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jlb



Joined: 18 Sep 2003

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I fear the day that KK comes to Cheonan. It's not a matter of if, but how much weight I would gain.

So addictive, so delightfully soft and sweet.
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Doogie wrote:
Also, they've got the best coffee on the planet. Sorry Starbucks, but it's true.


I've always found Timmy's coffee to be little better than A&P 8 O'clock Coffee or Maxwell House.
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Mashimaro



Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: location, location

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Joe Korean: Random Western food X is too sweetie!
(procedes to down a gutful of krispy kremes)

Joe Korean: Random delicious Western food Y is too oily!
(procedes to down a gutful of samgyop sal)

I thought I was a sweet tooth but the KKs are way to sweet for me.
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

twg wrote:
Green Tea wrote:
Krispy what?


Is this another instance where americans speak as if the whole world should know what the hell they are talking about?

I'm Canadian. I'd talk about Timmy's but there aren't any here. Gotta make due with what's available.


Had some this summer. Tim's has changed their recipes sometime between this summer and the previous one. Their donuts now suck.
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hollywoodaction wrote:
twg wrote:
Green Tea wrote:
Krispy what?


Is this another instance where americans speak as if the whole world should know what the hell they are talking about?

I'm Canadian. I'd talk about Timmy's but there aren't any here. Gotta make due with what's available.


Had some this summer. Tim's has changed their recipes sometime between this summer and the previous one. Their donuts now suck.


I think they've been doing this thing where they don't make them fresh. They sort of half cook them in a factory, ship them to the stores frozen, and then the local tims finishes them off. Made fresh? Not anymore.
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mindmetoo wrote:
Hollywoodaction wrote:
twg wrote:
Green Tea wrote:
Krispy what?


Is this another instance where americans speak as if the whole world should know what the hell they are talking about?

I'm Canadian. I'd talk about Timmy's but there aren't any here. Gotta make due with what's available.


Had some this summer. Tim's has changed their recipes sometime between this summer and the previous one. Their donuts now suck.


I think they've been doing this thing where they don't make them fresh. They sort of half cook them in a factory, ship them to the stores frozen, and then the local tims finishes them off. Made fresh? Not anymore.


No, they still tasted the same two summers ago, after they had already stopped making them in store. The ones I had this summer tasted different. They most definitely changed the ingredients.
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Green Tea



Joined: 04 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hollywoodaction wrote:
mindmetoo wrote:
Hollywoodaction wrote:
twg wrote:
Green Tea wrote:
Krispy what?


Is this another instance where americans speak as if the whole world should know what the hell they are talking about?

I'm Canadian. I'd talk about Timmy's but there aren't any here. Gotta make due with what's available.


Had some this summer. Tim's has changed their recipes sometime between this summer and the previous one. Their donuts now suck.


I think they've been doing this thing where they don't make them fresh. They sort of half cook them in a factory, ship them to the stores frozen, and then the local tims finishes them off. Made fresh? Not anymore.


No, they still tasted the same two summers ago, after they had already stopped making them in store. The ones I had this summer tasted different. They most definitely changed the ingredients.



I've never been a fan of doughnuts or coffee. So, I don't get the whole Tim Horton Canadiana thing.
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Green Tea wrote:


I've never been a fan of doughnuts or coffee. So, I don't get the whole Tim Horton Canadiana thing.


As a Canadian, I don't get what fondness Canadians have for the coffee and donuts. Other than the dutchie, Tims is little different from Dunkin. The coffee isn't stand out. I suspect its about memories. In many Canadian cities, the only late night hop is the local Tim Horton Donuts and one spends a great deal of your youth there.
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djsmnc



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mindmetoo wrote:
In many Canadian cities, the only late night hop is the local Tim Horton Donuts and one spends a great deal of your youth there.



My god that's horrible.
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jlb



Joined: 18 Sep 2003

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think Timmy's is nasty. I worked there for one summer and vowed to never go back. It was slave labor...the friggin bagel toaster gave off this crazy amount of heat and it was 30 degrees in the back end. Plus the video cameras so the boss could sit and watch you from the back room. Creepy stuff.

Now for some decent donuts, the Donut Mill on Gasoline Alley in Red Deer, between Edmonton and Calgary is the place for donuts. Talking about it makes my mouth water. Rolo donut goodness...mmmm. You Albertans will know what I'm talking about I hope.
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

djsmnc wrote:
mindmetoo wrote:
In many Canadian cities, the only late night hop is the local Tim Horton Donuts and one spends a great deal of your youth there.



My god that's horrible.


I always use Tim Hortons as an example for people who think they'll remain unmarried or dateless. Visit any Tim Hortons in Canada and the nastiest looking humans are there with their wife/husband and, gawd, children/spawn. If they can find each other, you will too find someone.
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crazy_arcade



Joined: 05 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mindmetoo wrote:
djsmnc wrote:
mindmetoo wrote:
In many Canadian cities, the only late night hop is the local Tim Horton Donuts and one spends a great deal of your youth there.



My god that's horrible.


I always use Tim Hortons as an example for people who think they'll remain unmarried or dateless. Visit any Tim Hortons in Canada and the nastiest looking humans are there with their wife/husband and, gawd, children/spawn. If they can find each other, you will too find someone.


It really depends on where you're at in Canada. Go to a Tim Horton's in downtown Vancouver and you've hit the motherload of hot Asian exchange students. dead serious. Even in my hometown in the Kootenays (South west interior of) the Tim Horton's is a super popular hangout for all the Japanese and Korean esl students at the local college.

The coffee...it's not terrible...but it's not exactly great. It's comparable to 7-11 coffee or something. Tim Horton's coffee is bitter and flavourless...that's why the double double is so popular (2 creams, 2 sugars).
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MikeNelson



Joined: 16 Aug 2006

PostPosted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:00 am    Post subject: Tim Hortons Reply with quote

There is a Tim Hortons in Korea. Its in Seoul off the Bundang line, I think Jeongja station, its been a long time since I was there. I am sure if you walk around there looking for a Canadian, they could point you to the place. I use to be a big fan of the coffee, but I am a big fan of Starbucks..wish they had cream in Korea at the Starbucks for regular coffees. Still the dounuts at tims the best I have ever had in my life.
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HapKi



Joined: 10 Dec 2004
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Evidently one recently opened in Pusan, the first one outside the Seoul metro area. Can anyone confirm this? Seeing Krispy Kremes spread across the nation makes me happy.
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djsmnc



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe

PostPosted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mindmetoo wrote:
djsmnc wrote:
mindmetoo wrote:
In many Canadian cities, the only late night hop is the local Tim Horton Donuts and one spends a great deal of your youth there.



My god that's horrible.


I always use Tim Hortons as an example for people who think they'll remain unmarried or dateless. Visit any Tim Hortons in Canada and the nastiest looking humans are there with their wife/husband and, gawd, children/spawn. If they can find each other, you will too find someone.



Sounds like the Waffle House in the US.

However, when I went to Tim's in Montreal and other areas of Quebec, it seemed decent.

A Waffle House anywhere would be a filthy cesspool of beastly trucker sluts and junkies. That's why they call it the Awful House.
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