I killed a few hours today at the Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, IL and was so excited to see a shop called "Chill Bubble Tea." I have gone 1.5 weeks without a honey green tea with boba and I thought this was my big chance. No dice. This store’s signature item seems to be smoothies [...]
Mac Photog tipped me off to this delicious sounding (free) festival:
LA Curry FestivalThe largest international Curry Festival in California is taking place in Los Angeles! All things curry from main dishes to desserts, from mild to flaming hot, from savory to sweet, from soupy to crispy… will absolutely stimulate your senses and wet everyone’s appetite. [...]
My friend Shmoo says she has this psycho-killer ability to be able to judge a restaurant by its facade. She’s keen like that. So when we went to Pa Pa Walk on Valley in the SGV, I anxiously awaited her judgement. She gave it a once-over and deemed it worthy. We sat in the bright [...]
Lan Fong Yuen is famous for its milk tea which is made by straining many different varieties of black tea through a pantyhose-like filter. The full story is here. It’s kind of like boba milk tea but is richer and more complex. If boba milk tea were a carefree kid, HK-style milk tea is a [...]
I’ve been drinking boba for 10 or so years now, always suspecting it wasn’t good for me, but loving it too much to stop. Recently, I found a few different sites which give the calorie content in milk tea boba. Lollicup’s 16 fl. oz boba is 440 calories. Oh no!!!!http://www.dietfacts.co … oba-milk-tea-41829.htm
Its Honey [...]
Hi there reader,
East West magazine, "Life through an Eastern lens," is offering UnHipLA readers a $7 a year subscription rate. (Offer good till the end of July.) EW is a wonderful publication covering global Asian issues as well as Asian American life and style, everything from Bollywood to political figures. I’ve been contributing to [...]
is at Tenju Tea House in Temple City !
I will drive out of my way to get Boba from this place. The Boba milk tea here actually tastes like tea and is not over-milked and over-sweetened as in other cafes. And it’s in a mature cup. At first, I missed the heat-sealed lid, but now [...]
Is your Boba always half-full or half-empty? Mine tries to be half-full.
Join me and other club members as we have half-sized portions of Boba and enjoy life. Who needs a full-sized Boba anyways? It’s got too much caffeine and sugar.
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LIVE LIFE, ONE BOBA BALL AT A TIME.