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AMAZING
1st ORANGE PISTACHIO
Pandamonium Doughnuts, Champaign
BRIEF: “Yeast raised, orange glaze, topped with chopped roasted pistachios.” SOOT’S TAKE: One of the fluffiest donuts I’ve had in recent times and the flavors of orange and pistachio are a match made in heaven!
REALLY GOOD
2nd CRAB SALAD WITH GUACAMOLE SOURBOMBE
Sourbombe Bakery - One Holland Village, Singapore
BRIEF: “It's an entire brunch plate packed into our Sourbombe, so go ahead and dig in without utensils.” SOOT’S TAKE: Got to sample a portion. It’s sweet & savory good in the way Sausage McGriddles would be, although the guac is probably gratuitous. I’m thinking this might be even better on a youtiao.
3rd COOK’S COUNTRY’S SUFGANIYOT | HANUKKAH JELLY DOUGHNUTS
Soots Cook Nook, Private
My first attempt at sufganiyot: the least imperfect looking ones of the lot of very imperfect looking ones that is, because I (quite literally) messed up the piping part 😬🍓. Otherwise, they taste quite perfect (love the tender, fluffy crumb). Note to self: Don’t poke the holes too deep and use a smaller tip next time. Somehow that didn’t come out right 🤔😬
4th DALGONA KOYO COFFEE
Cloudy Donut Co., New York
BRIEF: “Inspired by the viral dalgona coffee, this donut is made with Korean KimlyParc coffee cream filling, a dollop of dalgona whip, and a fresh Koyo Berry.” SOOT’S TAKE: The first of the cafe maddy x cloudy donut colab that I had and hands down the best of the lot, although I did not try the gochujang donut. Every element in the donut just came together like a dream. I’d get me a dozen of these if I could next time. If there could be a next time.
5th CHERRY CREAM CHEESE POCKET
Stan's Donuts & Coffee, Orland Park
They finally set one up in the burbs and in OP no less!
6th BIRTHDAY OREO
Pandamonium Doughnuts, Champaign
With advanced apologies to the pancreas!
9th SOOTY’S MAKE-TO-ORDER CAKE DONUT
Industrial Donut, Savoy
STEP 1: CHOOSE AN ICING —> STRAWBERRY STEP 2: CHOOSE 1 TOPPING —> FRUITY PEBBLES It’s probably been done too many times but that’s what I felt like that day and it was satisfying.
10th PB & J HOLE
Industrial Donut, Savoy
One of their house specials. I can’t believe I had 2 donuts in 1 sitting!
12th CHOC MINT BLISS
Kirribilli Markets, Milsons Point
Yummy cake donut coated with locally handcrafted sugars of Far North Qld Cacao, Mint Oil + Sea Salt.
13th BREAD AHEAD’S DOUGHNUTS
Soots Cook Nook, Private
Happy National Doughnut Day! 🍩 I may have been a tad overzealous with filling these but I regret nothing! 😋 #NationalDoughnutDay #CrèmePâtissière #RaspberryJam
14th NYT COOKING’S BAKED APPLE CIDER DOUGHNUTS
Soots Cook Nook, Private
They’re really mini but it only takes one to take me back to Curtis Orchard. 🍎🍎🍎☺️☺️☺️
15th THE PERFECT LOAF’S NATURALLY LEAVENED BOMBOLONI
Soots Cook Nook, Private
I think it’s been ~ 2 years since I had a donut. So of course, I’d choose to satisfy a 2-year craving with a “no guarantees it’d work”, first attempt at sourdough ones. And voila! I’m amazed they’re as unbelievably light and airy as they proofed up and cooked up. Filling them with homemade creme pat didn’t hurt either.
19th PUFF PUFF
Soots Cook Nook, Private
The Nigerian version of doughnut holes spiked with nutmeg and then rolled in spiced sugar. Addictive!
21st BISCOFF BANANA POCKET
Stan's Donuts & Coffee, Chicago
Ok, these guys know how to make donuts.
PRETTY GOOD
22nd LAVENDER LIME MASCARPONE SOURBOMBE
Sourbombe Bakery - One Holland Village, Singapore
BRIEF: “A beautiful medley of floral lavender and citrusy lime gives this bombe a unique refreshing twist.” SOOT’S TAKE: Love the filling but I still prefer the dough I fried at home the first and the last time I attempted sourdough bomboloni.
23rd BLACK SESAME OMAKASE BERRY
Cloudy Donut Co., New York
BRIEF: “A nutty, semi-sweet glaze with a honey black sesame crumble topped with a fresh Omakase Berry.” SOOT’S TAKE: The Omakase Berry was outstanding but it ultimately overshadowed the subtler flavors of the black sesame component.
24th YAKGWA
Cloudy Donut Co., New York
BRIEF: “Yakgwa glaze with ginger, cinnamon, and rice syrup topped with a traditional Korean Yakgwa cookie.” SOOT’S TAKE: I was excited to try this as I had been curious about yakgwa since watching “Jinny’s Kitchen.” The donut was mildly spiced and honey-sweet, but I might revisit the cookie on its own another day.
25th RASPBERRY ROSÉ
Cloudy Donut Co., New York
BRIEF: “Bubbly Raspberry Rosé Glaze topped with Crunchy Dehydrated Raspberries, Fresh Raspberries.” SOOT’S TAKE: I was unable to appreciate the bubbliness, raspberry-ness and rosé-ness of the glaze but loved their use of good quality produce in the form of raspberries. The only thing missing was a pipette of Rosé Wine!
27th OREO DONUT
Mel-O-Cream Donuts, Springfield
This donut chain appears to be the Dunkin Donuts of Springfield. By the time I entered the store at 10 something AM, they had sold out most of their donuts, leaving their Oreo donut as the only available yeast donut that wasn’t a plain glazed.
28th DONUTS
Ye Olde Donut Shoppe, Champaign
I’m finally trying their donuts since it’ll probably be my last time in the C-U area. They had sold out of many of their options by the time I arrived at 10 AM, hence the very generic looking selection in the box. The verdict: decent but not much to get too excited about flavor-wise unless (I suspect) you want something reliably classic, perhaps like they’ve been doing since 1956.
29th MAPLE BACON
Daily Dozen, Seattle
2 of the half dozen I purchased from this Pike Place donut stand. Nothing to write home about.
30th CUSTARD STRAWBERRY FRENCH カスタードストロベリーフレンチ
Mister Donut @ Novena Square, Singapore
BRIEF: “Light & fluffy donut sandwich with rich custard cream.” SOOT’S TAKE: Twisty version of a cream puff. Preferred to the mochi donut but not to a yeast donut.