is basically an impossible endeavour.
After my disappointing experience with the lauded (but sadly mediocre) waffles at Maison Dandoy, it felt like I had unfinished business. How could I leave Belgium without having delicious waffles?
Obviously you can’t go to Belgium without getting waffles.
I mean, I guess technically you could. If you’re an idiot.
Thessaloniki turned out to be a way better food city than I had imagined. I’ve always liked Greek food, but the sheer amount of amazing dishes that I’ve had here puts Thessaloniki on a shortlist of my favourite food cities.
Trigona Elenidi has been serving up trigona — a triangular Greek pastry filled with a custardy cream — since 1960. And while they also serve a handful of other desserts, trigona is clearly the main attraction. It’s right there in the name.
There’s a Greek dessert called tsoureki — a sweet, bready pastry that’s typically served for Easter, though some places serve it year round. One of those places: Terkenlis, a Thessaloniki bakery that serves a beloved take on the dessert.
Sure, you could eat a healthy breakfast. Or you could eat a slice of bougatsa, a pastry that finds a sweet, creamy filling wrapped in crispy phyllo dough. It’s served with an extra sprinkling of powdered sugar and cinnamon on top. It’s basically dessert for breakfast, and it’s great.
I had kanafe on a trip to Jordan several years ago and very thoroughly fell in love. But one mediocre version after another back in Toronto had me questioning myself: is kanafe really as good as I remember?