Wednesday, February 17, 2010

hara donuts

Recently, Tamakikat posted about Hara Donuts.

These donuts started from a shop in Kobe that makes tofu (soy bean curd). After looking at the address for the tofu shop, I figured out that it is located near my host family's home.

On the website, I saw that they have a shop in Osaka, so I went to check them out after French class yesterday. (I didn't know it at the time, but it was "Fat Tuesday".)

I really wanted to try their ko-cha (earl grey) donut, but they didn't have this flavor on this day, so I chose 4 different ones for Satoshi and I to try.

Hara Donut--the original, made from tonyu(soy milk) and okara(soy lees).

Tamba Kuromame Kinako--Tamba is an area in Kyoto that is famous for their black beans. This donut is sprinkled with roasted kuromame (black bean) and kinako (soy bean powder), this one had a nice nuttiness flavor to it.

Satsumaimo--sweet potato, there were crunchy bits of sweet potato in the donut.

Ponkan--this donut was frosted with a citrus icing. (by the way, ponkan is a type of citrus.)

Hara Donuts : this shop is no longer at this address
2-1-38 Dojima
Kita-ku, Osaka
Phone: 06.6341.0826
Open from 11:00-21:00 or until their donuts sell out

I liked them all since they were not heavy like cake donuts. They reminded me of those soy milk donuts in Kyoto's Nishiki market. I want to try their rolled cake at their sister store, Hara Roll, but that will have to wait for another time.

19 comments:

  1. Donuts made from okara! Wow, that's something I'd like to try....

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  2. mmm...donuts! I just had a homemade one for fat tuesday today! i am really intrigued by those hara donuts (made with soy milk and okara)!

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  3. Wow, donuts made with soy milk and soy lees, eh? That's gotta' be the healthiest donuts I've ever heard of!

    How are they cooked? Deep-fried? Baked? Steamed?

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  4. How interesting. These don't sound anything like traditional donuts! They look like they are still deep fried though, so I imagine they would be rather nice!

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  5. Sounds delicious! I love donuts... ate a ton last week. :)

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  6. I hope you do soon Kirk :)

    Thanks Genki, they are still fried so I don't think they are THAT healthy ;)

    Fried, Pomai, so I guess the healthy balances out the bad :)

    Anything fried usually is Momiji ;)

    Lucky you Rick :)

    Take care everyone!
    Kat

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  7. These would be breakfast for me!

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  8. I could probably eat them for breakfast too Rowena :)

    Take care.
    Kat

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  9. You can't taste the tofu or okara Jalna, just donut :)

    Take care.
    Kat

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  10. Hi Kat,
    I had my first okara donut in Asakusa two months ago - loved it!

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  11. Lori, I think by adding okara and or tofu, you can cut some of the calories in the donut even if it is deep fried :)

    Take care.
    Kat

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  12. very interesting-sounding donuts.

    paz

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  13. Paz, I think if I gave you one without telling you it was made from tofu, you may like it :)

    Take care.
    Kat

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  14. LOL! I just may!

    Paz ;-)

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  15. :) we definitely have to meet up in person someday Paz!!

    Take care.
    Kat

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  16. Yeah, I think so - cuts down a little on the guilt of eating donuts! :) I liked that the one we tried wasn't oily at all.

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  17. Great flavors--I hope you get to try that Earl Grey one sometime! ;-)

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  18. Lori :)

    me too Debinhawaii :)

    Take care you two.
    Kat

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