Korean Dunkin Donuts

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Korean Dunkin Donuts raid time! Let’s see what they’ve got to offer.

See, we often hear about Korean fusion food, and we’d like to think of a Korean Dunkin Donuts as falling under that category, but it’s more just like a Koreanized version of the donuts we’re used to. I don’t know: what’s the difference between Fusion and something-ized? Anyhow, whenever we go to a Dunkin Donuts in Korea, they seem to have some really interesting twists on conventional donuts, and so, similar to what we did in our Korean Convenience Store Raids, we decided to just grab a bunch of Donuts and see what they’re like. Some were surprisingly good. Some were surprisingly bad. Either way, we didn’t get what we expected out of this, but we got it all on camera at least!.

The biggest surprise was the Glutinous Rice Cream Cheese Donut. To begin with, it didn’t even look like a donut as much as it looked like a ball. Kinda weird for it to be in a Dunkin Donuts if it’s not…doughnutty. Also, biting into it would just deflate the ball entirely. The outside crust was tough as well. To be honest, it just flat out doesn’t look good on the outside. The taste though: another story. It was the best tasting thing we had that day. The cream cheese was delicious with the chewy rice. Really! It didn’t sound good in theory, especially in name, but it was a shocker.

Dunkin Donuts Korea

The front of a Dunkin Donuts in Korea

We had different opinions on the worst ones. Martina didn’t like the caramel macchiato donut because she really hates the taste of fake coffee stuff. She loves coffee, yes, as we’ve mentioned in one of our Korean Coffee Shop videos, but she’s more of a purist. The fake stuff…just isn’t up her alley. On the other hand, Simon hated the banana donut because the banana tasted so fake, but he was alright with the coffee donut. In both cases, though, we didn’t like the donuts that tried to be conventional donuts. The weird offshoots of donuts, made out of rice and tofu and sweet potato, were all really quite good. Seems like a Korean Dunkin Donuts is better at making its own Korean donuts rather than the donuts we’re used to from back home.

Also, we couldn’t fit in all of our footage into this video without making it feel too long, so we posted some of our extra footage on our Bonus Channel. Here it is:

Korean Dunkin Donuts Drinks

Anyhow, there are a couple of donuts that we didn’t get to review because they were sold out at the time but definitely deserve attention, namely the Garlic Glazed Donut. Tried it once on a whim for a sense of adventure, and totally loved it. Yeah! If there are any donuts here we missed, let us know! We’re always looking to try new stuff.

  • FRED PARK

    Theres no such kimchi doughnut in Korea I think I've never seen it before I live in Korea an I'm Korean by the way

    Back to the point I love snatching ur videos a loooooooot
    Lol

    P.S If I had to choose between any dounuts and chocolate tim bits and Tim horton's hot choc I would definitely choose tim bits god I just can't forget that taste LMFAO XD

    AND ONE MORE THIN WHERE DO U GUYS USUALLY HANG OUT????

  • http://twitter.com/Fulltimefangirl @Fulltimefangirl

    Wow. They have some pretty awesome and interesting donuts there. Dunkin Donuts here in the Philippines have really crappy donuts with really conventional and boring flavors (bavarian, strawberry… bleh). I wanna try the tofu and glutinous rice donuts! ^_^

  • Danii

    I enjoy your videos so much ♥

  • 곽지호

    you can drink tap water in Korea.
    But many people don’t.
    Because many people have a water purifier.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Berg-Beak/100002073458003 Berg Beak

    Jeepers, I visited in there yesterday :D haha

  • churasan

    Awesome video! I used to live in Japan and loved Mister Donuts (they have that same “olive twisty donut” but it’s called “Pon de Ringu” instead). So it was really cool to see that Korea has some unique donuts too. Wish I had visited Dunkin Donuts while I as in Seoul! Arghhh! Maybe next time…

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001052786758 Sunghye Ji

    Lol i only add dduk(ë–¡), Dumplings(만두) nd eggs :) nvr tried chees…

  • http://twitter.com/HoiKwon 권회엽 Hoi Kwon

    Taro Bubble TEA!!! Taro is actually purple.

  • http://twitter.com/HoiKwon 권회엽 Hoi Kwon

    Taro Bubble TEA!!! Taro is actually purple.

  • 장재현

    thanks, haven’t try tofu donut, but I need to try .

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000429411726 Shani Kim

    Thanks for making this video!!!! My parents OWN a donut shop in the U.S and I really don’t get to eat dunkin donuts donuts??? And im going to Korea in a week so I really want to eat “Korean” donuts!

  • Katie Robbins

    Awesome videos!! I loved the Dunkin Donuts in Korea.  I just wrote a whole post about how great I think tofu donuts are and how much I wish I could Sweet Potato Bubble Tea or Bubble Lattes in America: http://downhomefoodie.blogspot.com/2011/06/on-road-korea-foreign-food.html

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IXGGOX3SQNVT5BWBUBYAE4EJPQ Christine

    Lee Min HO should do another commercial for Dunkin’ Donuts in korea!!! the last one he did was awesome!!!

  • superman0819

    I wonder if they have MCDONALDS in korea. i’m just curious because i know that every time mcdonalds put a franchise at a certain country they always serve food that will suit the taste of the people living there. Like in my country they serve rice. 

    • http://twitter.com/kliseong KLI SEONG

      they do. some of them even have delivery mopeds! but the menu is more asian like. some of them have rice buns, taro pie, terriyaki burgers, etc. in my opinion, asian mcdonalds is WAYY healthier (Even though its still bad for you) than american mcds

  • superman0819

    do they have mc donalds there? i wonder what sort of food they serve? i wonder if they serve rice and grilled beef. :)

    • http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Simon and Martina

      They have McDonalds here.  We did a video ages ago about McDonalds delivery.  Big Macs, Quarter pounders.  All the same :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sojung-Lisa-Jeon/1725912349 Sojung Lisa Jeon

    um, you guys are amazig, but especially when you blog about FOOD!!!!!!!!!!! i actually went out and tried 4 donuts after watching your video because you made them look soooooooooo good. thanks simon and martina!

    • http://www.eatyourkimchi.com Simon and Martina

      Ha!  Glad you liked the donuts :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sojung-Lisa-Jeon/1725912349 Sojung Lisa Jeon

    um, you guys are amazig, but especially when you blog about FOOD!!!!!!!!!!! i actually went out and tried 4 donuts after watching your video because you made them look soooooooooo good. thanks simon and martina!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sojung-Lisa-Jeon/1725912349 Sojung Lisa Jeon

    um, you guys are amazig, but especially when you blog about FOOD!!!!!!!!!!! i actually went out and tried 4 donuts after watching your video because you made them look soooooooooo good. thanks simon and martina!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sojung-Lisa-Jeon/1725912349 Sojung Lisa Jeon

    um, you guys are amazig, but especially when you blog about FOOD!!!!!!!!!!! i actually went out and tried 4 donuts after watching your video because you made them look soooooooooo good. thanks simon and martina!

  • http://www.facebook.com/danielle.j.pekalski Danielle J. Pekalski

    The sweet potato is probably ube, or purple yam. It’s big in the Phillippines, I love all that is ube. Sweet and purple? FTW! Maybe this wasn’t a good example, but do give it a chance. It’s good!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HZV5YASU56XDY6IP5HOWUJ4LFU SomeanimefanOwO

    That looks so good. I gotta remeber to eat some, BTW- Was that tofu donut chewy? Im really interested in that one.

  • http://twitter.com/kliseong KLI SEONG

    which is more popular in korea? krispy kremes or dunkin donuts?

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