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| - This new busy noodle and tea bar has great variety. Customers have the choice of picking a restaurant specialty noodle or rice, or customize your own.
If you're customizing your own noodle, you first pick your soup base, which determines the price of your noodle. Three main categories: fish soup, Japanese pork bone soup, or spicy soups (Singapore laksa, Sichuan spicy, etc) ranging from about $9 to $10.50. Then you have the option of choosing your noodle, and 2 meat or vegetable topping to go on your noodle. It's a bit like the Hong Kong style "little cart noodle" but with a bit more variety.
The noodle portions are quite large. I was unable to finish it and neither did the person I went with. The restaurant is quite busy but it may be because it's still fairly new and people are looking to try it out. However, the wait to get in did not take too long.
Each noodle comes with a free drink, and you have the option of adding $2.50 to make it a specialty bubble tea drink. I highly recommend this as their tea is quite good and most already comes with tapioca, or pudding, or jello without having you add money for it. The fruit teas, we noticed real fruit was in it so that was quite a nice surprise. The great thing about their drinks is that it comes in a disposable cup already! So after this crazy filling meal, you don't have the pressure that you must finish your drink in the restaurant. You can just take it home! (And believe me, you will because you'll be stuffed already)
You also have the option to add snacks for a couple of bucks each. You can add popcorn chicken or deep fried squid balls for $1.99, dumplings or fried chicken wings for $2.49. It's a nice little option since usually appetizers at tea restaurants cost way more than this. This option is only available if you get a noodle though. If you're just going for drinks, there are snacks available that cost around $5-7, which is still not too bad.
All in all, food is decent...I won't say exceedingly great. However the options available to you definitely is a huge plus. The bubble tea drinks are excellent and I see myself going back just for the teas in the near future!
Because the restaurant is so busy, this is more of a eat and leave place. If you're looking for a quiet place to chat with friends over bubble tea, you're better off going to the nearby tea shops.
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