{"id":3049,"date":"2013-06-16T07:42:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T14:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jett.in\/?p=3049"},"modified":"2013-12-16T15:06:24","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T23:06:24","slug":"for-the-want-of-a-cronut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2013\/06\/for-the-want-of-a-cronut\/","title":{"rendered":"For the Want of a Cronut"},"content":{"rendered":"

update: i have found the TV Tokyo clip<\/a> — you can see me at around 1 minute in behind the reporter as they enter the store (i’m on my phone).<\/em><\/p>\n

the problem with being in a city you’ve been to many times before is that you end up doing random stuff<\/a>. not like that’s necessarily a bad thing, but this morning i really questioned my sanity. shrouded in hype, the cronut<\/a> seems to be the latest baked goods fad<\/a>, after cupcakes and macarons, and the source is a place in Soho, Dominique Ansel Bakery<\/a>. rumor has it they only make 200 each day with a two-per-person limit, so you have to get there early and wait in line. each box of two cronuts is $10. (from my experience today, if you get there two hours before opening, which is 8 on weekdays and 9 on weekends, you’ll definitely have no problem.)<\/p>\n

so i decided to wake up early this morning<\/a> and see what the fuss was all about. i wasn’t sure it was a wise move — i mean, i didn’t even know what a cronut looked like, but what the hey.<\/p>\n

thanks to the subway being super-slow (15 minute wait for a 4\/5\/6 downtown train from Grand Central), i didn’t make it there until about 7, with the bakery opening up at 9. (it’s a couple doors down from where the building starts in the picture below.)<\/p>\n

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It doesn't open for another 2h but I think at least I'm good for my two. line is not around the block yet. #cronuts<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/TUx94PuUEK<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jonathan Khoo (@jonk) June 16, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n