OH DOUGHNUTS
Neighbourhood...... Downtown Address....... 326 Broadway Ave Phone............. 204-615-0802 Entrées...................... $ 9- $ 15
Oh Doughnuts has built its reputation on doughnuts that venture well beyond the usual. Its adventurous flavours, from ube and passionfruit curd to perogy and tomato jam filled ceasar with vodka lime glaze, have made Oh Doughnuts a pioneer in Winnipeg’ s doughnut culture. Since opening in 2014, the Broadway shop has drawn a following with its colourful, often unexpected flavours. Now, expanded into the neighbouring space, it adds breakfast and lunch to the mix. And it turns out a doughnut is quite happy to get out of the pastry case.
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The larger café has the same playful personality as the doughnuts. Colourful illustrations of the treat, rendered and framed like little works of art, and a massive intricately crafted wall hanging honouring the pastry, decorate the walls. The breakfast menu leans into Middle Eastern flavours, with Turkish Eggs and shakshuka alongside more familiar morning fare. The Turkish Eggs arrive in a savoury stuffed doughnut with gouda, ham and a poached egg. Cut into it and the yolk runs into the melted cheese and ham— a breakfast that requires both a fork and a little surrender. Shakshuka comes with doughnut toast, handy for scooping up the tomato and egg.
The dough is what makes these combinations work. On its own, it isn’ t sweet; that comes from the glaze. Without added sugar, the doughnut becomes a remarkably
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versatile base for all sorts of savoury ingredients.
Lunch takes the same approach. The tuna melt is served on a sliced doughnut, while the chicken salad sandwich gets a boost from flecks of pickle throughout. Grilled cheese combines gouda, cheddar and mozzarella with garlic butter. Even the tomato soup comes with doughnut croutons.
The menu is succinct, and successful. There is enough here for a proper breakfast or lunch without turning the café into a sprawling all-day menu.
Seekers of sweet glazed, sugared and jam filled doughnuts still have plenty of reasons to visit of course. But the expanded Broadway space gives Oh Doughnuts another way to show what its dough can do. Glazed, stuffed or pressed into sandwich duty, a doughnut has a surprisingly busy life beyond the box.
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