I’m still hoping Krispy Kreme will open a store in Perth (see my post from last year Krispy Kreme coming to Perth soon?). In the meantime, we make do with other donut shops. Jac bought a six-pack from Donut King recently.
A strawberry iced donut, simple but yummy. Sometimes strawberry flavour can taste medicinal, but this was nice.
A rhubarb and apple crumble donut – which Jac has eaten before (see Thursday night junk food for an innards shot).
There was a chocolate marbled iced donut…
…and its cousin, the white chocolate marbled iced donut. Quite interestingly, the icing on this donut melted the most during the journey home in the car. The icing on the other donuts hardly melted at all.
The cookies and cream donut was topped with icing and chocolate cookie crumbs. The sweet creamy filling in this donut was wonderful!
And of course, the classic chocolate iced donut.
Ah, sweet donut memories…
When I was in primary school in Malaysia (8 or 9 years old – we moved to Australia when I was 10) I used to buy a freshly deep-fried finger-burningly hot plump donut from the canteen – crispy and golden on the outside, rolled in white sugar, no cinnamon, with a warm, soft, pillowy inside. I would end up with a sugary, greasy face from eating it, but oh, it was so good. And only 20 cents back in those days!
As an adult I used to prefer a hot fresh cinnamon donut to these iced ones, but as I’ve gotten older my taste has shifted over to iced and filled donuts. I definitely prefer chewy donuts to cakey ones. And I love original glazed Krispy Kremes.
What’s your favourite or ideal donut?
We didn’t eat all of these donuts ourselves, and what we did eat we ate over a couple of days. If only donuts weren’t so bad for me, I’d eat one every second day. Same with cake, I love cake with lots of icing and cream. And chocolate eclairs, vanilla slice and custard horns. I love a good custard horn. You’d see me around Perth, camera in one hand, donut or custard horn in the other. :P
Sadly (and this is purely glutton’s perspective), I eat nowhere as much of the bad sweet things as I’d like. Of course, from a sensible and healthy eating perspective, I know it’s good I don’t indulge as much as I’d like (no lectures, please – they’re tiresome).
I have a more savoury tooth than sweet tooth, so I find it easier to avoid eating the bad sweet things. But I really enjoy the bad sweet things when I eat them.
But yes, I would eat more of everything that is bad – savoury and sweet, but especially donuts – if I wouldn’t end up the size of a house and with health problems.
And if you think this post has been all sugary and unhealthy, get a load of thisiswhyyourefat.com (or should that be truckload?). It seems my donuts aren’t even a whisper on the unhealthy eating scale! (There’s apparently a thriving scale for indulgent calorie-laden eating that knows no bounds. It’s called: “OMG are you serious?!” :))
About portraits of donuts
I’ve noticed that whenever we buy donuts and I take photos of them they are like portraits of the donuts. I guess “portraits of donuts” are just a specific kind of food porn. :)
More portraits of donuts posts
More Dreamy Donuts
Hamilton Island holiday – last day, portraits of doughnuts
Note: I usually write “doughnuts” rather than “donut” but since Donut King spells it as “donut”, I’ve used the “donut” spelling throughout this post.
I'm TFP, a food blogger from Perth, Western Australia.
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Man,they do look mouthwatering esp the chocolate marbled one.Im pretty sure I have one of these stores up here.Might source it out today & have a try of their doughnuts myself.
I don’t care for filled d’ohnuts (my creative spelling ala Simpson’s), and given my choice of icing or plain, I prefer plain or raised glazed. I limit my d’ohnut consumption to once or twice a year, because as you grow older d’ohnuts no longer digest they just adhere to one’s buttocks d‘oh!
My favourite donut is the dense sort of cake donut. Also those “french” donuts that look sort of frilly and that you can pull apart? Those are good too. I like donuts simply glazed with sugar, not a fan of cream-filled donuts. That said, the cookies and cream donuts look heavenly… :D
Whoops, just looked it up – the frilly donuts I mentioned are called crullers. I saw that you mentioned it in your Hamilton Krispy Kreme post! :)
Donuts, is there anything they can’t do?
Krispy Kreme original glazed are my all time favourite as well. A Krispy Kreme visit is always high on my list whenever I go east.
My Fav doughnut has to be the sugar coated jam filled doughnut.
I like to try and eat it without licking my lips , it’s very hard to do !
They are best eaten after zapping them for 10 seconds in the microwave just to warm them up but don’t zap them for 30 secs , made that mistake once , never again ( the jam was the temperature of the suns surface).
I love Krispy Kreme donuts! I prefer the light and airy donuts over the cake ones. French Crullers is probably my favorite, though. Funny thing, I’ve been craving donuts all day but didn’t buy any. So seeing those donut pics is torture! Arghhh
Mmmm, doughnuts!!! I love a good Krispy Kreme too – my faves are the original or choc glazed but they also make a really awesome blueberry doughnut. But living in Perth, I make do with the occassional visit to Puffin Fresh up in Joondalup.
Oh, and I never get filled doughnuts, they always taste like that mock cream which is gross.
