I was in the area so stopped by for a drink. Taiwanese tea is getting boring these days because it all revolves around fruit tea, milk with brown sugar and bubble tea. I fell for this one because it confused me, I suppose the confusion makes it successful as you are trying to guess whether it is trying to be Japanese or Taiwanese with the pearls. From a distance, it looks Japanese, but when you go in, you will see the pearls being made there and it had the words Taiwanese pearls to distinguish that. I am not fond of pearls but the ones here were different. They had sesame pearls, cactus pearls, caramel pearls etc. I got the latte with three different pearls which is actually tea according to the Chinese description. Unfortunately, I didn't know it was tea until I tried it. Overall, I didn't find the tea or the pearls exciting as the taste was just the usual Hong Kong style milk tea taste. The staff were super unfriendly so I definitely won't be back. When I gave her the receipt to collect the drink, she just snatched the...
Read moreMy favourite bubble tea place in Hong Kong. The bubbles are delicious. I often got the brown sugar ones, but I tried every single one and enjoyed each. The tea itself is lovely and not too sugary; as usual, you can adjust the ratios to make sure you get exactly what you want. I always go back here and miss it all the time now that I no longer live in Hong Kong.
If you don't speak Cantonese, you might need to point at a menu or have a...
Read moreFinally had a chance to try out the purple potato series; the staff suggested to go with less sweet which was perfectly adequate and didn't cover the taste of the purple potato; the bubbles are fresh and chewy as usual which is why this one one of my favorite bubble tea...
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