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WHERE TO EAT The best American Babka in the world (according to food experts)
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Recommended by Aly Weisman and 5 other food critics.
"With a gooey center and flaky outside, the bakery's famous babka is the perfect combination."
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Recommended by Food Network and 5 other food critics.
"At the James Beard Foundation Award-winning restaurant Shaya, Chef Alon Shaya has created his own brand of modern Israeli cuisine by imbuing classic dishes and flavors with a modern touch. Take the Warm Chocolate Babka paired with halvah ice cream. Warm slices are served atop a swirl of dark chocolate fudge and halvah sauce, then topped with halvah ice cream (made by local gelato company La Davina) and a sprinkle of poppy seeds."
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Recommended by Erin Zimmer and 5 other food critics.
"Perfectly swirled chocolate, almost as gooey as brownie batter, coiled with delicate layers of the yeasty dough. There's a bit of streusel crumble on top, but it doesn't suffocate the babka. "
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Recommended by Schuyler Bailey and 5 other food critics.
"The chocolate babka at Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen is an unholy swirl of toothsome dough and cinnamon-y chocolate, topped with a streusel that is caramelized to perfection."
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Recommended by Tejal Rao and 4 other food critics.
"Melissa Weller makes an enriched dough with milk, eggs, and plenty of butter, then gets it as thin as she can before rolling and twisting it with chocolate—a delicate, rewarding process. It's fantastic, and it often sells out before 11 a.m."
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Recommended by Erin Zimmer and 5 other food critics.
"Chocolate is the bigger seller, no contest. But their cinnamon—as moist as the best cinnamon roll, but with thinner, more delicate layers—would make Elaine rethink her "lesser" comment."
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Recommended by Alexandra Reichek and 3 other food critics.
"Simply irresistible, life changing and one of the best things I’ve ever eaten."
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Recommended by Jane & Michael Stern and 6 other food critics.
"Huge and heavy, it is as intricate as a mille feuille pastry, countless microthin layers of soft dough ribboned with strata of profound chocolate."
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Recommended by Victoria Stewart and 4 other food critics.
"This is a beast — and one of the best combinations of chocolate, cinnamon and hazelnut in London I’ve ever had. Tear ’n’ share it."
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Recommended by Angelica Malin and 3 other food critics.
"You can’t miss Oded’s babka – a sweet, delicious, twisted cake – designed for everyone to share."