Conventional turkish desserts are actually on sale in Oakville – with a “almost countless variety of mixtures”
What’s a lokma?
That is the query that a whole bunch of locals have been asking final weekend, as a whole bunch of individuals lined as much as see what was occurring at north Oakville’s latest dessert cafe.
And so they had a good purpose for ready — the store, Lokma Dessert, held its grand opening final Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, with almost all the things on the menu set on the one-day value of simply $2.00.
Prospects ready inside to order off the non permanent $2.00 menu at Lokma Dessert. Ramona Leitao
“This can be a nice dessert spot for Oakville,” proprietor of Lokma Dessert Oakville, Mohamed Kala, mentioned. “I do not assume we have seen any dessert like this within the space.”
Lokma employees constantly making ready the menu gadgets and packaging them up for purchasers on opening day. Ramona Leitao
Initially primarily based out of Quebec, the candy treats chain makes a speciality of Lokma (like its identify suggests), a Turkish dessert that is basically product of candy fried dough that is sometimes soaked in sugar syrup, honey and cinnamon.
Lokma makes a speciality of including their very own twists to the normal dessert by including totally different toppings, like Nutella, white chocolate and strawberry syrup.
The homeowners describe lokma as “Crispy and golden on the skin, and tender and tender on the within,” and that the mixtures for toppings are almost countless.
Nutella lokmas have been accessible for $2.00 throughout the grand opening occasion. Ramona Leitao
In the course of the grand opening Lokma Dessert Oakville, the primary location within the Halton Area, had a mixture of candy and savoury goodies, all set at $2.00.
In addition to the lokma packing containers, the shop was additionally promoting mini doughnuts in varied flavours, in addition to O’Kogos, corn canines which are often made with sausage that is skewered, coated in cornmeal and deep fried. All O’Kogos are Halal and have vegetarian choices accessible too.
DJ Mattz enjoying tunes to set the environment throughout Lokma’s grand opening occasion. Ramona Leitao
Prospects at Lokma may additionally get pleasure from dwell DJ music, use a photograph sales space and enter a raffle, the place they may win a Ps 5 console.
In response to the homeowners, the thought behind Lokma started after a visit to Turkey the place the now-chain founders found the conventional Turkish pastries. From the primary chew, they “fell head over heels in love.”
Already having intensive coaching in restoration, the founders got down to recreate this genuine dessert by “including their very own private contact and are actually proud to share it with prospects.”
Prospects lined up exterior of Lokma Dessert in Uptown Oakville to check out the retailers non permanent $2.00 menu. Ramona Leitao
Lokma is a rising new chain in Ontario, with the primary set of areas initially within the better Montreal and Ottawa areas. That is the second GTA location, after one opened in Scarborough earlier this yr.
Because the grand opening, the sohop is now open for normal enterprise – although the $2 lokma promotion has now ended.
Lokma Oakville is positioned at 261 Oak Stroll Drive in Oakville, and is open on daily basis till 1 a.m., aside from Saturdays and Sundays the place the store is open till 2 a.m.
Tyler Collins contributed further reporting to this story.
