My First Bite Of Krispy Kreme

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I have always wanted to try the famous doughnut from Krispy Kreme ever since I hear people heaping praise for this doughnut. The last time I paid a visit to Shinjuku which happened to be almost a year ago, I was told by one of my senpai that the long queue was due to people lining up to buy doughnuts but I didn't know that it was for Krispy Kreme doughnuts. I was not aware that Japan has Krispy Kreme outlets until Joann forced me to accompany her to get the doughnuts near Shinjuku station as we do not go down to Tokyo that often. Apparently, there are two Krispy Kreme outlets in Shinjuku but I only got to know about it after more than ten months living in Japan.

However, one weird thing about the Krispy Kreme in Japan is that they sell nuts instead of doughnuts.

Okay, that was just one of my missed-shot on the signboard. Anyway, we decided to tapao the doughnuts back to our place as the time to board our train back was approaching. It was a rare chance for we people who live in places so far up north to get to buy these doughnuts, and that is why even when it was drizzling a bit that time, we just queue-up without even bother to look for umbrellas.

The queue was not that long, partly due to the poor weather. It was stated there that the waiting queue will be around 45 minutes, but we got to place our orders in less than 20 minutes after I queue-up. Just like in some other places like Brisbane, they will give you a piece of original flavour doughnut while you are waiting in the queue. That is when I got my first bite on Krispy Kreme.

Prior to this, I was wondering whether Krispy Kreme doughnuts taste just like any other doughnuts and they are merely being over-rated by people. That was until I bite onto the hot fluffy doughnut and it was just orgasmic delicious. It is easily the best doughnut I have ever tasted. I will make sure I will get another dozen of this doughnuts again the next time I go down to Shinjuku. Even when I took them back to Nagaoka and eat them the following day, the fluffy texture of the doughnuts was still there after I put them into the microwave for a few minutes. I couldn't remember if there is any better doughnuts than Krispy Kreme, not even Mister Doughnut, I guess. Trust me, you ought to try Krispy Kreme whenever you have the chance.

While waiting for my turn to come, the glass wall enabled us to look through the process of producing the original doughnuts. First, they were transferred into some instant oven which made the doughnuts turned from yellow into golden brown in just a matter of seconds.

They were later transferred with conveyor belts to be glazed.

The five of us got two dozens of doughnuts – one dozen of original flavour and another one dozen of assorted doughnuts. One dozen of original doughnuts is priced at 1,500yen (RM50) while the assorted ones cost a little bit more at 1,700yen (RM57). Since we bought one original and assorted doughnuts each, we got to buy them at a discounted price of 3,000yen (RM100).

Some people back home must be thinking that I have gone crazy for spending that much for doughnuts.