mister donut
Japanese* donut chain Mister Donut has been opening up chains across Seoul, giving some competition to the mostly American-founded chains like Dunkin’ Donuts*and Krispy Kreme, along with the offerings of local bakeries and chains like Paris Baguette and Tous les Jours.  They pride themselves on having donuts that suit local Asian tastes, including their new offerings of tofu and sweet potato donuts.
sweet potato donut
The sweet potato donuts are all old-fashioneds, including sesame-dipped, sugar-dusted, green tea and chocolate enhanced versions. With a very dense crumb and a definite sweet potato taste, they provide a new urban take on the old sweet potato street snacking. These are some heavy eats, with a stick to the ribs quality you won’t find in the typical donut, right down to chunks of real sweet potato in the batter. One of these is practically a meal in and of itself, so don’t snack on this one just before dinner unless you have an appetite of prodigious proportions . . .(and Fatman is looking at you, Zen “I could totally have eaten two of those burgers” Kimchi!)

On the extreme other end of the spectrum you have their tofu donuts:
sweet bean sugar tofu donut
This is so light and fluffy, it’s like eating atmosphere. Fluff, and candy floss all come to mind eating this nearly-nothing bit of puff. Devotees of Dunkin’s Chewisty donut who always longed for something lighter will at last be satisfied. Despite the barely-there texture, the taste of tofu is very assertive, even through toppings like bean sugar, sesame seeds, and traditional sugar glazes. The result is almost savory despite being made mostly of air.

tofu donut

The beans are advertised as all being local products from Gangwon Province, and are aimed fully at the female dieting portion of the population. Its a shame, because this donut is so distinctive it practically begs for a place on the Korean 100 (한식 100).
mister donut

*in a long, complicated bit of history Mister Donut began as a US chain that was sold to Allied-Lyons which then turned them into Dunkin’ Donuts - except for the ones that didn’t, some of which became independent and some of which became Donut Connections - and in the meantime Japanese company Duskin aquired the rights in Asia.  Got that?  Hope so, it’ll be on the test  . . .