I've succumbed...

[chrishansenhome]

...to the Krispy Kreme store at Holborn. Went out to get our breakfast black bread from Brick Lane, and had a scenic walk from Bishopsgate outside the Marks and Sparks then up past Shoreditch Church and over. I expected to have a detour as they were taking down a railway bridge over Brick Lane last week, but it's done and the detour is over. I then took the number 8 bus (complete with mother and gabbling child and two large sacks of shopping, next to me and blocking my egress), and realised that it went through Holborn. So I got off in front of the building I used to work in and walked to the shop. It was somewhat crowded, which gave me a chance to study the prices. One doughnut (they actually spell it correctly! Strike a blow for literacy!) costs £1.10; a dozen costs £7.95. I am presuming that they are valuing the trouble of getting one out at more than the trouble of selling a dozen. So I got six glazed chocolate cake (my favourite!) and 6 filled blueberry. They put them on their sides in one layer in a large box like a pizza box, and give you a bag that will allow you to carry them flat.

So I had one of each while reading the paper. The blueberry isn't as good as I remember, but the chocolate was absolutely yummy. Oh, God, another appetite I can't satisfy!