Is a Donut the ultimate accolade?

So one of the things which America does well and which this English Girl has taken to her heart (and unfortunately my calorie intake) are doughnuts.  In England we welcomed the krispy kreme kiosks with its red light informing of a freshly made batch, but even so my favorites remained the hot freshly made sugared donuts you can acquired along any English seafront closely followed by the Bevan's bakery sugared raspberry jam filled version of my teenage years.

But in America it is a different story.  There are whole shops dedicated to the deep fried doughy treat and this English Girl unfortunately lives within walking distance of the Stan's corner donut shop which it self proclaims is the "World's Best".  At this institutional hole in the wall the varieties are endless and are proudly served in a bright pink box which heralds your purchase to the public.  The choice of fillings, icings, shape and size however make the decision a time consuming process.  Will it be a heart stopping artery thickening cherry cheese donut (stuffed with creme cheese and topped with cherry pie filling if you are interested); my better half's favourite of the peanut butter and jelly with chocolate chips or just a plain old-fashioned glazed. 

Randy's Donuts - just off the 405



The self sell is worthy - Stan's store sells pretty good donuts - rivalled possibly in this English Girl's opinion only by Randy's (being advertised by the iconic 10 meter tall fibreglass donut on the drive-through stores roof gets an extra point - see picture below).  With all this donut choice though, it has to be said this English Girl stick to the basics and generally gets the raspberry jam filled style treat - although at Stan's the glazed variety is renamed the Marilyn Lewis after the Queen of the Hamburger Hamlet.   In this town it's probably the ultimate accolade to have a doughnut named after you - now that gives this English Girl something to aim for!

Note:  Bevan's Bakery is a village bakery based in Hemsby, Norfolk.