D'ohnut

Doughnuts are actually a really good analogy for you optic nerve, and educating patients about glaucoma. You want the rim (donut) to be nice and thick, and not have a thin rim since risk optic nerve head loss, and no notching (bite) of the doughnut. We were talking about doughnuts yday so decided to get one and try the limited edition Krispy Kreme. Pretty sure this is the first time ever I've purchase a Krispy Kreme since they first opened in Aus back in primary school.

Simpson D'ohnut-$3.50

It has a hint of artificial strawberry flavour in the glaze, but surprisingly the actual doughnut isn't that sweet. It is lightweight, but not as flimsy/small/squishy/airy as the free ones they hand at on free KK days, which makes sense since they'll give smaller portions cause it's free. There should've been more sprinkles on it to make it more even/pretty lol.

 

 

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Duff beer to accompany the doughtnut-$3.50 (I think)

First time having Duff Beer, since didn't try it in Universal Studios in Florida. In hindsight, should've let my bro try some, but then cause me being stingy and we already tried Butterbeer in both hot and cold and got the collectable cup, amongst other Harry Potter merch such as scarves etc before taking the train to the normal side of Universal studios, we did spend a lot and didn't really need to try Duff beer...Good to know places in Sydney import this stuff from America. It is an energy drink, and I don't drink this stuff. Tried it anyway and it tasted like Fanta but not as sweet or orangey.

It's just cute to have matching Simpsons themed food as a once off treat.

Short Stop

I still have yet to have a favourite doughnut in Sydney, but this place is originally from Melbourne and worth a try if you're in the area. Generally it's less sweet compared to Doughnut Time, but a lot smaller for the price you pay. Both are different styles of doughnuts so it's harder to say which one is better. I have a sweet tooth, but prefer doughnuts to be more flavourful rather than just sweet. 

Doughnuts are freshly baked each day.

choices

icing

Earl Grey and Rose (cake)-$4.50

Quite fragrant and had a good amount of earl grey and rose. It was quite small though, but here it's more quality over quantity.

Whiskey Maple Bacon (raised)-$5

inside

Raised doughnuts (similar to Doughnut Time style) have a more bread-y texture, and a bit more fluffier. The whiskey was a bit too subtle and probably not enough maple bacon sprinkled on top in proportion to the doughnut itself. Still pretty tasty.

Triple Matcha (cake)-$5

inside

Inside is filled with matcha cake-style dough, with matcha icing and matcha drizzle on top. I prefer cake style doughnuts since I love my cakes. It's denser than the raised version, but not as dense as normal cakes. Good hit of matcha throughout.

Favourite doughnuts are still Doughnut Plant in NYC.

Midway

Last peer mentoring session on Monday. I'm actually surprised most of them turned up every week, I remember my peer mentors were pretty lazy, and I only saw them max twice. Decided to shout the mentees for some snacks.

Wedges-$8
Aragorn Pizza-$14

The wedges were so nice and thick cut with a lot more potato than the Quad ones. There were also 6 slices of pizza, one for each of us. The pizza is a thin and slightly hard crust, and chicken was a tad dry, but still tasty.

After seeing Tracy's snap the other day, made an impulsive decision to go buy doughnut (well, I missed my bus for the millionth time so had time to spare to go buy a doughnut).

L: Matcha Made in Heaven-matcha and raspberry

R: The Butternut: burnt butter and pistachio

I was deciding between the 2 flavours, and then decided on Matcha, but I think she heard me say 'one of each' which kind of sounds like 'matcha' since it was noisy. I asked again and said I just want matcha, and she's like 'yeah, one of each' whilst I was holding 2 boxes (she probably thought I was stupid). When I tapped my card/checked my account later, it said $6. So she only charged me for one....I also got a stamp card as well, so I have 2 stamps on it, which makes me feel like I should buy 6 more just to get the 9th one free...

Anyways, the doughnuts did indeed taste fresh. They were baked not deep fried (which makes it healthier already lol). The website says the doughnuts you buy aren'y older than 3 hours, and should be eaten within 4hours. There was plenty of dough to blanace the sweetness from the glaze, and super soft dough as well. Kind of like a brioche bun, but not as bready. I think for non-Asians, there wasn't enough of the Matcha/bitter taste, there was matcha when you had the icing itself, but the sweet type of matcha. Couldn't really taste the raspberry in it/ The pistachios were pretty good on the other one, just not enough of that burnt butter taste, more like the normal glaze for this one. It was still worth my money (:  Doughnut Plant in NYC still remains my fav-they are flavour bombs rather than just sugar.

Finally made it to the end of the boost game (after a week lol)! Got my 2nd free boost, and should have 2 more coming up. The ending is kind of lame and cute, Janine unzips to be a banana then unzips again to be Janine whole stole the fruits (aim is to 'free the fruits). Btw, save up to 10k of fruits to be safe to get a free boost. It takes about 2 complete games (which is half an hour wasted, but that's about how much time I spend waiting for buses...). After getting my 3rd free boost (it was a disgusting protein shake), after blending 10k of fruit 3 times after, I only got crap vouchers like buy one get one free and $3 off ): wasted time saving up fruit and no free boost

And finally got a kebab to end the week, although it doesn't look as meaty compared to photos of people's food back in 1st yr...