Locals come in for their daily coffee and doughnut, but there's one thing that brings people from near and far to The Donut Man.

當地人會來買每日的咖啡和甜甜圈，但是有一項東西讓人們千里迢迢前來光顧 The Donut Man。

The famous strawberry doughnuts.

有名的草莓甜甜圈。

Aah! Yum. This is delicious.

啊！嗯！這好美味。

We really love it. It's really good.

我們真的很愛，這真的很好吃。

It's really delicious.

真的很美味。

Gotta be the best.

一定是最棒的。

I got it everywhere, but it's really good.

我弄得到處都是，但真的很好吃。

This is my first time having this doughnut.

這是我第一次吃這個甜甜圈。

The fresh strawberries are really, really good.

新鮮草莓真的真的很讚。

It's definitely worth getting messy for.

絕對值得吃得亂七八糟。

Jim Nakano opened The Donut Man in the spring of 1972, but it wasn't until two years later that one fruit changed his business.

Jim Nakano 在 1972 年春天開了 The Donut Man，但是一直到兩年後一種水果才大大改變了他的生意。

Well, the reason we got into it is my wife says, "Let's go for the American dream."

嗯，我們開店是因為我老婆說：「我們去追求美國夢吧！」

In about 1974, a friend of ours who grew strawberries... 'cause this area was all strawberries, on the other side of the hill.

大概 1974 年時，我們的一個種草莓的朋友...因為這地區當時都是草莓，山丘的另一側都是。

That was all strawberries.

當時全是草莓。

But in '74, he came to me and says, "Jim, you gotta come up with a strawberry doughnut."

但在 1974 年，他來找我說：「Jim，你一定要做出草莓甜甜圈。」

He said, "I got so much."

他說：「我有太多草莓了。」

He said, "I'll supply you whatever you want."

他說：「我會提供你所有你要的草莓。」

So we said OK.

所以我們就說好。

And I had another friend that said, "I'll help you make the glaze and everything," 'cause he had a bakery and all that.

然後我有另外一位朋友他說：「我會幫你做糖漿什麼的。」因為他有一間烘焙坊和所有器具。

Soon as we tried it, we realized that we had a good product.

我們一嘗試就發現我們創造了一項好產品。

You could use it for the morning breakfast.

可以拿來當早餐。

It's a good snack.

當點心也適合。

Lunch.

午餐也可以。

Or dinner, dessert.

或是晚餐、甜點。

The shop makes hot doughnuts 24/7.

這間店一天 24 小時都會做出熱騰騰的甜甜圈。

They use potato flour and live yeast when prepping batches of dough.

他們使用馬鈴薯粉和活酵母來準備麵團。

How long the dough proofs and fries for depends on the temperature and humidity inside the shop each day.

麵糰發酵和炸的時間長短取決於每天店內的溫度和濕度。

The team mixes fresh strawberries with homemade strawberry jelly filling before stuffing a generous amount into the doughnut.

製作團隊混和新鮮草莓和自製草莓果醬餡料，然後再大方的塞一大堆進到甜甜圈裡。

The strawberry doughnuts are only served from February to September, so we had to see what all the hype was about.

草莓甜甜圈只在二月到九月間提供，所以我們一定要去看看到底是在夯什麼。

♪ We're gonna get some doughnuts ♪

我們要吃甜甜圈。

♪ We're gonna get some doughnuts ♪

我們要吃甜甜圈。

They have the classic chocolate swirls.

他們有賣經典螺旋巧克力甜甜圈。

They have their peach doughnuts.

他們有桃子甜甜圈。

But I'm here for this bad boy, the strawberry doughnuts.

但我是為了這個狠角色來的，草莓甜甜圈。

So, a lot of people drive here from all over California to try these doughnuts.

很多人從加州各地開車來吃這些甜甜圈。

There's been a line out the door since we came, so let's dig in.

從我們來了之後就排了好長的隊，那我們就開吃吧！

I'm just gonna go for this one.

我就吃這個。

We're all gonna make a mess, whatever.

