Dunkin' Donuts OREO Crumble Donut

Who loves OREO!?

Dunkin Donuts added a new OREO theme menu recently for the cookie's 100th birthday. The OREO donuts and OREO Coolatta.

I popped into a DD to grab a OREO crumble donut. It has sprinkled cookie crumbs on top, and creme fillings.

It was quite disappointing, because there was so little creme filling inside. You can tell from the picture. I didn't get to the filling til I was 75% done with the donut.

Rice to Riches: Rice Pudding, Not Only For Rich People

Yes, you can make a fortune with rice pudding. Just look at Rice to Riches.

The place has its sense of humor. It serves really rich rice pudding, in more than 20 flavors and 10 different toppings, and each flavor and toppings have creative names, like "I Gotta the Panna cotta," Hazelnut Chocolate Bear Hug," "Sex Drugs And Rocky Road,"---yeah would you like try some sex drugs?

The pudding is served in different bright colors of bowl. A 6oz costs $4, 8oz $6.75, 12oz $8.50. If you want 3 different flavors, the 18oz one costs $12.50. The serving size that serves 10 people costs $40.

Location: 37 Spring ST, New York 10012
Rating: a tengrade of 6.5/10, recommended

Koreantown's Koryodang is Closed

One of Manhattan K-town's Korean bakeries, Koryodang is officially closed. To me, it's finally closed.

Why?

I went there on March 20, 2011 and rated on Yelp immediately--2 stars. Then went back again (friend's diligent request), and still didn't change my mind about the bakery.

The pastries are ok. You can get better things at Paris Baguette, which I think it's the best bakery in K-town. The worst thing about Koryodang is that you are REQUIRED to pay an expensive beverage if you wanna sit at the tables. Everything all adds up and it's crazy---"Can someone tell me why this mediocre bakery is so expensive?" (Brian on Yelp)

In addition, their drink quality is not good either. Fellow Yelpers agreed with me:

"...get served fake-ass, powdered, watered-down bubble tea in a glass FULL of ice and artificial flavors." --- Leslie

"My friend ordered his [drink] without ice and they gave him ice." --- Jessica

"You can replicate the bubble tea that Koryodang sells by going to Staples...it's that chalky and artificial tasting." --- Jason

Another Korean bakery Tous les Jours is opening at Koryodang's location.

GL