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| - Just a disclaimer: I have only been here once for the food, and I'm not an expert on Taiwanese cuisine by any means. I'll have to try again and update!
So for some reason, I have a lot of Taiwanese friends, and I found myself eating at the only Taiwanese restaurant in State College quite often when I went to Penn State. Rose Tea Cafe, for me, didn't exactly measure up to that. I know I'm super lame, but I wish they had more noodle-based dishes, so that was a little disappointing for me. I ended up ordering the spicy short ribs. I really, really loved the sauce on them, a little sweet almost like a General Tso's but spicier and and the portion size was huge! However, when I think short ribs, I think of tender meat and delicious, soft fat. These were rather tough and the fat was chewy and inedible. But like I said, the sauce was amazing, so I'm definitely going to give this place another shot. All the weird things like intestines and smelly tofu and cuttlefish balls on the menu make me want to love it for authenticity's sake. Also, dinner service was extremely fast!
I do come here often for the boba tea, which is probably the best in the city. The first time I went, I decided to be "adventurous" and get something that consisted of non-dairy creamer, egg, boba, and green apple syrup. Bad idea, but that was my fault. I should've taken the facial expression of the woman at the counter when I ordered as a warning. Next time I just did the black milk tea. Much better!
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