Kyozuan [Mimi's World Tour]

Bakery: Tezukurikobo Kyozuan 
Address: 16-20 Fukakusa Haraigawacho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
Website: http://www.kyozuan.co.jp/
Style: Japanese
Price: $$ 

Kyozuan, with two locations in equally touristy Fushimi Inari and Arashiyama, is what seems to be a favourite type of shop in temple areas: the soy milk soft ice cream/doughnut shop. Freshly fried, super moist, it's one these things you just can't resist while wandering the overly crowded streets.... These were, in fact, my inaugural soy milk doughnuts and boy, I've no regrets ever since.

While the focus is without a doubt the super stiff soy milk ice cream, Kyozuan serves their doughnuts either room temperature or hot and sells them in packs of 6 for 300 yen with not quite one toothpick per doughnut, but more than necessary. Maybe it's your sign that one person isn't supposed to eat them all? Oh well. :P These adorable little plump things, with barely a hole in the middle, have a slightly crispy, fried outside with a soft and moist dough may not be sweet or that complex in flavour, but they are good, though I had better later on.

A great introduction to soy milk doughnuts and certainly not the last to be reviewed on this little site.

Rating: ***