Chris’ take: As we mentioned earlier, the 45 best food trucks listed in Seattle Met magazine spend most of their time in Seattle, and show up mostly at mid day. So you can understand our excitement when one of their top 13 rated food trucks showed up at Meeker Days this weekend in our own little town of Puyallup! Now anyone who knows me knows that there is a food item that I am particularly passionate about. Donuts. Whether its posting about Happy Donut Friday at the hospital cafeteria on Facebook, or arguing over the merits of traditional donuts like Dunkin Donuts or Winchell’s, vs. Krispy Kreme (yuck), I take my donuts seriously.
But enough about me, what about Street Donuts? If you’re in a hurry, and don’t have time to read the rest of this, here’s the summary: You need to go to Street Donuts. Their mini donuts come fresh out of the oil with the perfect blend of firmness and softness, the type of donut that “gives” when you bite into it at exactly the right point. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, then you’re not truly passionate about your donuts).
But it’s not the perfectly fried miniature rings of awesomeness that sets these folks apart, its their toppings. We went with the obviously safe choice for our first batch, cinnamon and caramel. From the very first bite, the cinnamon and caramel donut was pure perfection. The kind of perfection that makes you close your eyes and wish the moment could last forever (I told you I’m passionate about donuts). But that was the easy choice. For our second batch, we went with their signature ginger and cardamom dusted donuts. Now I’ll be honest, I didn’t even know what cardamom was (its a floral spice!), but that didn’t stop us. With a little trepidation, I bit into the first ginger and cardamom donut, and… It. Is. The. Best. Donut. I’ve. Ever. Had. Period. I’m serious. When you go to street Donuts, try the ginger and cardamom donuts. If you don’t like them, I’ll buy the leftovers from you.
Sophie’s Take: Now, don’t get me wrong. I love sweets. But, they just can’t be “too-sweet”. Doughnuts have always been the happy-medium, the perfect mixture of sweet and savory. But then… today, I realized that throughout my doughnut eating carer, I have been cheated. Biting into that cardamon ginger street doughnut, I knew that from now on, I was going to be spoiled. There is no turning back to what I thought was a “good” doughnut. Nothing can quite compare to the perfect harmony those two spices create. It was a symphony of pure deliciousness. Yes, the caramel cinnamon doughnuts were wonderful as well, but nothing like those cardamon ginger dusted rings of heaven. So thank-you Street Donuts, thank-you for raising my ever high expectations of what a good doughnut is like. Thank-you. (By the way, if Dad offers to buy those doughnuts off you, I’ll pay you $2 more! Keep that in mind…)
The 411: Check out Street Donuts at streetdonuts.com, or on twitter, @streetdonuts. And if you’re free this weekend, Meeker Days is still going on Saturday and Sunday, 6/16/12, and 6/17/12 in Downtown Puyallup. Make sure you stop by Street Donuts while you’re there!
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