Donut King has been at this spot for a long time now, along with many of the storefronts here in this shopping center, though, some are newer than others in recent years.
The decor isn't going to be anything to jump at, as it's just your typical donut/breakfast style kind of shop. What does make this shop slightly different will be that they are a Vietnamese owned place, which I'll explain the difference in a bit once I get to their donuts.
Back in the day, this place was also packed early in the morning, and if you didn't get there by noonish time, almost all of the donuts would be sold out with the exception of bear claws and coffee bars, which for me was a pass. So you had to make sure to arrive at a good time. However, going in today right before noon, their selection was still well stocked, and plenty of donuts left to choose from. Obviously, a business that has struggled a bit with the pandemic, so now they seem to be plentifully stocked as opposed to before. Now, I don't necessarily consider that a bad thing because I can actually get a donut I want now without choosing between things I didn't really want because it's after noon time.
One thing that I do feel has changed drastically, is expected, the price for the donuts. Admittedly, I don't remember having been back here since the start of the pandemic a couple years back, so it may have slightly gone up since then, but the price per donuts currently are a bit high. If you buy a dozen of course, makes it cheaper. Their sandwiches also have appeared to gone up a bit in price as well.
But hey, let's talk donuts! Today I didn't really plan to get a donut, as it was already kind of late in the early day, and I was just there to get a haircut, but waiting for my stylist to be freed up, so walked around the strip for a bit. I walked inside merely to see if they were still sold out of donuts like they usually were in the past. But as I've already mentioned, they were not, so everything was in play. Though I just walked out with a regular chocolate glaze donut since I hadn't really planned for it but did want to see if they were still the same.
The donut was still pretty good. Remember when I mentioned the Vietnamese aspect of the shop? I mention this because Vietnamese bakery/donut shops tend to do their donuts slightly different, and there's a bit more of a crisp/crunchiness to the outside of the dough when they make their donuts. The inside is also pretty soft, but had more of a doughy feel to it rather than a harder texture, but not undercooked doughy. The donut I got today was the same as it had always been in the past, so I'm glad to know that part has indeed not changed.
In the area and wanting to find a good donut? Drop by this place to give them a try. While their prices are high, but not outrageously high, they do make up for it as their donuts are pretty huge. This is also a nice family owned shop, that appears to be run by basically the same people from the many years before then. I do feel that I probably would like to get there earlier anyways next time, because even though my donut was nice, it did feel like it had been there for a bit, rather than something that's fresher. Now that they don't sell that many, I assume it's just the single batches, or at most a couple of batches, but could be sitting there awhile if you come later in the day. I would be back again next time if I'm craving a donut. read more