Kili Bay Pearl Milk Tea Cultural Center — Attraction in Su'ao Township

Create your own Bubble Milk Tea

Although it has been widely found in Indonesia, but who would have thought this drink is a traditional recipe from Taiwan. In the Yilan area, there is a place that tells the origin of the drink. At the same time provide an opportunity to make it yourself.

This drink was popular around 1980. The taste is unique and tea drinks that are easily accepted in the community make it increasingly in demand. Then around 1990 a company engaged in the culinary field, Taipei Shang Dao Food International began marketing it throughout the world.

Now the drink is already in 30 countries. Covering Asia, Europe and America Asutralia. Drinks made from tapioca flour, milk and tea have never been timeless to the present day.

Uniquely, the company made a milk tea boba information center. At the same time providing workshop classes for those who are interested in making pearl beads.

There are two classes that can be attended. First make boba milk tea. Boba has been provided in the finished form. Participants just mix it with milk tea. Apparently not arbitrary, the dose must be right.

Freshly brewed milk and tea are mixed. Then add sugar according to taste. Then the mixture is shaken as hard as possible until foam appears. Well this is the origin of bubble milk tea originated. Then added with boba.

Now the second class specifically makes boba. The basic ingredients are only tapioca flour. Then mixed with water until smooth. Then formed small round. After finishing, the flour is boiled and mixed with sugar. Now boba increasingly varied, can be added to a variety of fruit flavored syrup. Usually only use brown sugar so that the color...

I went there with a group of 10pax, as part of our overseas holiday. We reached the premise 15min earlier. However we were delayed at the entrance, as the counter staff does not recognise our legit tickets bought from agoda. The counter lady did try to contact someone to assist her, but they seemed to be shortage of staffs. Hence she told us to attend the physical class 1st, b4 coming back to sort out the administrative portion.

Once we reached the classroom, a female staff who was conducting the making of bubble tea class had not been polite with us. She may have felt that we were not punctual and being disruptive to her class. Hello lass ~ we did explain to u and produce evidence of payment for 10pax, booked through approved source. The incompetency of your side's administration should not grant you the audacity to be rude towards your paying customers, esp when we did nothing wrong by being earlier before class start to register at the counter already. She treated us like "sinners" during class and raised voice upon us.

This was so unwelcoming and uncalled for. Of course, not to mention how she thus left our experience with an awful memory. Even my kids were appalled by her negative behaviour. Such low EQ staff should go for refresher course, and NOT be placed on front line to handle customers. She would tarnish the company's reputation. Is disappointing to know she is even qualified to be selected "trainer" when she doesn't even have the basic respect and mannerism towards customers.

The upper management needa review on this particular trainer, as the rest of your staffs whom we interacted were delivering far better customer...

The only positive aspect of the restaurant is the unlimited bubble milk tea, but be prepared to see a doctor afterward—it’s loaded with sugar to an excessive degree.

The restaurant operates as a semi-buffet, where you must order a main course to access the buffet. Unfortunately, the food was extremely bland and not served hot. There were flies buzzing around the buffet area, and all the dishes were covered with plastic wrap, presumably to keep them away. The main courses, which are mandatory to order, were a disappointment—completely dry and lacking any seasoning. We tried the chicken thigh and pork chops, and both were so overcooked they were nearly at the texture of pork floss (肉鬆). Every bite was so dry that I needed a sip of water just to get it down.

Service was minimal—neither friendly nor rude, just indifferent. What stood out, though, was the chef eating his lunch and ice cream right in front of paying customers, a definite turn-off, especially since his uniform was neither clean nor professional.

At around $300-400 per person, the meal was far from...