我們都會吃得亂七八糟，隨便啦！

Ooh, yes, it is glazy.

噢，棒，淋滿了糖漿。

It's, this is gonna be a mess.

一定會一團亂。

Look at that.

你看看。

It's like a burger full of strawberries.

好像塞滿草莓的漢堡。

Aw!

噢！

But it is good.

但好好吃。

The doughnut's nice and crispy on the outside, which is pretty good.

甜甜圈外面又脆又好吃，很棒。

I love how it has kind of this, like, good texture on the bottom, if that makes sense.

我好愛它下面這裡的很棒的口感，不知道這樣說合不合理。

But it's not too sweet.

但它不會太甜。

It's not, like, a overwhelmingly sweet doughnut.

它不是甜到爆的甜甜圈。

My biggest piece of advice is use a fork.

我最重要的建議是用叉子吃。

Don't do what I did.

不要跟我一樣。

Not only is The Donut Man famous among locals, but we met people from all over the state who came down to try it for themselves.

The Donut Man 不只對當地人來說很有名，我們還遇見了好多來自全國的人要親自品嘗。

Well, it was bookmarked on my Yelp for three years.

它已經在我的 Yelp 網站上的書籤列三年了。

So I was like, "One day I'm gonna go."

我就想說：「有一天我一定要去。」

Came to Torrance, and then from Torrance we came to Glendora.

我們去了 Torrance，然後再從 Torrance 來 Glendora。

And we're like, "Where is Glendora?"

然後我們就想說：「我們竟然在 Glendora。」

Definitely gonna get the fresh peach and the fresh strawberries, and then I'll see what else is on the menu.

一定要買新鮮桃子和新鮮草莓甜甜圈，然後在看看菜單上有什麼。

I've been coming here for years, yeah.

我來這裡吃好幾年了。

Yeah, and we're on a road trip to San Diego.

我們要去聖地牙哥公路旅行。

Yeah, a little road-trip to...

對，公路旅行食物。

And we were like, "Hmm, we're craving doughnuts."

然後我們就想說：「嗯，我們想吃甜甜圈。」

When's the first time you had one?

你第一次吃是什麼時候？

Hmm, honest?

嗯，老實說嗎？

When I moved here, probably 22 years ago.

我搬來這裡的時候，大概 22 年前。

Mm.

嗯。

If you eat it with a fork, you don't blend all the flavors.

如果用叉子吃，就不會好好混合所有風味。

That's true, never thought of it.

真的欸，我從來沒想過。

This is a true blend of all the flavor.

這才是真正的混和風味。

I remember coming here in high school.

我記得高中的時候來這裡。

After, like, the pep rallies and stuff, people would come and hang out in that parking lot back there.

在集會什麼的之後，人們會在後面那裡的停車場混時間。

And so it's definitely, like, the go-to area in Glendora, I would say.

所以我敢說這一定是 Glendora 地區必去的地方。

We're very lucky 'cause when I started this store, I told my wife we wouldn't be that big of a store because we're such a small community and all of that.

我們非常幸運，因為我開這間店的時候就跟老婆說我們不會變成太大間的店，因為這個社區很小什麼的。

I would say 60% to 70% of our customers come from more than seven miles away, and that's unusual.

我們大概 60% 到 70% 的客人來自大於七英哩之外，這很不常見。

And then I get bigheaded when you go somewhere, maybe, and then somebody says, "Oh, I know you. You run The Donut Man."

當我去到某個地方然後有人說：「我知道你，你是開 The Donut Man 的。」的時候，我就會很驕傲。

Those are my favorite things.

那就是我最喜歡的。

I'm not gonna count this as a doughnut.

我不要把這個甜甜圈當作甜甜圈。

I'm gonna count this as, like, a healthy breakfast with a little bit of dessert because that's what it is.

我要把這個當作有微微甜點的健康早餐，因為就是這樣。

You get more strawberries than you do doughnut, which is amazing.

你吃到的草莓比甜甜圈多，超讚的。

It's like you're eating healthy.

就像健康飲食一樣。