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Delicious food from the land of unlimited possibilities
The U.S. is a melting pot of different cultures, and that's exactly what you notice in the diversity of the food. There is nothing that is not there, in every respect.
Auf dieser Seite wollen wir euch ein paar Läden vorstellen, die auf Desserts spezialisiert sind und uns besonders gut gefallen haben.
Old West Cinnamon Rolls
861 Dolliver St, Pismo Beach, CA 93449
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Description: While looking for local and unusual restaurants, we came across Old West Cinnamon Rolls in Pismo Beach. Even though there are also cinnamon rolls here in Germany, we actually always associate them more with the USA.
The description promised fresh, homemade cinnamon buns with unusual toppings. Of course, we had to try that.
Our rating: That this is not an insider tip became clear to us as soon as we saw the queue that stretched all the way to the street. So we had to wait in line first. Since the toppings always come fresh after the order on the rolls and some people in front of us in the queue try to buy the whole store empty, it takes a while until it's finally our turn. While waiting in line, you can watch the cinnamon rolls being made behind the counter. We decide on Mapel/Bacon for $5 (left) and Walnut/Raisin for $4 (right). Unfortunately, the Mapel topping was so extremely sweet that we weren't able to taste much of the other ingredients. The salty bacon flavor was totally lost. With the topping scraped off, however, the Cinnamon Roll tasted very juicy and delicious. The second Cinnamon Roll with the walnuts and raisins was much less sweet and tasted very good. Next time we would probably just take the blank rolls without any topping.
Voodoo Doughnut
1520 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80218
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Description: Voodoo Doughnut was originally founded in Portland, Oregon. Due to the huge success of the brand, there are now 12 stores. These are located in Oregon, Washington, California, Colorado, Texas and Florida.
There is a wide variety of doughnuts with many different fillings. There are also seasonal specialties. So it's always worth popping in from time to time, because there's always something new to discover.
The doughnuts are all made fresh and by hand in the attached bakery.
Our rating: At our visit in April 2022, we chose the following treats from the huge selection.
From left to right (Image 3) Chinnamon Sugar Cake, Mango Tango, Raised Glazed, Voodoo Doll, Maple Blazer Blunt.
Basically, we felt the same way we always do when we try desserts in the USA. They look super appetizing, but are actually much too sweet for our taste. Although this time it was not quite so extreme. The doughnuts themselves we liked very much, because the dough was very loose and fluffy.
Our conclusion: Gladly again, but preferably without extremely sweet icing. The plain donuts are completely sufficient for us.
Randy´s Donuts
805 West Manchester Boulevard, Inglewood, CA 90301
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Description: Randy´s Donuts - The legendary donut stand in Inglewood near Los Angeles Airport (LAX).
The stand is best known from movies and television shows. The picturesque donut on the roof has already made it into quite a few Hollywood productions.
As you can see from the menu, there are a lot of different donuts to choose from. If you are unlucky, you sometimes have to wait in line for a long time to get the popular sweets.
Those who prefer to queue in their car can do so at the Drive Thru counter. Otherwise, there is a large parking lot directly at the booth.
Our rating: On our first visit, we had opted for a selection of donuts with various toppings:
From top to bottom (Image 3 below) Glazed Old Fashion, Glazed Raised, Cherry Iced Cake an on the right Sugar Raised
On the second visit we decided to: Maple Long John und Sugar Raised (Image 5 below)
The toppings just taste very sweet to us. Therefore, it actually makes almost no difference which one you take. The donuts themselves are very fluffy and delicious. The Glazed Old Fashion was very heavy and also a little greasy. We assume it was deep fried twice.
Our conclusion: Gladly again, but preferably without extremely sweet icing. The plain donuts are completely sufficient for us.
Pinkbox Doughnuts
1 Main Street, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
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Description: Man betritt Pinkbox Doughnuts durch einen überdimensionalen 3D-Doughnut mit beleuchteten Streuseln direkt von der Main Street aus. Drinnen wird der Hunger der Gäste mit köstlichen und lustigen Donut-Kreationen gestillt. In einer beleuchteten Glasvitrine bietet Pinkbox sein komplettes Sortiment von über 70 verschiedenen Donutsorten an, von Klassikern bis hin zu besonderen Kreationen wie den Doughcros®. Eine Kombination aus Croissant und klassischem Doughnut. Hier findet jeder was.
Our rating: Wir haben im Juni 2023 im Plaza Hotel übernachtet und so war natürlich klar das wir die leckeren Donuts direkt vor der Tür mal probieren müssen. Unser Fazit fällt dabei ein wenig aus wie immer. Die kleinen Gebäcke sehen sehr lecker und verlockend aus sind uns dann aber immer viel zu süß. Trotzdem kommen wir einfach nie daran vorbei. Auch hier hat uns der normale Donut ohne Zuckerguss am besten geschmeckt.
