Doughnuts Around the World

Madrileños eat churros around the clock, but many cultures have their own love affairs with sizzling deepfried dough. Whether they are called doughnuts, fritters, beignets, or sopapillas, they are often eaten as breakfast food or sweet treats at street fairs and markets.
MADRID
Chocolatería San Ginés inexpensive
Pasadizo de San Ginés 5; +34 913 656 546 Neat rows of cups and saucers on a marble bar greet customers at this institution beloved by generations of Madrileños. At midnight, dawn, and noon, San Ginés serves the thick chocolate and lightly crisp churros against which all others are judged.
Chocolatería Valor inexpensive
Calle Postigo de San Martín 7; www.valor.es
Founded in 1881, Valor is one of Spain’s most famous makers of premium chocolate, used for baking, cooking, and confectionery. The company’s signature bonbonería (sweets and bakery store), just a few steps from Puerta del Sol, serves rich hot chocolate with unusually large, unfluted churros.
Maestro Churrero inexpensive
Calle Atocha 19; www.maestrochurrero.com
This popular churrería traces its roots to a rolling cart from 1902 that allowed a Madrileño named Don Florencio to cater to theater-goers. Five generations down the line, his successors continue to warm hungry breakfast patrons and revelers needing a sweet bite after hours of tapas and drinks.
VALENCIA, SPAIN
Deep-fried pastries are as integral to Valencian cuisine as paella. Street vendors even sell hot chocolate and pumpkin buñuelos (a small bun similar to a churro) during the March carnival of Las Fallas (the Fires).
Estación del Norte inexpensive
Calle Xàtiva 24