Chocolate Creme Doughnut from The Donut Pub
I can't figure out how to break down the taste of a donut as it relates to life. Is the satisfaction received due to the doughnut being delicious enough and therefore I enjoy it? What about the intrinsic value of a doughnut? If the doughnut is the jumpshot, then the doughnut maker is either Ray Allen or Reggie Miller? We know the skill can be acquired because no one is born with the holy grail of donut recipes engraved in their grey matter. Even if you suck balls at making fried dough, if you practiced hard enough, you could be the JKidd of doughnut making (for non-NBA fans, JKidd used to be a terrible shooter, but after 17 years in the NBA, he's now the third on all-time list of most 3-pointers made). Are we born knowing what is a tasty doughnut? Is that trained too? If you're the only person in the world who loves eating something, and if that item is weird, we call it taboo. If later on everyone else learns to love it, then you're a trailblazing tastemaker. You still haven't changed. The doughnut is still what it is. Blogging about something that's not super popular drives these questions. Sure we all love doughnuts, but basically unless you're a fan of The Doughnut Plant or Peter Pan Doughnuts or Dough, then food lovers shoot you a look of, "Who raised you?! I bet you eat asparagus in November!" Let it be taboo then. These chocolate creme doughnuts from The Donut Pub are spectacular.
Priced at barely a quarter higher than what you'd find at your nearest Dunkin, these chocolate creme donuts are immensely satisfying. The Donut Pub has the history to meet the 'old school' cool factor. The sweetness of the chocolate creme center is dimmed enough to keep food writers from using the most overused adjective to describe 'overly sweet' - cloying. For that, I'm willing to sacrifice a virgin at the foodie devil alter tonight. Quick, someone find me an overweight Asian male in HS who plays too much video games. Just kidding, why kill my 14-yr-old self?
The best thing about these chocolate creme donuts is that you don't have to listen to some hoity-toity taste maker who's a former critic and magazine editor, and buy it on some members-only site that mostly touts hyper-local products that costs an arm and a leg. This thing is in the middle of the city, tucked in on 14th street between 7th and 8th ave. It's a wonder The Donut Pub doesn't have lines out the door every day. Maybe I was trained incorrectly to love these things. Maybe these are jumpers from JKidd's early days - mostly bricks, nothing wet. I don't think it's that though. It's more like a Marc Gasol. It's the overweight Spanish center who's been there for a while andwouldn't go high in a draft, but the more you experience it, the more you like it. Maybe I'm trained to like the less popular or have been an American long enough to crave All-American things. The chocolate creme donut is as sweet as the J's that sunk the Heat. I can't get enough of either.
The Donut Pub
203 W 14th St.
New York, NY 10011
212-929-0126
(I invite you to follow me on Twitter so you can get more of my non-sense in another medium.)
Call me old-schooled, but I still pretty to patronize older establishments. Keep the legends going!
kim
June 15, 2011 3:08 pm
I still "prefer". Sorry about the typo.
kim
June 15, 2011 3:14 pm
Donut Pub kicks ass.
FN
June 16, 2011 9:22 am