LTHForum.com

I'm wondering if anyone here has encountered the "Turkish bagel" known as Simit anywhere in Chicago.

I was traveling in Turkey a few years ago, and everywhere you go, vendors are selling these sesame seed covered bread rings - in carts, on long sticks, in bakeries, virtually everywhere all over the country and especially in Istanbul.

Besides being deliicous, I was hoping to find some to take to a family gathering at Thansgiving, to surprise by brothers who traveled with me. But I have never seen them in Chicago. Anywhere.


Has anyone?

Hi,

I did a search to find a mention of simit in the Chicago area here: viewtopic.php?p=51202#p51202

Regards,

_________________
Cathy2

"You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
Facebook, Twitter, Greater Midwest Foodways, Road Food 2012: Podcast

You got my hopes up...

But I called and they said they dont have simit.

Try Istanbul Market in Mount Prospect (Elmhurst and Oakton) [Yelp Link]

_________________
What is patriotism, but the love of good things we ate in our childhood?
-- Lin Yutang

Arab pita bakeries have very similar products. Try Sanabel or Al Khayam on Kedzie.

_________________
"By the fig, the olive..." Surat Al-Teen, Mecca 95:1"

I was at Feyrous Pastries (4510 N Kedzie) yesterday in Albany Park (not far from the Kedzie Brown stop) and they said they bake what sounded like Simit fresh there every day. They said you can call and order ahead too. I'm not sure if it's 100% Simit, but what they said sounded just like it (round, baked dough with sesame).

I miss this stuff from Turkey for sure. Great street food