Malcolm S.
Yelp
After passing Curiosity Doughnuts many times, I finally decided to give them a try.
The shop was crowded and I was overwhelmed with what looked like hundreds of donuts looking at me.
There are no signs in front of the donuts, so you have to ask what is what.
With all the noise, not an easy thing to do.
I found an employee to help me and decided on the strawberry jelly donut.
At $4.00 a donut, I thought, this better be the best donut I have ever eaten.
It was OK.
The donut itself tasted like fried dough you'd get at a feast or fair, i.e. zeppole, but overfried. The strawberry "jelly" was more of a homemade jam.
It tasted good, but there was way too much of it. Instead of being inside the donut, it was poured on top. When you picked up the donut, it literally fell apart because of all the jam. Also, there was some kind of fruit rind in the jam (lemon, I'm guessing) that was hard to chew and had an unpleasent feel in my mouth, which I had to spit out.
The donut was covered in some type of sugary crumb, which in my opinion, was not needed. The donut was sugary sweet enough.
After eating the donut, I had a bitter, overfried taste in my mouth, even after drinking coffee. The donut's taste was too overpowering.
Edit...My husband had lemon powder sugar and we split triple chocolate since I wrote the above review. My husband said the lemon was bitter and greasy.
The triple chocolate was very rich, but not sweet. It almost had an alcoholic taste to it, kind of like beer. I was craving chocolate and this one didn't cut it.
Would I ever eat a donut from here again? Maybe I'd try other flavors, I don't know. Again, in my opinion, this particular donut was not worth $4.00.
For $15 a dozen, I can go to Yum-Yum Donut Shop and get delicious, melt in your mouth, homemade donuts that don't leave an upleasent aftertaste in my mouth.