Hungarian chimney cakes (Kürtőskalács) are a traditional Hungarian pastry that are hand rolled, coated with sugar and baked in a special oven. I saw them being made on the streets in Prague when I was there a couple of years back and I recently found out we have them in Kuwait at a very odd location, the Sea Wave kiosks on the sea side in Salmiya.
According to the employee at the kiosk the owner is Hungarian and he decided to make and sell these cakes at the kiosks to test the market and see if there is an interest. I hadn’t tried one before so I bought one and it was actually pretty good, very similar to sugar brioche.
The chimney cakes are baked fresh at the kiosk and come rolled in different flavors. Not sure why the owner hasn’t considered making them at markets like Qout since it’s something new and its easy to have while walking around. In any case you can check them out on instagram @hungarian_chimney_cake_kuwait
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7 replies on “Hungarian Chimney Cakes”
Will go buy a few today.
Any good recommendations??? 🙂
Boy, that word, Kürtőskalács, is a mouthful. Oh crap, was that a pun?
Thanks. Now I have another temptation to fend off during my rare weekly walks.
Oh Mark thank you, you made my day. I have been dreaming of these cakes since i left Prague this past Christmas.
Its only available on thursdays and fridays as per what the guy told at the counter.
Where exactly is the counter opened?
on the gulf road next to salwa al sabah hall