Krispy Kreme rolls out summer doughnuts
TOKYO —
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts has some new goodies for the summer season. Doughnut flavors include Grapefruit Jelly, Peach Jelly and Muscat Jelly. New drink flavors are Krispy Kreme Pop (a soda drink), as well as Litchee, Kiwi & Pineapple.
To mark the 74th anniversary of the company’s founding in North Carolina, on July 13th and 14th, Krispy Kreme Japan will give away a free original glazed doughnut to every customer, as well as an original uchiwa (fan) to customers who spend more than 300 yen.
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Foxie
Those new flavors go beyond my imagination.
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ihavegreatlegs
Sounds disgusting to me.
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gogogo
All summer? When does the campaign start / end?
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Serrano
"Krispy Kreme will give away a free original glazed donut to every customer..."
Cripes, here come the long lines again!
"... as well as an original uchiwa fan to customers who spend more than 300 yen"
I get uchiwas for free all the time in the summer on the street without spending one yen. One time I got one from H.I.S. with Ebi-chan and Moe Oshikiri's photo on it!
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Carcharodon
glycemic torture - yuck.
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sctaber56
I like this new "Food" feature! Hope the plans are to post new articles daily.
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NetNinja
Krispy Kreme, thank God you are here. I can't stand Mister Doughnuts. I like a warm soft doughnut and MISDO always feels like I'm eating a brick.
Warm KK Doughut and Icy Cold Milk. YUM!!
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bass4funk
@NetNinja
I second that. Mister Donuts is not by any stretch of the word a REAL donut shop. Baked donuts, I mean c'mon! Mr.D are dry, they pay way too much attention to the ascetics of the donut and why is EVERYTHING always chocolate base or some custard, nothing every really fruity.
A donut should be exactly like what Net said, warm and soft and especially with a glass of ice cold milk, now that is what a true eating donut experience should be like!
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freakashow
If you want a real donut, never ever go to a chain store like Krispy Kreme, Dunkin Donuts, or Mister Donut. Always go to the smaller bakeries which take more care into their pastries. Tokyo has a ton of them available. However, I do confess that I find Donut Plant's donuts pretty darn huge, fluffy and delicious.
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Zenny11
My son took me today to Hara-Donuts, still ma favorite store. They use soy-products and "fry" in water, tad(10-20Yen) more expensive than Mr Donuts, etc. Few shops still but they also do swiss rolls, cupcakes in some locations.
Don't recall anyone that didn't get hooked on their donuts after trying them.
We won't go for any other donuts now.
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bass4funk
While I do believe tastes are totally subjective, I must say, you must have had a very bad experience. Dunkin and KK will will kill anything Japan has to offer in the donut department which is pretty much MrD and totally put it to shame. Tim Horton's is pretty good stuff too by the way...
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freakashow
Sorry, but Dunkin Donuts and Krispy Kreme just appeals to those who like a ton of sugar on a gooey donut. Maybe it's because my DD and KK experiences were all in the U.S. I guess they have no concept of product quality there. But I agree with you; tastes are subjective and for those who like gooey donuts with a ton of sugar on it, then DD and KK would be your thing. MrD, while not as sweet, doesn't have the fluffiness of a real donut. In summary, the chain donut shops just mass produce their foods without a whole lot of quality control. The smaller bakeries and patisseries put more care into their product and thus create works of art.
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Serrano
I couldn't resist trying KK's new lemon cheesecake donut. Not bad!
But Mister Donut's Angel Creme still rules, and it's only like 136 yen, not 200 yen.
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bass4funk
See, that's the difference. I love the sweeter, the better. But I don't know where or which KK or DD you have been to, but in the states, they DO taste good when they are fresh and hot, I'll give you that. Personally, I hate ANY cold donuts, but I'm all about the goo! But MrD donuts are too....well...healthy like and if I want that, then I guess, I darn won't eat any donuts at all! If I want a cake, I can bake one myself. MrD is NOT a legitimate donut shop, it's a cake shop made to look like a donut, heck, even when I was in Korea, MrD was almost empty, now in the Philippines MrD rules, taste nothing even close to the Japanese crap, tastes more like the way a donut should taste like: Heaven!
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warnerbro
Does it come in caesium-free? I'm trying to cut down.
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freakashow
Well, I agree that each person has their own tastes, which I guess brings up the point that Krispy Kreme, Mr, Donuts, Dunkin Donuts, and so on have their respective fans and thus is why they remain in business for so long. I guess I'm just a bit more picky and not only think about a donut's (or any pastry for that matter) taste, but also its texture. If you're looking for something for just its sweetness, then I guess KK and DD would do fine. Me, I just choose not to eat at those places because I also like a donut where I don't have to chew it and chew it like a piece of gum before swallowing it.
