Yelp Review 2023 #89:…read more
Chimney cake in English, Trdelnik in Czech, kurtoskalacs in Magyar...they're the delicious pastry cooked on spits and sprinkled with sugar and walnuts. I've had Good Food bookmarked for years and I finally got the chance to go over the holidays. I had two chances of going to Good Food at 2 different countries: Czech Republic, and UAE but the one in Dubai Mall closed in 2022.
I've had chimney cakes in the US and Canada but it's quite different because they use modern equipment instead of grilling them using charcoal. If you want traditional chimney cakes, you really have to go to the source: Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania. You'll see them at Christmas markets in Vienna too but that's not where they are from.
My hotel was within a 10-minute walk from Good Food which located in a tourist area. So, it does get super crowded here. They have a few tables and chairs and it's quite hard to eat a chimney cake while walking through crowds. The chances of you getting bumped and dropping your chimney cake is very high.
You can get just a chimney cake (pistachio, original, chocolate, gluten-free original), gelato or sorbet (chocolate, pistachio, vanilla, strudel, salted caramel, charcoal, piña colada, mango, raspberry) or chimney cake with gelato/ sorbet in different combinations.
I wanted to get a savory chimney cake and a sweet chimney cake and I told myself I wasn't going to get the double chocolate chimney cake. As soon as I got to placing my order, I felt my mouth moving and I apparently said "double chocolate" and by the time I realized I wanted pistachio, it was too late! I felt pressured because of the line behind me. I paid and got my trdelnik within minutes. I was lucky to get a table but you have to squeeze in because the tables are smooshed together - if you have thick winter coat, you'll definitely brush against the table next to you.
Double Chocolate Trdelnik:
Chocolate chimney cake, chocolate gelato, brownies, and fresh strawberry topping. The chimney cake itself was delicious. The chocolate gelato was rich and leaned towards dark chocolate which was nice so it wasn't sweet on sweet. I would've been ok without the brownies. The strawberries were nice to give your taste buds a break from chocolate on chocolate on chocolate. Like I've mentioned, this was against my plan but I still liked it. 4/5
When I went, they were only taking credit cards. When I come back, I should get pistachio!!!