Chanuka has arrived very early this year (Nov 27-Dec 4) but I’m not complaining. It just means that I’m able to eat my favourite foods a little earlier. p.s. I’m referring to potato latkes and sufganyiot.
This year I decided to do a sufganiyot crawl. But before I began, here’s the definition of soufganiot (according to Wikipedia)
A sufganiyah (Hebrew: סופגנייה or סופגניה; plural, sufganiyot: סופגניות) is a round jelly doughnut eaten in Israel on theJewish festival of Hanukkah. The doughnut is deep-fried, filled with jelly or custard, and then topped with powdered sugar.[1] At Hanukkah, Jews observe the custom of eating fried foods in commemoration of the miracle associated with the Temple oil.
Here’s a photo of a pretty nice lookin’ sufganiyah.
My crawl led me to five places in my neighborhood: Dr. Laffa, What a Bagel, Richmond Bakery, Tastes Like More, and Kosher City Plus.
Three of us, sat down and sampled each and every one of the above sufganiyot. It was a tough job but someone had to do it!!
We discussed:
- The Jelly: was it sweet? too sweet? was there enough jelly?
- The dough: was it tangy? fresh? yeasty?
- The appearance: too much icing sugar? not enough icing sugar
All of them were devoured within 5 minutes which meant that we loved each and every one of them!
I had so much fun doing the “research” for this blog post that next year I’m going to do a potato latke crawl.
Happy Chanuka – to all my Jewish readers.
