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| - I went this morning -- my second visit -- specifically for coffee and a doughnut. Despite being right down the road from work, I don't envision a return trip anytime soon.
My first visit weeks ago was for lunch and a chicken combo. I got the chicken plain with BBQ on the side since I like my chicken sparely sauced but I ended up more in the mood for just plain ol' fried chicken, so I set the sauce aside and dove in. Bad move: The chicken was unseasoned. I mean there wasn't a grain of salt to be found anywhere near it. Nor did I detect any pepper or garlic or any spice. There wasn't even a salt shaker on the table. As another reviewer noted, this might because the sauces are apparently so flavorful that the good folks at Welcome don't want the bird to be overly seasoned, but the chicken was practically inedible by itself. It was crispy but in a heavy, overly greasy way, not in a fresh-fried way. I guess the double-frying method helps it stand up to the sauce but it just tasted like oil to me. The cucumber salad was refreshing, thought. I forget what flavor doughnut I got then -- some kind of berry-flavored iced thing -- which should tell you how memorable it was.
This morning I got a cardamom sugar doughnut and a 12-ounce coffee. They were OK but a few things ruined the taste for me:
1. The smell of the shop was rancid. I don't know if the grease trap overflowed last night or the refrigerator broke down over the weekend and all the chicken went bad or what, but one whiff of the putrid stench inside almost made me turn around. I stood in front of the display case trying to decide what awesome-looking doughnut to get but my appetite was disappearing with each minute I stood there.
2. I paid $3.58 for a 12-counce coffee and a glorified sugar doughnut. The doughnut was just fine but honestly, it's nothing special. The coffee was even more forgettable. I guess if I'm going to spend up to $3 on a doughnut, I want it to be noteworthy. In a good way, not the way it was for me this morning.
So, dear reader, be cautious of all the reviewers here and otherwise who are tripping over themselves to see how many times they can use the word "amazing" to describe what is pretty much a serviceable if smelly doughnut shop. Truth be told, I'll most likely give them another shot but if it's as rank then as it was this morning, I'll get my doughnut fix on Friday mornings when someone in the office usually swings by Bosa and brings in a box.
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