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| - Went there on a Saturday after lunch, there was a constant line up at the cashier, and the seating upstairs was filled up. The place was clean and bright. The menu displayed a variety of good looking dessert photos, and the staff in the kitchen was assembling a big bowl of shaved ice while I was in line, it got me excited to try out the Taiwanese desserts here.
We ordered Taro Ball No. 5 (hot), Tofu Pudding No. 2 (hot), and Meet Fresh Signature Herbal Jelly (cold). I was surprised that they did not have taro balls as it was just afternoon, looking at other reviews seems like they often do not prepare them. Substitution was mini taro balls, which threw off the ratio.
Both Taro Ball No.5 and Tofu Pudding No.2 came not as expected. The amount of the content looked much less than the photos on the menu. Taro Ball No.5 looked like just liquid soup, the ingredients took up about half of that soup. The red bean soup was the only thing we could taste, the small orange and purple-colored balls were tasteless (we were expecting sweet potatoes and taro taste).
The table next to us ordered Taro Ball No.4 and that one was piled up nicely as one would expect, made me think our dishes were prepared by a less experienced staff.
Tofu Pudding No.2 was supposed to have barley, but the one that arrived barely had any and we had to send it back and had another one made. This one tasted better than Taro Ball No.5, but the tofu pudding was not as smooth as the Hong Kong ones that we were used to.
Meet Fresh Signature Herbal Jelly was the winner out of the three dishes. At least the amount and ratio were closest to the photo on the menu after the mini taro balls substitution. Taste was refreshing, could have used another evaporated milk pod though (only one was given). Texture of the herbal jelly, tapioca, and mini taro balls combined together was fun to chew.
Overall taste is not bad but it is a bit pricy for what is offered.
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