Bad Blue Moon Risin...

OK, I'm not an Uberblogger. I think I need to probably write more then once a year. Anyway today I was moved to write about a new food experience. In an effort to be kind I will not mention the establishment , but I think you'll figure it out.

A few months ago a friend mentioned that a new " gourmet" donut shop opened up in town. Being a dedicated Food network junkie I had some high hopes. What might they entertain me with....Bacon, Chipolte , honey, maple crumble? Kinda. Not that we eat donuts much in our house, but on lazy day off I go out and grab a few belly bombs for the the family.

Today was the day to give it a shot. I dropped the kiddo off at school , let my wife sleep in , grabbed a starbucks and off the the Donut shop...Well at a glance the shop looked pretty standard, nothing to crazy, the baked sweet smell of treats, a few patrons huddle around a table, a couple of college kids grabbing some "breakfast".

The racks were filled with what looked the icing covers donuts on steroids. Were they Cup Cakes or Donuts? I swear they must have been an inch or more on top of these behemoths. Unfortunately, while there we probably about 15 different choices they we basically all the same note. Cutesy little names, " fatboy" "blue moon" but a lot of cream filled choices. Where were the standards like the crumb, or fritter. Oh that's right gourmet , so these must knock your socks off with flavor. So I grabbed a old fashion for the wife and The Blue Moon ( a blueberry cream filled). I should mention they did have a bacon maple bar, but it looked well, like a maple bar with a strip of bacon on top. Maybe my problem , but I think I expected something different.

We got them home and man oh man, what a disappointment. The icing tasted super sweet like a cupcake, maybe something right off the Betty Crocker shelf. Way too much too, and the filling was to be nice.. not good...I wanted this awesome homemade taste , chunks of fresh blueberry, something like that.. And for the cake....Anybody got a glass of water? Man that was dry and bland. Do you get were I'm going with this? Could it be I'm in a sugar fueled rage due to all the icing? Could be, but for now I'll stick with the 50cent donuts at Safeway or The Donut Nook. Off for a 30 mile jog to burn that belly bomb off..

Cheers