USA 3 - Best Jelly Donuts in LA

I honestly don't know where to begin. How does one describe the divinity that is Bob's Donuts??? I will be giving thanks and praise for Bob for the rest of my life. And I'm not a religious person.

Oh sweet divine heavenly jelly donut. What did we do to deserve you??? What did we do to deserve Bob???

I stumbled on Bob's completely by accident (or was it divine intervention?) - I was in the Farmers Market (see previous post), disppointed with my funnel cake...walking along when I heard one yank whisper to another... "over there, Bob's. Best jelly donuts in LA". I was off like a bloody rocket! Seriously, I almost ran.

I asked the nice lady if there were any jelly donuts (yes, I said jelly), she looked at me as if I was off my rocker! Yes, she replied, powdered or glazed? OMG - powdered or glazed??? I realised I had just died and gone to heaven. I ordered glazed. And just for the hell of it, I also ordered a bear claw - I keep reading and hearing about them, and thought I'd go all out! The nice lady asked if I wanted something to drink...hmmm...there's no way I'm doing that yank coffee, so I ordered iced tea with lemon.

Now, sportsfans, I don't usually talk money, but you may have noticed in the previous post I mentioned that the funnel cake was $6.75 for some sweet fish batter. Well, I had a tray (you can see above) with the best jelly donut in LA, a bear claw, and a small iced tea for $3.85 - WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ABOUT??????

And now for the really important question - how did it taste???

Well. Someone very near and dear to me says that I am prone to overselling things, that I have to be careful not to go overboard. Let me say this. The glazed jelly donut may just be one of the best things I've ever eaten. It reminded me of an experience in Portugal a few years ago, at a fair, when I honestly couldn't speak for a whole minute after tasting a piece of freshly cooked sugar and cinnamon churros - it was just like that. I almost prayed. I made noises that shouldn't be made in Farmers Markets. The jam was wonderful real raspberry jam, the donut so light and fluffy, the glaze indescribable. OH MY GOODNESS, IT'S GREAT TO BE ALIVE WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS EXIST.

I did a bit of research and discovered that Bob himself makes the donuts by hand, twice daily - he doesn't use machines to mix or roll out - all done by hand!!! The man is a gift from above. Thank you.

Now, as for that bear claw - well it was pretty damn good I must say. It's glazed too, and inside is an apple and cinnamon filling. Mmmmmmmmmmm. The amazing thing though about the bear claw was its amazing doughy texture - it was a bit denser and nice and stetchy - really really really really good!

There was one more surprise, though, sportsfans, the iced tea. It was real iced tea. No added sugar, no fake peach flavour, just smokey iced tea with a piece of lemon. Absolutely supurb. Sigh. Sigh again.

If you read the last post, you'll know that I am now off for another donut. I have found which bus gets me to the Farmers Market - I'm off to pray at the alter of Bob!!!