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4 reviews
Alessandra Debruyn
My 500th review is all about the babka. Because what else can it be about for a Jew from Brooklyn?
Now if you've read my Green's Bakery review, you'll know that I grew up on babka. My grandmother would make the very best babka in the world and it was my very favorite dessert. Forget Oreos and Mallomars. It was all about the babka. And then my grandma passed away. 🙁 My mom never got the recipe and so it was lost forever. Until I found Green's. But then something happened.
On my way home the other day, I decided to pop into Oneg's and try the babka. I saw glowing reviews and figured I'd give it a shot. Surely it wasn't at the level of Green's. And it wasn't. It was better! What?!?! This even beats out my nostalgia. What makes it so damn good? It's just layers and layers of rich chocolate. A really good babka should be moist and chocolate-centric. This is it. This is the best damn babka I've ever had in my life! At $8/lb, it's good value considering how good and filling it is.
So I will return and I will be bringing my sister, who is also a babka-holic. But if you like old-school babka, this is it.
Oneg has the best chocolate babka I have ever had in the City. I am no expert on them and am not looking for authenticity or anything like that, but I am no noob either, having tried some of the best at Mother's in the Bronx, Breads Bakery in Union Square, and a few others here on Lee Avenue as well.
We purchased a single slice of babka about an inch thick, and it was so sweet, decadent and dense that it lasted us 2 days.
Those folds you see in the photo are filled with delicious, thick, fudge-meets-brownie-batter richness, and the folds of pastry are the consistency of the inside of a cinnamon bun. The exterior has a crumbly, croissant like edge with less buttery taste, but a perfect contrast to the gooey interior.
The sweetness is high, but not in the typical way. I don't know how they did it but the sweetness sits underneath the rich chocolate taste, instead of hitting you smack on the tongue.
Oneg is definitely worth a stop if you are near Lee Avenue for the babka, the hamentashen and some of the other small bites.
I would give this place six stars if I could. The chocolate babka from here is so so amazing. The owner is also so kind and friendly. If you are looking for babka in New York. Come here!
I walked for 30 min in the scorching sun to get babka as this place was supposed to have the best babka** in the NYC area, but the babka connoiseurs in my group weren't very impressed. I thought it was ok. This place is tiny but very cute.
** For non-Jewish people, that's a chocolate roll.
My 500th review is all about the babka. Because what else can it be about for a Jew from Brooklyn?
Now if you've read my Green's Bakery review, you'll know that I grew up on babka. My grandmother would make the very best babka in the world and it was my very favorite dessert. Forget Oreos and Mallomars. It was all about the babka. And then my grandma passed away. 🙁 My mom never got the recipe and so it was lost forever. Until I found Green's. But then something happened.
On my way home the other day, I decided to pop into Oneg's and try the babka. I saw glowing reviews and figured I'd give it a shot. Surely it wasn't at the level of Green's. And it wasn't. It was better! What?!?! This even beats out my nostalgia. What makes it so damn good? It's just layers and layers of rich chocolate. A really good babka should be moist and chocolate-centric. This is it. This is the best damn babka I've ever had in my life! At $8/lb, it's good value considering how good and filling it is.
So I will return and I will be bringing my sister, who is also a babka-holic. But if you like old-school babka, this is it.
Oneg has the best chocolate babka I have ever had in the City. I am no expert on them and am not looking for authenticity or anything like that, but I am no noob either, having tried some of the best at Mother's in the Bronx, Breads Bakery in Union Square, and a few others here on Lee Avenue as well.
We purchased a single slice of babka about an inch thick, and it was so sweet, decadent and dense that it lasted us 2 days.
Those folds you see in the photo are filled with delicious, thick, fudge-meets-brownie-batter richness, and the folds of pastry are the consistency of the inside of a cinnamon bun. The exterior has a crumbly, croissant like edge with less buttery taste, but a perfect contrast to the gooey interior.
The sweetness is high, but not in the typical way. I don't know how they did it but the sweetness sits underneath the rich chocolate taste, instead of hitting you smack on the tongue.
Oneg is definitely worth a stop if you are near Lee Avenue for the babka, the hamentashen and some of the other small bites.
I would give this place six stars if I could. The chocolate babka from here is so so amazing. The owner is also so kind and friendly. If you are looking for babka in New York. Come here!
I walked for 30 min in the scorching sun to get babka as this place was supposed to have the best babka** in the NYC area, but the babka connoiseurs in my group weren't very impressed. I thought it was ok.
This place is tiny but very cute.
** For non-Jewish people, that's a chocolate roll.