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| - Didn't know about this place until one of my Asian coworkers took us there after lunch to experience HK milk tea (after all, I'd just taken them for east coast donairs, so it was time to repay the experience). So how was it?
Location/ambience:
- Good. Lots of parking, located in a strip plaza with lots of other restaurants and businesses. Bright, clean, pretty busy for 2pm on a Friday (maybe 1/3rd full still). It was a bit of menu overload since they have prices and products listed in multiple areas around the cash register, where you go to order/pay before you get your order. And as with most places in the area, you need to go with someone who knows what's what, or know what you want, to avoid looking like a noob or a tourist :) Score: 3.5/5
Food/Price:
- We came for the HK milk tea, which I agree is phenomenal. Some minor gripes:
1) If you get it cold, you can only get the large or extra large
2) You pay a dollar extra for cold vs hot, though I was told this is normal at places that do this drink
3) I wasn't asked if I wanted sugar - they just made it with sugar automatically. Not sure if this is maybe standard for the cold version - my coworker thought they'd ask. Anyways, no harm done - I usually take tea without sugar, but this is kind of like a tea version of an Iced Cap, and you probably wouldn't want one of those without sugar either.
The tea is really quite good - very unique, and I think I'm hooked. The tea itself is a 5/5, though the pricing was confusing and bizarre so 3/5 for that.
Service:
- Good, fast service. As with most non-western establishments, don't expect a lot of big fake smiles and chit-chat, just pleasant people taking your order, and giving you what you paid for. It's refreshing in a way, as I tend to get tired sometimes of the overly chipper wait staff in mainstream western restaurants. Score: 5/5.
Overall, loving the tea - the menus could use some streamlining - like I said, way too many places to look, so if you're a little less adventurous or don't like asking questions, bring someone who's been here before on your first visit.
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