Hello, everyone~!
As I've mentioned on the post I wrote at Yahoo's AGU group, I've been really busy since I told everyone that I now have plenty of time! Well, doing my best is what I can give them. So, it keeps me going.
Today's topic would be, as you might guess from the title, the visit to a Krispy Kreme Doughtnuts' store! Though I've heard that there's several stores in Tokyo(Shinjuku, for example.), I've never visited the stores before because it's always extremely crowded. On Saturday and Sunday, it's not unusual to wait for an hour to get the doughnuts! Unbelievable, isn't it?
But this time, the store opened in Tachikawa. It takes 20 minutes to get there, so I decided to give it a try!
The building where the store is located is called LUMINE, and you can go shopping and get on train in the same place. As I walked through the station and went down the stairs, I saw the sign of the store and it said "0:25". It meant that you had to wait for 25 minutes to get the doughnuts. Whether or not this waiting time feels longer depends on people, and I decided to get in the line. I really wanted to try the taste which has made some Japanese people blindly wait for an hour or more, and was wondering it was worth waiting.
After going inside the store, the store's staff warmly said "Irasshaimase~(Welcome!)" and gave the doughnut to every customer for free. It's the original glazed, and according to the information I got on the menu, the story of the company has begun from this product. It was moderately warm, and it was yummy. But I still don't know it's
worth waiting for an hour! Hmmmm........ Actually, the same thing happend when the ice cream company called Cold Stone Creamery arrived in Japan. I think it's a part of who we are and there's even a saying that explains this behavior. "Nesshi yasuku, Sameyasui"(be easily warmed up but just as easily cooled down.) And one thing I've learned from this visit was... the doughnut that tastes the best is definitely the one I got inside the store. Obviously.
worth waiting for an hour! Hmmmm........ Actually, the same thing happend when the ice cream company called Cold Stone Creamery arrived in Japan. I think it's a part of who we are and there's even a saying that explains this behavior. "Nesshi yasuku, Sameyasui"(be easily warmed up but just as easily cooled down.) And one thing I've learned from this visit was... the doughnut that tastes the best is definitely the one I got inside the store. Obviously.
It seems to some people that I didn't enjoy visiting the store because I'm looking back at this critically. Well, I have to admit that I had a lot of fun going through the process to get something that attracts many peo
ple especially in Tokyo. It's always exciting to discover something new, and experience it. ^^
Moreover, being able to watch how the doughnuts are made was really fascinating! In this size of the store, for example, it can make 3000 original glazed doughnuts per hour.
Moreover, being able to watch how the doughnuts are made was really fascinating! In this size of the store, for example, it can make 3000 original glazed doughnuts per hour.
That's all for today!
See you soon~. ^^
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Hi dear Hiromi! How nice to see your post this morning. This topic was interesting for me because I don't care for doughnuts, especially glazed doughnuts like those Krispy Kreme is so famous for. If I eat a doughnut, I prefer a plain cake doughnut. I am much more partial to cookies and muffins. But doughnuts (with coffee) are certainly popular here. The headquarters of Krispy Kreme is in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, I think, where my husband has many friends. We have been there quite a few times and it was there that I was first offered one of these famous Krispy Kreme doughnuts. They have since appeared in my local Giant Food grocery store. I never buy them, however!
The Japanese passion for these doughnuts intrigues me because I thought Japanese tastes did not run much to very sweet foods. Why this sudden love of doughnuts? I wonder.
Anyway, be careful because they are very fattening!
See you next week at Tapped In!
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