Mark T.
Yelp
Oh Eva's, I had such high hopes for you.
First time I had chimney cakes was from a street vendor in Poland. These were divine, and I've been looking for them since. Full disclosure, I ran into them in NOTL the day before, but this was based on my tour guide's recommendation. Eva's I had found, planned, and anticipated months before taking my trip to Toronto.
They have a lot of options, including sweet and savory. Despite loving to deck my food out, I decided to go with something simple: I went with the original variety (golden glaze) and accidentally skipped on the Nutella, which ended up allowing the cake's biggest weakness to shine through.
I really liked that these things were being made throughout the day, and the one I had ordered was cooked before my eyes. However, something must have gone wrong in the process because the inner part of the cake was raw. If it were cookie dough, I might have been more forgiving, but this batter raw is not quite as pleasant.
I also found the Golden Glaze extremely underwhelming. Rather than a sweet, caramelized sugar exterior, It was just an exterior which was barely, hardly sweet.
Sorry, but raw dough that barely sweet is not a winning combination.