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| - First of all, the name. It's not cute, guys. It's cringe-inducing.
I got a four pack to go: pistachio, cookies'n'cream, buttered toast, and pretzel. I thought these were kind of disappointing. Like Paulette's, it's the same doughnut base (in this case, a yeasted doughnut to Paulette's cake variety), with different toppings. The glazes and toppings were very ho-hum.
The yeasted doughnut was okay, but the fryer oil must not have been switched recently because it imparted a stale, old oil taste which was unpleasant. Texturally the doughnuts had a nice chew, but nothing outstanding. The glazes weren't overpoweringly sweet but they were just middling. Not a lot of the promised flavour. The best one by far was the buttered toast, which had originality and faithfulness going for it.
I hate to compare again to Doughnut Plant but I can't help it. Once you've had a Doughnut Plant doughnut it's REEAAAALLLLY hard to taste something else and think they measure up. Doughnut Plant has this place beat in terms of size, value for money, flavours, and execution. I think the Doughnut Plant doughnuts are at least double the size. And they use different doughnut bases, different cream fillings, different glazes. I don't wanna be all "NYC, NYC, blah blah blah" about things, but I believe Toronto deserves better.
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