People love ‘em or hate ‘em. There’s no middle ground with Krispy Kreme. Personally, I love them. When I was a kid, our favorite place to go after church on Sunday was Krispy Kreme. Hui-chen had never even seen one before so I made it a point to take her to one and sample their brand of doughnuts.
I like how they call it a “doughnut factory.”
Inside is a large glass wall and behind it is the doughnut making equipment (although it’s not easy to photograph through the glass).
While we were there, the equipment was not running, but there were people inside the factory doing other preparation work.
Out front, the display case tells the story of what’s on offer. It was hard to make a selection with all those to choose from.
Krispy Kreme has a lot more on offer than they did when I was a kid!
The store is efficiently sectioned into different departments.
They have what they call “Kool Kreme” and also offer iced drinks.
We chose some doughnuts and sat down at a table in their impeccably clean dining room.
This is what we got (clockwise from the top left) regular doughnut, cream filled, lemon filled, and French cruller. Now for the beauty shots of each one:
Now, for the tasting:
The first thing that you notice when you bite into them, is how fresh they are. These particular examples were made on-premises and therefore spent no time on a truck in transit.
You can see how light they are.
I loved the cream filled one, but my tastes have changed since living in Taiwan for so many years. I found it to be a little too sweet (we’ve previously discussed the differences in doughnut shops between the US and Taiwan, in this article).
Former field engineer MJ Klein now lives in Taiwan, and writes articles that primarily feature photographs of travels of MJ and wife Hui-chen, plus daily goings on in the bustling island nation of Taiwan, and other places in Asia. Articles feature people, culture, food, situations and sometimes the trials and tribulations of traveling in places such as China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Laos and of course Taiwan.
