…my cuppa iced coffee…

To be honest, I am not who you’d call a donut lover, although I wouldn’t say no if you put some donuts in front of me. After watching The Mummy 3 and then lunch at The Pavilion Bukit Bintang, I finally got myself to join the queue at J.Co Donuts & Coffee and grab some of the much touted holey bread.

Yup, J.Co’s round bread with holes in the middle and toppings of various colours and flavours (they even have cheese) are really the talk of the town. The queue in the photo was actually quite modest. You should see when it’s peak hours.

So what peaked this sudden interest in donuts?

A group of us went to Bagan Lalang yesterday to play beach volleyball. It’s a beach near Sepang, around 1 ½ hours drive from the city. Nice enough place, with really really fine white sand. Anyway, on the way there, we stopped at Shell near Sungai Besi toll and bought some donuts from Dunkin’ Donuts. A dozen, actually.

So.. I now got the opportunity to do some scientific comparison based solely on my highly developed taste buds and let you know which donuts are better. What, you think I cannot tell good food from bad?

After a half dozen of J.Co’s samples (I simply couldn’t continue with the other 6), and also the 6 specimens from Dunkin’ Donuts (I only ate 6), I can tell you these:

1. J.Co’s donuts are softer (except for the right top and bottom 2).
2. Taste: I have to say J.Co’s donuts taste better. Not really by much, though. I mean, after the huge dosage of sugar in the toppings, all you can taste in the end is just sweet.
3. Price: They’re about the same. You save by buying more, of course.
4. Variety: About the same as well. Although I noticed that Dunkin’ Donuts has more fruit flavours.
5. It’s easier to buy donuts from Dunkin’ Donuts since they have more shops than J.Co.

So.. the conclusion? I’ll eat any donut put in front of me, doesn’t matter from which shop they’re from. And just to let you know, I’m not done with this self-styled scientific comparison yet since there’s 6 more donuts in the fridge waiting to be devoured. Yum yum!!