I have a kinda similar memory of donuts at school during my childhood, i grow up in a small town in Mexico and one guy sold donuts at the door of my school, so, most of the day after school was over i bought donuts from him, and were just like the ones TFP described, just with sugar, no cinammon, glazed or any other thing, and still, for me that kind of donuts is my favorite!
I must be the only person in the world that cant stand Krispy Kreme donuts.
I only like the hot ones with cinnamon sugar on them, Donut King do a good one but yeah must be hot & fresh, not if they’re sitting around waiting for me..
I love crillers. I don’t have much of a swert tooth, but whrn the family wants doughnuts, crullers are my fave. The batter is so eggy! Yum.
hey TFP,
I’ve been reading your blog religiously but haven’t found the time or brain power to post a comment lately. However, I just laughed out loud at your “doughnut” vs “donut” tic! Call it an occupational hazard, but as an editor I absolutely detest it when British and American spelling is mixed up in an article! I personally prefer “doughnut” to “donut” – somehow the latter feels incomplete.
TFP, I really hope KK opens up in Perth very soon! As much as I love donuts, I only seem to enjoy them when I have people to share them with. I recently developed a liking for pandan cake, so I’d love to try a pandan donut if there is such a thing!
Personally I find it ridiculous that you have to write little disclaimers and defend yourself over why you spelled a word in a particular way, or your eating habits. People shouldn’t lecture you on anything, you’re a grown woman and this is your blog.. If they don’t like it they should gtfo!
On topic.. I love original glazed Krispy Kreme too. I remember when it first opened in Sydney and the queue went around the block. Most recently I had a piping fresh one from a store in Rhode Island.. It was absolutely delicious!
I don’t know if Perth will get a Krispy Kreme now! :( http://www.news.com.au/business/business-owner/aussie-love-affair-with-krispy-kreme-turns-stale/story-e6frfm5i-1225867228741
Those look like gourmet doughnuts. My favorite kind is plain. Crisp on the outside and dense on the inside. With a cold glass of milk. Next favorite, lemon filled.
“Donut” has become the standard spelling in the U.S. it seems, in the past decade. My favourite is a (cake-type) powdered sugar donut. I love how the powdered sugar initially feels slightly cool on one’s lips, and then melts on the tongue just before biting into that oh-so-tender donut. :-)
TFP, my hometown bakery made raised donuts iced with fudge frosting, and a big dollop of custard (“Bavarian” style) in the center. Those were decadent! That bakery (closed for 20 years now) also sold “Cream Horns”: A strip of puff pastry baked around a metal cone. When cooled each would be filled with a lightly whipped marshmallow cream. Divine! I miss that childhood bakery!
I’m not a fan of sweet doughnuts and have never really liked them. If I’m hankering after something sweet, I always find something better than doughnuts! Fresh fruit, ice cream/gelato, frozen yoghurt, chocolate or a muffin do the trick, but never doughnuts. But I rather like savoury doughnuts I’ve found at Asian bakeries. Fried bread with a cocktail sausage or tasty egg filling? It’s a winner in my books! I don’t eat it often at all, maybe once a year, so these always go down a treat.
I wish we had doughnut shops here!! We can only really get them from supermarkets and the most adventurous is a choc covered one :(
Saying that though, the plain sugared ring is my favourite :)
I love Krispy Kreme! Too bad we don’t get it here in Singapore.
Your donut story makes me miss my late grandma. When I started working 20 years ago, I used to buy these really lovely donuts from a Japanese Bakery near my office. They’re no longer around but oh, they had the nicest jam filled or custard filled donuts. On payday, I bought a box home for my grandma because she had sweet-tooth.
She loved them so much and wanted to savour slowly, she kept them in a biscuit tin. The donuts turned rock hard in a couple of days and she had to throw them away.
dude, Southern Maid destroy Krispy Kreme http://www.flickr.com/photos/miia_hebert/2606171659/in/photostream/
I can really only eat the plain ones cuz well, most the others have cream or milk chocolate on them because they are the devil. XD
Oh and if you like cinnamon/sugar donuts youll LOVE snickerdoodles.
I’m with Cindy: powdered sugar cake donut is my favorite! (And for the same reason–love the sensation of biting into the hard-packed yet still crumbly powdered sugar layer). A close second is maple glazed.
Just reading this post brought back memories of my favorite donut from my youth…the Vanilla Frosted Apple Turnover from the donut shop on 7th Avenue and 9th Street in Brooklyn. They make ‘em fresh 24 hours a day, and since that was back when I was young enough to routinely stay out until ridiculous o’clock in the morning – well, I ate a lot o’ them donuts. :D
I’ve always gone by the saying doughtnuts are made of “dough” not “do”. Hehe. Anyway, I love that pink glazed one, it just looks so glossy and pretty. My personal favorite has always been a plain old chocolate doughnut.
I imagine your house to be filled with doughnut portraits on the walls :D
I’m not much of a doughnut person, to be honest, but a couple of months ago I discovered the organic doughtnuts for sale at the Freo markets, and they usually have a stall set up at music festivals and things. The chocolate filled ones, fresh out of the cooker, are INCREDIBLE. So worth the sugar covered face at the end, seriously.
