Have you ever heard of donut? Let me introduce you about that. It is kind of Korean traditional snack. And now there’s a kimchi one at Dunkin Donuts in Korea.
Actually, it’ a croquette, and it was unveiled a couple weeks ago, but nobody else seems to be on the case. Dunkin Donuts released eight new donuts and donut-related products from five different countries as part of a “Health Donut” (건강도넛) promotion. The Kimchi croquette sells for 1,300 won.
The other offerings are a lentil bean curry croquette and lentil cocoa donut from India, a yogurt-filled donut from Greece, a black-beaned “old fashioned” donut and a brown-soy-filled donut from Japan, and an oive chewsty and an olive garlic roll from Spain.
Still no movement on the apple cinnamon front, my favorite filling.
16 comments:
I just came across the kimchi donut today, and I was tempted to make a purchase. I ended up taking the safe road and going with a peanut cream donut instead.
I'm a big fan of the curry donuts they have at Mr. Donut in Japan, so I'm pretty sure the kimchi donut will go down well with me. I might have to blog the experience if/when I go through the taste test.
Looks just like the kimchi croquets at Paris Baguette.
Such things should not be bastardized with kimchi or green tea. Blech.
kushibo, Therese from "A Food Journey in Korea" told me the same thing about green tea and coffee / mocha flavored things. To be honest I don't get the hang-up. I like green tea ice cream, and I'm only a little ashamed to say it.
I don't mind the coffee stuff, but I'm a purist when it comes to green tea.
Not so much out of principle; I just think that the bitterness of green tea is part of its pleasure.
And even if it's not for me, I wouldn't bag on anyone for liking green tea ice cream or some such. I may express strong opinions about what I like, but ultimately it's what I like, and I know that I can have opinions on food that waver from contrarian to pedestrian. I mean, I'm a person who likes Egg McMuffins and will eat two or three Bacon Potato Pies at マクドナルド every day that I'm in Japan. So who am I to criticize others for what they like?
I know I also shouldn't be in charge of a food blog. Not only would I direct people to the weird, things that I like because I associate them with a place, a person, an event, or an era in my life, but also I know this all to well about me and I am loathe to recommend things just for that reason.
It's 4:19 a.m. I should sleep.
Mmm.. I love the savory donuts, so I can't wait to try some of these.
Kushibo: I actually like green tea ice cream, so long as it isn't sweetened. I agree with you on the bitter notes of green tea and absolutely think that the sweetened bottled green teas I see in the grocery stores here are an absolute abomination.
I love the lentil curry one. It's better heated up (and the kimchi one, too, though my friend had that one, not me. She said it tasted like a pizza bun).
I wish Korea had a Voodoo Donuts. I could go for a maple and bacon donut right about now.
Ohhh man. Voodoo Donuts. I should fly up to Portland just for those.
Running a food shop or restaurant, like teaching well, is much harder than it looks. But if you have what it takes, why not go the entrepreneurial route and try to open up a favorite shop from "back home"?
Find a product that you think would go over well in Korea — and donuts would be one of those — and talk to the people back in the US or Canada or wherever it is about getting rights and/or capital so that they can expand. Something that will help you out AND allow you to potentially get rich if they idea takes off in Korea.
I have no idea what Voodoo Donuts taste like, but if they're that good (what is it that's good about them? Would Korean tastes also go for that?) they could be a major hit.
Ew. Kimchi isn't something I would ever associate with fried dough.
Right on for green tea ice cream lovers; there is a mega-awesome truck that parks in the meat packing district of Manhattan, right under the high-line- it sells the best gourmet ice cream I've ever had. They have a green tea that tastes like a tea bag (not the frat boy kind of tea bag). Also a chocolate hazlenut that is brilliant.
As for opening a franchise of something in Seoul, as Kushibo suggested: I thought it was illegal for a non-Korean to own more than 49% of a business in Korea. How could anyone actually open something without being forced into a partnership with a Korean citizen?
I would love to open a real Western-style restaurant here! Steak house with American beef that isn't ground up and then shaped into a steak...
Mike wrote:
As for opening a franchise of something in Seoul, as Kushibo suggested: I thought it was illegal for a non-Korean to own more than 49% of a business in Korea.
I don't think that's true. In fact, I have "owned" a business (actually had a license to operate a business) for over ten years.
That's not to say there is no such 49% rule for certain types of businesses or corporations; I honestly have no idea about that. I also didn't use my business license to its full potential when the F4 visa came into being, since I no longer needed it for sponsoring people, so it's possible there is a 49% rule that kicks in when you are a certain size. I don't know.
Do you have something you could cite online that describes such a rule?
How could anyone actually open something without being forced into a partnership with a Korean citizen?
I don't know, but I wouldn't want to be involuntarily tied up with somebody else, Korean or non-Korean.
But color me a little skeptical since it runs directly counter my own personal experience and because I have frequently heard this kind of thing said about something I talk about more frequently, home ownership. Many people don't believe me when I say I own my own home in Seoul because they have heard over and over again that foreign citizens can't own property, which is absolutely not true.
Housing, also, is something I would never want to have to do using the name of someone else, Korean citizen or not.
WORD VERIFICATION: real esho
I have no idea what Voodoo Donuts taste like, but if they're that good (what is it that's good about them? Would Korean tastes also go for that?) they could be a major hit.
Voodoo Donuts is in Portland, and they sell nothing but wacked out donut flavours. Run-of-the-mill donuts need not apply.
Check out the TV show "Man vs. Food" for a gander at Voodoo and their creations (the Portland episode was season 1 #11)
Voodoo Donuts sounds a bit like Donostudio in Gangnam:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pengdo/415581611/sizes/o/
Maybe not quite as wacky.
Yeah... Voodoo Donuts is just a little wackier. http://www.voodoodoughnut.com/menu.php
Post a Comment