Doughnut Give Up!

After our devastating discovery a couple of days back that the 23rd Street Krispy Kreme had gone out of business, we eventually gathered our wits and spirits about us, stared down the empty coffee cup of Defeat and grabbed it by the scruff of its scrawny neck! We were determined not to have to resort to Dunkin' Donuts! Yucks! And went in search of an alternative..
And found a Krispy Kreme on 84th and 3rd!
Sure it's a farther 50 streets uptown, sure it means taking the much dreaded, armpit-in-your-face, 1.3 million commuters-a-day Lexington subway line (the numbers 4,5,6)
But Lo and Behold! it makes its glazed doughnuts on site!! Possibly the only one left on Manhattan that makes its doughnuts fresh on site. (The other 2 we knew of were at the World Trade Centre (really, there are no winners in war..) and the 23rd Street outlet)!
So the moral of the story is.. "No matter how much Dunkin' Life gives you! Doughnut give up!", "The Kreme always Rises to the Top!", "One man's Krispy is better than Dunkin' in the Bush!" or something to that effect..


One very excited customer! One very obstrusive lamp -post! And one guy who walked into the photo!


After the dough has risen in the oven, the pale couch-potato coloured, life-saver shaped doughnuts are launched downstream for the ride of their lives in a conduit of hot oil!


After one side gets an artificial tan, it's flipped over, so that it's evenly golden-brown.


Then the oil gets shaken off.


Then the doughnuts go through a refreshing curtain of glazing!!


After which they emerge shiny and happy!


And rush into the arms of a very nice lady who er.. is very nice to them and nicely puts them in nice trays.


And voila! this is what you get after you put some coins in the hands of the nice people behind the counter, who are friends of the above mentioned nice lady.


One very satisfied customer! This is for you Zann!


One very satisfied customer! standing in front of the Holy Grail of Doughnuts... the red HOT NOW! KRISPY KREME sign..