Agreed, but the same could also be said of Krispy Kreme. The donuts there, at least the ones in the U.S. are just starchy, gummy goo that is made to look like a donut. It's just a slightly gummier version of a Twinkie with a sugary coating on it. Heck, I bet I could get a bunch of Twinkies, shape it into a ring, cover it with sugar and sell it as a Krispy Kreme donut.
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Zenny11
Like I said not too fond of sweet or greasy donuts. We got our own version back home and Hara Donuts fills our needs and their prices are good.
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bass4funk
Wow, if you compare a Twinkie with a KK or a DD then that really means you went to a really bad store. I too, can't stand gummy goo, but I have never seen that. I just think it you want a cake, eat a cake, but what makes a donut is its coating and smoothness, like you said, there is a reason why these companies are so succesful and have a huge following. Growing up in the states, I have had enough experience with donuts, but to compare them to Japan, sorry, I just think like with most things foreign, food especially, Japan gets the donut concept totally wrong, if you like that, fine, but a real donut is not a poundcake. or a Stollen, that in a nutshell is a MrD. As I said before, if I want a cake, I can bake it myself and it would be far better.
@Zenny, what the heck is a Hara donut?
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Zenny11
@bass4funk.
Donuts chain from Kobe that is getting big in Tokyo, they use mostly soy-products for their donuts. http://haradonuts.jp/
They now got 4 shops in my neighbourhood and also do cupcakes, swiss-rolls.
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freakashow
Well, four stores to be exact; and they were all not quite so good; especially when I was in L.A. In fact, I recently was passing through Honolulu, and could've sworn there was a KK there before, but it's not there anymore. I guess people were turned off by the gooey taste.
Well, to each his own, I guess. On one end of the spectrum, you'll have die-hard fans of Mr. Donut, and on the other end you'll have those who say it's totally all wrong, and then most people will be at varying degrees in the middle. The same could be said of Krispy Kreme, Dunkin Donuts, etc. I guess we both agree that's why these three stores have stayed in business for so long; that there are enough fans for all donut chains to keep them in business.
No matter how much I don't like Mr. Donut, the one thing I do have to say is that the way they package and present it to you is really nice. Back in the U.S., I've had a couple of instances where the donut I was served was partially smashed in with some of the frosting off of it. When I eat a donut, I really don't want to have to be going to the work of putting the frosting back onto the donut to enjoy it, now do I? But I guess customer service has nothing to do with the actual taste of it.
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bass4funk
@Zenny11
Now I am almost tempted to go to Tokyo and buy one. With a cold glass of Non fat-milk, they might not taste that bad. Looks quite good. I do enjoy my fair taste of junk food, but this is a bit healthier junk. Thanks for that, will be checking it out!
@freakashow
I agree. Of course, we all know that Japan are meticulous about ascetics, don't get me wrong, I do respect that, but you know.... sometimes, I just want taste and just don't give a darn about the visual. Some of the dirtiest places have the best grub. But I get your point. MrD is successful in Japan, but remember, in the donut department, Japan didn't have a whole lot of competition until recently, which is really good, but I don't think MrD would be successful outside of Japan. As I said before, when I was in Manila MrD's tasted really different and was good!!! So in Japan, the company might be a hit and king for some time to come, but when it comes to worldwide appeal, it probably wouldn't survive outside of Japan.
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cactusJack
I think Krispy Kreme doughnuts are too sweet. I prefer Mr Dognuts with a cold glass of goat milk.
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steve@CPFC
I haven't been to Krispy Kreme yet, but there seems a lot of interest from mainly women in their products.
catusjack; Not too sure if i want to try "Mr Dognuts" but i had some good doughnuts with a coffee in Mr Donuts yesterday that were so mind blowing , the voices in my head stopped for a while.
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bass4funk
@Cactus-Goat milk??????
@Steve-which donuts from Mr.D were you talking about?
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steve@CPFC
bass4funk; I had double chocolate, custard cream and Hamburg pie(not a doughnut) but pretty tasty.
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Zenny11
Waiting for bass4funk to try my recommended donuts.
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steve@CPFC
Zenny11; i haven't seen Haradonuts. Mind you i don't travek to Kobe that much and we only got Mr Donuts here in April which is the first doughnut place in this city.
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bass4funk
Those Hara donuts do look good surprisingly. I feel like taking a Hakata overnight rail bus and heading out there. For some odd reason, I think Zenny might be right and if so, that would really be good because I think there should be more competition in the donut market and also to cut down on boredom and although I am a huge fan of KK and DD, sadly, can't eat it everyday, but with these baked soy donuts, I don't have to feel "that" guilty.
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