No, I didn’t queue for the donuts.

There was once the bubble tea, the Roti boy and now the current food craze are donuts. I am not a fan of donuts even when Dunkin Donuts were still available at Far East Plaza. So there was never a craving for them. The crazy 2 hours queue for Donut Factory, I think it’s a waste of time.

A few weeks back, I went Batam with a group of friends with a purpose. Other than shopping, their main intention was to buy back dozens of J.Co Donuts. If you can’t beat them, join them! LOL. It was rumored that the texture of the donuts to be quite close to Krispy Kreme and better than Donut Factory. Well, I’ve never had any from Donut Factory or Krispy Kreme, so I can’t give any comparison.

J.Co Donuts have quite a variety of choices. We stood in front of the trays and trays of mouth-watering donuts. So irresistible! The donuts were really glossy-looking. And they seems to be calling out to us. “Buy me, buy me..”, haha… J.Co Donuts & Coffee is a nice and cosy café where you can have your donuts with coffee and hot chocolate. We could have each bought a different flavor of donuts and have them with the coffee, and then decide which are the better ones to buy home. But instead, we were lured over to A&W for their root beer with ice-cream and waffles. It’s a pity they ran out of curly fries that day.

Verdict: The donuts were generally quite nice, soft and fluffy. On the downside, our throats didn’t feel too good after eating the donuts. They must have used the oil for too long. I bought a dozen home with mainly the chocolate and double chocolate ones. I love chocolate! Their tiramisu and glazzy ones are pretty good. Cheese Me Up looks good but didn’t taste fantastic. I was really disappointed after trying out Copa Banana cos there is no trace of bananas and the banana taste is too mild. I love this combination, chocolate and bananas. Mango Blitz was sweet(artificial mango flavoring I guess), however it tastes like mango pudding to me. The donuts tasted quite good straight out from the fridge. The cream in the donuts tasted like ice cream. The best thing is, the queue is very short. I waited probably 2 minutes for my turn?

Have your tried Summerhouse donuts? They started selling donuts at Burlington Square way before Donut Factory was opened. I missed their savory ones. Hope they bring them back soon. Their cream cheese donuts are pretty good too.