The Cronut, the pastry made up of layers of croissant dough deep fried and filled with vanilla cream�that�s taken the pastry world by storm, may have some new competition.
Far from the cronut�s birthplace -�Dominique Ansel Bakery�in New York City � a similar creation was introduced last weekend.
Meet the New York Pie Donut, now offered by select Dunkin� Donuts locations in South Korea. The pastries,�according to Quartz, are being sold �in the high-end Seoul neighborhood of Gangnam, as well as Jamsil and Myungdong. Photos on the Dunkin� Donuts Facebook page show people lined up to sample the pastry.
South Koreans apparently are just like us.�New Yorkers have been lining up outside Dominique Ansel Bakery every morning to taste the popular pastries, which sell for $5 each.
Readers, what do you think? Is this a cronut copycat?
Far from the cronut�s birthplace -�Dominique Ansel Bakery�in New York City � a similar creation was introduced last weekend.
Meet the New York Pie Donut, now offered by select Dunkin� Donuts locations in South Korea. The pastries,�according to Quartz, are being sold �in the high-end Seoul neighborhood of Gangnam, as well as Jamsil and Myungdong. Photos on the Dunkin� Donuts Facebook page show people lined up to sample the pastry.
South Koreans apparently are just like us.�New Yorkers have been lining up outside Dominique Ansel Bakery every morning to taste the popular pastries, which sell for $5 each.
Readers, what do you think? Is this a cronut copycat?
Dominique Ansel Bakery�in New York introduced its croissant-donut hybrid, which is deep-fried in grapeseed, this spring. The cronuts, which retail for $5 a piece, are so popular that they are sold on the�black market for up to $40 apiece.
