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Donut Papi

This market favourite has opened its first permanent store in Redfern.
By Erina Starkey
July 01, 2023
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By Erina Starkey
July 01, 2023
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Only eat hole foods? You're in luck. The much-loved market stall Donut Papi also has a permanent space in Redfern.

Founded by long-time doughnut-lover Kenneth Rodrigueza, this sweet little doughnut store specialises in small-batch, handmade doughnuts spiked with creative Asian flavours.

Forget jam, cream and powdered sugar, Rodrigueza prefers to stuff his dough with taro and pandan custard and glaze his rings with sticky matcha brûlée, strawberry sakura and bittersweet calamansi (Chinese orange). He has also been known to produce some weird-dough flavours too, including a pepperoni-pizza doughnut, a caramel Vegemite doughnut and a cheese-and-bacon-ball Cheetos doughnut.

Doughnuts and a cocktail from Donut Papi in Sydney

One of the best things about Donut Papi is its incredibly high turnover, with a fresh batch of fried batter coming out every ten or so minutes. This means you're never stuck with a sad, stale display doughnut (which is pretty much the worst doughnut fate imaginable).

While there are heaps of doughnut options already out there (Shortstop and Grumpy Donuts to name a couple) none are like Donut Papi's. They're rich and cakey in flavour, yet tear apart like spun sugar, and truly massive — promising to satisfy even the most impressive of eaters.

While there are limited places to sit inside Donut Papi, with the entire pink-and-white space eaten up by the line, you'll find some scattered stools outside, or better yet, Redfern Park across the road offers plenty of spots for sitting and sharing or shameless private gorging.

Mi Goreng doughnut from Donut Papi in Sydney

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