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| - This location is so much closer to me than the Markham location, so I came here in search of some shaved ice. We got there around 2:30pm on a Sunday and it was closed? Whaat? Okay fine, it's Sunday, but come on Cha Me Cha! You're at Yonge and Finch! Every time you turn a corner there is 3+ dessert/bubble tea places selling the exact same things, so get on that. I was undeterred, I really wanted my shaved ice.
30 minutes later, we finally made it in the store and ordered the taro shaved ice, original milk tea, Taiwanese fried chicken - all the traditional regulars. A couple minutes later the waiter came by to tell us there was no taro toppings (no sweet potato, etc), so I ordered the sesame. Two minutes later, again, no toppings available for the sesame. So what DO you have? Green tea wizard? Okay. I'll still eat it because I thoroughly enjoyed the green tea wizard at the Markham location and food is food.
The last time I was at the Markham location, I essentially ordered the same things as we did at the uptown location. The Markham Cha Me Cha knocked it out of the park - huge portions, shaved ice toppings on the side in a beautiful display. The chicken batter was golden yellow and looked super delicious and crispy. Although the bubble tea was meh, it was decent enough that I still drank most of it. Fast forward to the one at Yonge, and the bubble tea was awful. The tapioca was so, so tough to chew it was like eating erasers. The bubble tea itself was very watered down and lacked flavour. The chicken was super dry, like Sahara desert dry. And everything on the green tea shaved ice was topped off in a sloppy display, with a smaller portion to boot.
For your dessert and bubble tea fix, make the trek to Markham and skip this location.
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