I know you’ve all been tossing coins into fountains and whispering to first-stars-you-see-tonight since March 2018, so let me thank you. It may have taken a full 5 years of hopes and prayers but I finally made it to The Salty Donut in Miami and proceeded as such:
What do we have here?? Guava cheese, ube pina colada, strawberry shortcake, white chocolate tres leches, chocolate hazelnut, and cookie butter cake. Carefully hand-paraded around town in the baking sun to really mimic the experience of “fresh out of the fryer.”
Let’s talk utensils. I used a fork and knife to divvy these up, but really I could have done w a spoon because all the fillings were so delicious. Maybe more donuts should be topped with baby pastelito puff pastry that can double as a scooper à la the guava cheese. When you dip, I dip, we dip, I double dip.
The ube pina colada would also do well with being dipdunked into a cafe con leche, and we all know that beverage dips aren’t my jam. But this! The crispy exterior was asking for a quick coffee plunge.
And this beaut. Fluffy brioche soaked in rummy three-milks sat atop white chocolate and finished with torched meringue. I’ll eat it, I’ll shadow box it, I’ll wear it as a fascinator.
A true testament to tasty is if all gourmands choose a different favorite. Chocolate hazelnut? Strawberry? Guava cheese taking us by surprise or cookie butter tasting like Christmas in July?? Hi, Salty, we can’t decide which is best so we might have to visit again.
