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| - I had my reservations coming back on my second trip to QQ Boba. I will always check out a place if I hear only good things about them. And, for some strange reason, I will check out a place if I only hear bad things about them (as long as it's not food poisoning related). But for me, If I hear good things, as well as bad things, this is just me... more than likely, I will NOT try out that place. I was curioius about QQ Boba, but I won't tell you why, it's a secret. A secret I will take with me into the grave, HAHA. But, here we go.
I first found out about this place from some buds who heard about a new boba place that had opened near my home, about a year ago. I was sick and tired of going to No. 1 Boba on Eastern because I didn't like the bubble tea there. And you know, sometimes I didn't feel like driving to Spring Mountain road just for drinks.
On my first trip, I ordered an avocado smoothie with boba. I thought that the flavor was OK, but what I didn't like was the large chunks of ice that were littered throughout my drink. Also, the boba was super soft, almost in a melty way. I was like "Pass". Another thing that I couldn't understand was the fact, at that time, there were three people working in the shop. And there was only 1 other customer in front of me. So why did it take 15 minutes to receive my drink? I was pretty torn about reviewing them at the time.
So, fast forwarding almost a year, and I'm back! Not really... because I had never left. In case you didn't know, QQ follows the same business model as the legendary Half and Half bubble tea houses that are fixtures in LA. So, that means you can get your ice milk fix here. I haven't seen a lot of bubble tea stores in Vegas carry this drink.
What is ice milk you ask? Well basically, it's a slush of plain milk. If you are more of a fan of boba, and want to taste the quality of boba, then ice milk is the way to go because it's plain, and it doesn't muddle the taste of boba like some milk teas and fruit smoothies do. That's what I ordered this time.
(Before I begin, I have to agree with fellow reviewers.. The price for the drinks are fanastico!! The prices are similar to Half and Half tea house. A 32 ounce set me back a little bit over 5).
Ice milk with caramel, boba, and egg pudding - the ice milk itself was OK. I have the same complaint as with the avocado smoothie from a year ago, there were chunks of ice pieces that weren't completely mixed into the drink. The texture of the ice milk at Half and Half's is very refined, it is more of a shattered crystal-like texture. The texture of QQ's is just like a normal smoothie. I really liked the caramel at QQ, it's probably one of the few spots in town that make their caramel from scratch, rather than using a bottled mix. It was a little bit too sweet for me, but, I enjoyed the bitter caramel undertones that you can only get from a in-house made caramel. And finally, the boba. This was interesting because initially I thought the boba was too mushy, just like last time. But the owner told me to shake it. I don't like doing that, but I was like "what the hell?", so I did it. Within a minute, all the boba had tightened up, and it tasted pretty good. I thought the egg pudding had a nice texture, and it tasted good as well.
The service here was a LOT better. Ironically, there was only 1 person working this time, but I able to get my drink in about a minute and half. Ironic.
If I had never been to Half and Half tea house, then QQ would have gotten 4.5 stars from me. But since I have been there, 4 stars seem appropriate. It's tough, but Half and Half is still the "Hanzo sword" of the boba world, the one one that all others are compared too. But I thought QQ did a pretty good job, and I'm sure that I'll be back!
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