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| - Jonesin' for boba, I turned to Yelp for help finding a place near the area I was running errands. Luckily I was in an area of town that I knew would have plenty of options. I picked THE STREET. Located in a strip of stores and restaurants behind a service station and sharing a lot with an Oregano's, several Asian restaurants (Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, sushi) and a small Asian market I was impressed by the business housed here. It also sits across the street from Desert Banner Hospital.
The place was busy but there was no line at the counter. I was greeted promptly but I knew it was going to take a while to decide. What impressed me is that for many of their shakes and smoothies they use the real fruit and not the premix flavor like many juice/boba shops do. Having read a bit about the diamond ice on Yelp and seeing the picture on the counter I decided on that along with a Honey Milk Tea Smoothie with Boba and Thai Tea with Boba.
Yes, this was all for me!
The boba was a bit over cooked and the Thai tea was a bit watered down but it hit the spot. The Honey Milk Tea was my favorite of the day. The nice black tea flavor and mild honey flavor rocked my world.
[On a visit Dec 1 I picked up a banana smoothie with boba and a honey green tea smoothie with boba. Boba was cooked perfectly and both smoothies were awesome.]
The diamond ice was very cool. Being an aficionado of shaved ice of many cultures (Hawaiian, Raspados, Snow Cones, etc) I knew I had to try this. It is shaved ice, topped with fresh cubed melon, pineapple, mango and strawberries. all this is then topped with small chunks of what they called "rice cake" which tasted like horchata flavored gummy bears, a generous drizzle of sweetened condensed milk and a dollop of sweet red beans. Next time I will order it without the red beans, while not bad it was just not my thing even though I did finish it with no complaints.
I would easily travel across town to this location to get my boba fix and my maybe try a few of the restaurants in the center.
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