Heya
They are seeling Krispy Kreme donuts now at SAFEWAY!!!
People are not buying them anymore because they are so fat and bad for you :(
I read somewhere that eating one KK donut is the equivalent to eating a Big Mac. Id prefer a big mac :)
Ah I meant to add to the comment above that I live in Melbs :)
*Cue drooling sounds*
The funny thing is, I don’t even like iced donuts all that much (hot jam all the way!) but I still buy the occasional one because they look so delicious. The cookies and cream one is all glisten-y and tempting.
Chook,
They’re not bad… good for when I need a doughnut fix, anyway. :)
AZ,
Hahahaha, good one! I agree with you on the growing older, I think EVERYTHING adheres! For me it’s not the bum, it’s the face – I get a big moonface. :)
Wei-Wei,
Yep, crullers are Jac’s favourite doughnuts from Krispy Kreme. Whenever we buy KKs we must include a cruller or two for Jac.
Linda,
Hahahaha! I call the big one Bitey! LOLOL.
Yeah. I know they are bad for us and they aren’t anything amazing but I love them and must eat at least one when I’m over East.
Minimike,
I like a warm doughnut but I prefer them to be warm/hot from being freshly deep-fried – there’s nothing like a crispy golden brown doughnut that’s been newly rolled in crunchy sugar. So unhealthy but so good.
J,
Heheheh. Sorry for the torture. :P
Sally,
Heheh. I like the strawberry creme filled ones, and I like custard filled ones. Jac loves a good jam filled doughnut.
Ivelisse,
Mmmm, in addition to buying doughnuts from the tuckshop, I used to buy ice creams on my way home from a man who had a cart parked outside my school in Malaysia. A 20 cent ice cream cone with a single scoop of durian ice cream was the best. I had to wolf it down in the time it took to walk home so I’d be ready for lunch or dinner with no lectures from my grandma about “spoiling” my lunch/dinner. Heheheh.
Emma,
I know a couple of people who don’t see what all the fuss is about with Krispy Kremes, so you are definitely not on your own there. Yes, not much can beat fresh hot doughnuts (and definitely not cold getting-stale ones).
asia,
Jac loves crullers too. I don’t like them that much myself. I leave all the crullers to her.
laundrydays,
No worries! And here I am, just to add to the inconsistency, writing “doughnut” in my comment replies! :P I can’t stand seeing “its” and “it’s” misused, and “your” and “you’re”… I could go on and on. :)
gcroft,
Wow, I’ve never heard of a pandan doughnut but I reckon I’d LOVE one!
Michelle,
Unfortunately, people do feel the need to lecture. I have multiple emails from cowardly anonymous lecturers to prove it! :) I’ve never had a fresh hot original glazed from KK – the timing has never been right and I’ve never had the opportunity when in a KK store. Oh well.
Chrissy,
I read that article! Doesn’t look good for us KK fans, does it?
kathy,
Oooh, yes lemon filled would be superb. I love lemon-filled anything.
Cindy,
Mmm, doughnuts with fudge frosting and custard in the middle sound great, as do cream horns. What a shame that bakery is closed!
Dea,
Oh yes – the Asian bakeries have some fantastic savoury snacks that I love, especially the bread with cocktail sausage, or buns with SPAM, BBQ pork or curry chicken in them! But I also like anything with durian, custard or red bean paste in them too.
Laura,
I don’t think I would mind that much if we didn’t have doughnut shops here, as long as I could buy them from somewhere when I had a craving. :)
blur ting,
Aw, poor grandma! I hope you were able to buy her more so she could enjoy them (if not stockpile them) :)
jetgirl,
I’m sure I’d like Southern Maid. Just got to get over there to try some. :) Gimme some of them devil doughnuts! >:D I’m not like a huge fan of cinnamon but I don’t mind it, so I think I wouldn’t mind freshly baked snickerdoodles.
Megan,
Mmmm, just the words “maple glazed” sound so good, don’t they? :P
Chef to False Metal,
Mmm, vanilla frosted apple turnover sounds great! I like apple pies and apple strudel and apple custard scroll buns… apple is good.
Beracona,
Heheheh, good guideline! “Do” doesn’t sound so good, does it? :P
Conor,
Hehheheh, yep, picture the portraits on the wall as we walk down my hallway – doughnut, cat, doughnut, cat… :P Mmmm, I rarely get out to Fremantle these days but the lure of INCREDIBLE organic doughnuts may just be the perfect bait.
Stace,
Yeah… they are indeed fat and bad. If they became readily available in Perth I would have strict self-induced consumption limits for them. :)
Ren,
I wasn’t that keen on the cookies and cream one initially but after I took a bite I had to have another! The filling was really good. :D
Whenever I’m back in Singapore, I love the local versions of donuts you can get at the Malay stalls. I think they’re usually made of sweet potato or sweet potato flour? And they usually have this thick crust of sugar on it too. Mmmm…