Living in a foreign land you have to learn to be in complete control of your body at all times. You can not allow yourself to get any cravings for things that you simply can't get where you are. But sometimes you slip, or rather sometimes your friends curse you.
One day I was simply minding my own business and a friend said that she wants donuts. This was a capital idea and I said we should go to Dunkin Donuts. Maybe not your first choice if you are in America, but in Taiwan it's by far the best choice. The problem arose when I looked online for the nearest store. I discovered that earlier this year Dunkin Donuts decided to leave Taiwan.
This is a great indicator of how tastes change. Seven years ago the most popular store in all of Taiwan was Mister Donut, which people having to line up for over two hours to get some horrible donuts. In the years since then Mister Donut spread across the city and Dunkin Donuts came and did the same thing. Now many "gourmet" bakeries have popped up around town and I'm assuming they have taken the place of donut shops. I hardly see anybody in Mister Donut anymore.
If you can't tell, i don't like Mister Donut very much. It started life as an American company but in the states Dunkin Donuts bought them and converted them all to Dunkin Donut stores. While a Japanese company bought the asian market rights and since then have grown the brand all over asia. The taste is quite horrible, and I'm assuming that the reciepe is not the same as it was in the states, as their donuts here taste a lot like the traditional donuts you find in night markets.
Speaking of which, that is what you see above. For awhile there was a time when all you could get were the donuts above. They have some different sizes and shapes, but they all taste pretty much the same; bland and very dry. This is how most Mister Donut's donuts taste, however they have a special donut that is very chewy that at least at one time was very popular in Taiwan. But again it was not my cup of tea.
But I will just have to make do with these bland donuts until December when Krispy Kreme comes to Taiwan. Yep, Krispy Kreme is coming here. And to be honest I don't like their donuts much either. But after nearly ten years without one, it will probably taste like heaven. And by the time I am sick of them again, they will probably be gone. As Taiwanese still don't like things that are "too sweet" and krispy kreme donuts are one of the few things on earth that even I think are too sweet.
