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"On the block of Roosevelt Avenue between Main and Union streets I tried Ugly Donuts and Corn Dogs, a narrow stall where ordering is done by touchscreen; the doughnuts (around $2 each) are based on a deep-fried twist of ribbon-like dough and are usually dipped in powdered sugar, granulated sugar, or injeolmi (a Korean soybean powder with an indescribably funky taste) — the injeolmi added savory notes that made me wrinkle my nose but kept me eating. The stall also offers four doughnut flavors and six "ugdogs," and its Korean corn dogs ($3.49–$6.49) used a rice-flour batter that makes the exterior exceedingly crunchy (sometimes studded with cubed potatoes), often rolled in sugar and squiggled with sauces like gochujang, mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise; the beef-pork sausage was a shade better than many I've tried, and I preferred mine with plain mustard rather than sugar." - Robert Sietsema