So you think dougnuts are extremely greasy creatures covered with ultra sweet fluorescent frostings that will make your teeth crumble within ten seconds? No darling, not if you buy them at Harewood Bakery. Kim Hasebos, the sparkling owner, bakes the freshest dougnuts 5 days a week and is all about natural ingredients. On top of that she loves to experiment with unusual – for a dougnut that is – but utterly tempting flavours: lemon meringue, crème brûlée, mango chili. The mango-chilli one shows her exotic roots: her mother and grandmother are Dutch Indonesian. These women taught her how to bake and excited her love for food. Before she pursued a career in food, she worked for a Dutch private equity firm. After she had lost her job, she went to England to follow a pastry course. Back home she initiated a successful crowdfunding campaign and since a couple of weeks Harewood Bakery is up and running. Say ‘hi’ to Kim, have a coffee plus a dougnut 2.0. For example the one with home-made mango curd tossed in ‘chilli sugar’: creamy, a bit sour but with enough sugar to make your day rock.
Harewood Bakery
Mango-chilli doughnut, one, €3.50
Albert Cuypstraat 62, South (De Pijp)
Opening hours: Wednesday-Friday 8.30am-3.30pm, Saturday-Sunday 9.30am-3.30pm
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