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| - The wife and I have been here a couple of times in the past two weeks. I'm pretty picky when it comes to doughnuts so, despite the fact that, rather than seeking out doughnutteries (is that a word?) I should probably be looking for a store that sells fresh carrot and celery sticks as snacks, I am always eager to seek out a new doughnut option.
I'm an aficionado of the cake style doughnut and grew up with the excellent ones from Puffin Fresh, a chain in Australia. Upon entering Ronald's the orange and cherry iced cake options really caught my eye and the wife got some of her preferred cream filled and lemon filled concoctions.
The staff were friendly and I really appreciated the 4AM opening time - convenient for that snack attack moment during the summer while night-owling. The cash only stipulation is a bit of an inconvenience, but the prices are good so it all works out - just remember to carry some cash.
When I tried my doughtnuts I was a little disappointed. They were fine, but while the wife enjoyed her filled ones, I had a number of problems with my iced cake-style doughnuts. Firstly, even mere minutes after opening for the day, on both of my visits I have found the doughnuts a bit too hard and dry as though they had been left to cook for a few minutes too long. The second visit two of my six doughnuts featured a really rough, crunchy bottom layer which held more than a hit of grease. These two doughnuts were really unpleasant with the rest being what I would categorise as "fine".
My second issue with Ronald's is I found the doughnuts to be just too sweet. I'm sure everyone is thinking "Well what do you expect! It's a doughnut!", but I mean SWEET - to the point where I would often have to stop eating my doughnut halfway through lest I enter a sugar coma. They really load these up with sweetener and I for one think they've overdone it just a tad. 20% less sugar and 20% less fry time and I think you'd end up with my perfect doughnut.
All in all Ronald's makes some decent doughnuts, but I think the overall Yelp rating here is about a star too high. It could also be an indication of my own particular out-of-steppedness with the American palate when it comes to sweets. (I have to buy artisan bread because standard American white bread tastes like dessert food to me because of the added sugar we don't get in our bread at home)
If you're craving a doughnut at the crack of dawn or just need to fight off a bout of hypoglycæmia, Ronald's might fit the ticket. For me, the great doughnut search continues.
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