Review: drinks and snacks.
I've been craving for some fried chicken "pie" ever since I came back from Taiwan and when I found out that Chatime was offering the exact same thing, I had to make a trip out to try it.
Bottomline: Solid BBT and good food. Not a lot of tables for dining in. Busy with students.
Atmosphere: located a stone's throw away from the Brentwood station, place is situated below a high rise apartment complex. Due to its location, place is constantly packed with students. Decor is nice for a BBT cafe and place is spacy. Unfortunately there aren't a lot of tables to nest in. Service was friendly and fast.
Food: I ordered the Chatime roasted milk tea with bubbles and the fried chicken xl. Drink was solid with a nice aromatic roasted tea flavor and the bubbles were cooked well. The fried chicken xl was a flattened piece of boneless chicken seasoned with Taiwanese spice. For Calgary, it was well seasoned, juicy, and tasted great. However, it pales in comparison to the same chicken you get in Taiwan. The first bit of the chicken in Taiwan was an explosion of flavor in your mouth. It did not happen with the chicken here.
Value: price for the BBT was average at best, food was on the steeper side. The chicken was 8 dollars with portion size meant for a snack.