Dorodi Pastry, Lyon France

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Dorodi Pastry

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Caramel Donut, Dark Chocolate Donut, Sugared Almond Donut, Dulce de Leche Donut

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Red Velvet Muffin

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Chocolate Chip with Hazelnut Cookie

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Nymy Cookie

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With Donuts clearly having a ‘moment’ back stateside, and American culture often creeping over to Europe with mixed success, one couldn’t help but be intrigued by Dorodi Pastry and entering the doors of the small space with donuts, cookies, muffins, cakes, and pies served alongside legit coffee the experience really couldn’t have been more familiar – the young owner from Montreal originally mistaking me for Nordic before giving up conversational French and switching to flawless English with that familiar East Canadian brogue.

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Similarly priced to American artisans, and that is to suggest most items topping 3€ each, it was largely with a focus on novelties as well as recommendations before personal favorites that the order progressed, a total bill of 20€ yielding seven items which were boxed and bagged as we discussed dining back across the Atlantic, suggestions for local spots offered and appreciated despite a dining agenda that was already jammed packed.

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Taking items to a small park in order to enjoy, parking no doubt a hot commodity before meters engaged at 9:00, it was with little hesitation that first bites were taken of each warm donut and although the yeasty brioche-style base was absolutely immaculate, all but the dark chocolate frosting featured an ‘off’ mouthfeel that came off almost waxy, the sweetness nowhere near that of versions served stateside and not at all on par with Donuts Factory, a place to be visited later on the eating tour of Lyon.

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Moving on to the “don’t call it a cupcake – cupcakes are frosted” muffin, suffice it to say that French cocoa studded with Valrhona’s dark chocolate chips is likely to upgrade anything being done with food coloring and Hershey’s throughout most of the American South, and although a dollop of cream cheese frosting may have upped the ante a bit it really wasn’t needed in the setting of such high quality ingredients, the same to be said of a crispy-rimmed chocolate chip cookie dense with nuts amidst a soft center and the best-of-the-morning “Nymy” that featured a puddle of ganache amidst a cocoa base with streaks of caramel, toffee, and hazelnuts making each bite a new experience waiting to be found.

 

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Category(s): Breakfast, Dessert, Dorodi Pastry, Food, France, Lyon, Vacation

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