Donut Prince!

[furtech]

My apple diaries gave a friend a craving for apple fritters. She is a top-tier foodie: she even takes pictures of her food -before- she eats it. Her research pointed her to a small shop in Burbank, Donut Prince. Both of us were still riding a creative high from a conference we'd attended the previous day. So we celebrated. A lot.

The first thing I noticed was that I had driven past this place a hundred times or more in the past! This is the donut shop in the same shopping center where I bought my pin-head crickets at Scales-N-Tails (when I owned poison dart frogs).

After a nice meal at Zen Cow (aka, Zankou Chicken), we indulged in peanut-butter-filled chocolate bars, apple fritters and my two favorites: a Homer Simpson pink donut and a white-with-black-sprinkles cake. OMGAMAZING!

I love this place. I have an adoration for people who are thorough and passionate about what they create. It is clear from the apple fritter alone that the owner (an Asian immigrant) is one of those people who is determined to Get It Right. I can picture her buying this donut shop and then researching the hell out of what a "donut" is. What is this strange thing Americans like so much? And then taking it a step further by making the absolute BEST donut in the world. The apples were minced perfectly-- not too big, not too small. The seasoning was even and throughout the dough. Not too sweet, not too bland. The glaze kept the outside crisp, the inside moist and fluffy. I'm not a big fan of apple fritters, but this experience could change me!

Comments

[fenris-lorsrai.livejournal.com]

Thinking of the immigrants buying businesses, did you get a chance to eat at any of the diners in CT that had the 6-8 page menus? They're all Greek diners. So there's a full Greek menu hidden under all the american favorites. and I do mean ALL. you've got all the standard diner food, plus usually a full deli (often kosher), plus a full italian menu! Generally all of it is good, from the meatloaf to the pizza to the spanikopita. and generally open 24 hours and the food is still good at 2AM. MAGIC.

[furtech.livejournal.com]

No, but Spotwield pointed us to O'Rourke's Diner: OMG. I did a photo essay about them on my Flickr:

O'Rourkes Diner (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10364044@N00/sets/72157627917127455/)

Amazing place-- for the ice tea they had ice-tea-ice cubes! (*warning* lousy foodie pics are there-- my half-eaten bananas foster french toast, etc.). Pics of menu pages, too.

I am really beginning to fall in love with CT. So many neat things that I never really knew about the state.