{"id":1416,"date":"2021-06-15T20:44:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T01:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shenghuo.bitman.org\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2021-06-30T05:39:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T10:39:41","slug":"donuts-v-doughnuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shenghuo.bitman.org\/?p=1416","title":{"rendered":"Donuts v. Doughnuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First off, let me set straight my take on the spelling of ‘Donut’: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donut \/\u02c8d\u014d\u02ccn\u0259t\/ : small fried cake of sweetened dough, typically in the shape of a ball or ring, pretending to be an actual Doughnut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now that we have that out out of the way, Shanghai is a barren wasteland for Doughnuts. Sure, its got some places that sell ‘Donuts’: bread like product with butter or pork inside and topped with rock-hard a chocolate like substance, which causes untold gastronomic grief. Things best avoided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There used to be a Mister Donut (note the spelling) which is America’s take on Doughnut wanna-be’s, and equally horrific here. But they have long since closed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There also used to be Krispy Kremes, the nearest thing to real Doughnuts. But aside from the half-dozen listings in Shanghai, none exist here anymore. I’ve been to all the locations and found nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It looks like a large selection, but there are many duplications.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The only one remaining is Dunkin’ Donuts, which sit somewhere between Mister Donut and Krispy Kreme. They’re not real Doughnuts, but better than Donuts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’d give my left nut for a real cinnamon roll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So that’s what I venture out for every few months: Dunkin’ Donuts for a small taste of back-home (thanks, Covid)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 15\u00a5 each or ($2.30), they are not cheap. But you can get a box of 6 for 52\u00a5 ($1.35\/each), which lessens the pain. Selection is very limited and they are not that fresh. I think only 2 stores remain in Shanghai now. One is 6 subway stops and 2 lines away, and the other is in the HongQiao airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For true, authentic Doughnuts, there is only one place: Lamar’s – if you don’t have one, you don’t know what you’re missing. Its a small regional business that I doubt will ever make it to Shanghai. So, Dunkin’ it is for the foreseeable future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First off, let me set straight my take on the spelling of ‘Donut’: Donut \/\u02c8d\u014d\u02ccn\u0259t\/ : small fried cake of sweetened dough, typically in the shape of a ball or ring, pretending to be an actual Doughnut. Now that we have that out out of the way, Shanghai is a barren wasteland for Doughnuts. Sure, its got some places that sell ‘Donuts’: bread like product with butter or pork inside and topped with rock-hard a chocolate like substance, which causes untold gastronomic grief. Things best avoided. There used to be a Mister Donut (note the spelling) which is America’s take Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shenghuo.bitman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shenghuo.bitman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shenghuo.bitman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shenghuo.bitman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shenghuo.bitman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1416"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.shenghuo.bitman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1567,"href":"https:\/\/www.shenghuo.bitman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions\/1567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shenghuo.bitman.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shenghuo.bitman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shenghuo.bitman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shenghuo.bitman.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}