Tahoora Sweets & Bakery

Ooh Tahoora. You spoil me so!
My friend and I were doing a Pakistani and Indian food crawl when we finished at Tahoora. She said, "My mom raves about this place everytime we are in Chicago."

Chicagoans generally have it pretty good. Their desi restaurants have a higher quality than we would ever expect in Jackson Heights, New York City 's little India.

Tahoora's chai was by far the most disappointing cuppa, I've ever tried. Especially, considering they have a dedicated chai line. You'll think they make the best chai this side of the Mississippi.
But they definitely shine with the habshi halwa, which are milk cakes sweetened with honey and nuts and kalakand, milk cooked down to a cake.
They have a huge variety of these.

Amazing sweets!  Love the barfis and kalakand and...well, everything. But they are extremely sugary, so beware.

I'm from Texas but have family in the Chicago area. We almost always make a trip out to Devon for great Indian and Pakistani food and clothes. We've been going to Tahoora for years because it has some of the best Indian and Pakistani desserts in the area.

If you're new to south Asian sweets, beware that the desserts are extremely sweet. I recommend trying the kalakand and habshi halwa. Their chai isn't great, so don't feel bad if you skip it.