There’s a new sweet spot in town – Lukumades, offering Greek-style doughnuts drizzled in delicious goodness.

The Bunda Street store at Canberra Centre was packed to the rafters on opening day, 6 December, where the first 50 trays of doughnuts were given out for free.

It is Canberra’s first shop dedicated to Greek doughnuts.

Store owner Diana Zakout said loukoumades are the oldest doughnuts in the world.

“They’re very big in Greece and the Middle East – they have several variations of it,” she said.

Ms Zakout said it felt great to open the first store of its kind in Canberra.

She said there were two reasons why she wanted to open the shop.

“We’re big fans of the product, and number two, Canberra is just lacking in some dessert options,” Ms Zakout said.

“There’s a lot of ice cream places and for other desserts – I think there’s a gap in the market that we’re trying to feel.”

She has wanted to open a loukoumades store in Canberra since 2018.

Ms Zakout said it was fantastic to see people lined up outside the store before its noon opening on Friday.

“This is fantastic. We were really unsure of how today would go and how busy we would be on the first day,” she said.

“But a line like this before opening is obviously a great sign of things to come.”

Staff expect the popular flavours to be Bueno, pistachio, Biscoff, and one of their limited specials, the famous Dubai chocolate which includes a pistachio sauce and milk chocolate layered with kataifi (a sweet spun pastry) drizzled with tahini.

Other flavours include dark chocolate, Nutella, golden maple, Oreo and matcha.

Also on offer are hot and cold drinks and ice cream.

Lukumades is located at 148 Bunda Street, Canberra Centre, ACT, 2601.

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