Recently we took a little trip out to Portland and Cottage Grove, Oregon to visit my family. One of my cousins was getting married out in Portland, so while there why not eat things and take pictures of them, right? Before we left, my friend Eric informed that there was an awesome doughnut place in Portland called Voodoo Doughnut. He was all hyped because they an Apple Fritter as big as your head, a bacon and maple bar and a doughnut called the Memphis Mafia (chocolate chips, peanut butter, banana and glaze). I don't know if he actually visited the place or saw it on TV, but I was intrigued by the donut magic which he spoke of.
Voodoo Doughnut is a small place and almost easy to miss if you aren't looking out for the place. Of course we were honed in to some awesome doughnuts, so we saw the place right away before having to circle around the downtown area a few times in order to find parking.
Once inside we were welcomed with some awesome artwork and plenty of fresh doughnuts.
Al went with the Vegan Chocolate doughnut and I went with the Bacon Maple Bar. Honestly, the vegan doughnut tasted just like an awesome regular doughnut, which is awesome because sometimes vegan food doesn't taste too good, especially sweets.
My Maple Bacon Bar was pretty epic. Sweet and savory with a little saltiness. Pretty obvious, right? What else would pork and sweets taste like? Despite it being a trippy doughnut, the execution of the doughnut itself was good. The actual pastry was moist and not too sweet, the maple glaze wasn't too thick and the bacon topped it off perfectly. That's probably the most in-depth food explanation you'll get out of me.
Maybe I could end this by saying something witty like, 'Voodoo Doughnut really cast a spell on me with their doughnut magic.'. But I'll avoid doing something as cheesy as that.
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