Posted in Beverage, Bubble Tea, Drinks, Joyce, Restaurants, Richmond, tagged #RichmondMoments, Aberdeen Square, Boba, Bubble Tea, Coconut Milk, Lychee Green Tea, Pause n' Sip, Pearl Milk Tea, 波霸奶茶 on January 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Pause n’ Sip opened its second location at Richmond’s Aberdeen Square in late November 2022. It’s conveniently located facing No. 3 Road and the Aberdeen SkyTrain station. I took my friend CC there and tried 3 of their signature drinks.
If you are a coconut fan, you will love Blue Jelly Coconut Milk. The sugar level is fixed but it’s not too sweet. It’s quite fun that it glows when you shine a light at it. And it’s only $5.99!
Posted in Beverage, Bubble Tea, Burnaby, Drinks, Joyce, Lower Mainland, New Westminster, Restaurants, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver, tagged Boba, Bubble Tea, Chatime, Chatime Canada, Durian, Durian Milk Tea, Milk Tea on June 1, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Durian – yay or nay?
This tropical fruit has a hard, spiky exterior. Inside, you would find pieces of soft, creamy fruit meat embedded in several segments. Growing up in HK, I watched market vendors went to the extent to use a screwdriver to ply it open. And fresh durian smell is more pungent than frozen ones. We could only find frozen durians here in Vancouver and the smell is nothing compared to what fresh, ripen durians smell at those markets in HK.
Durian is definitely an acquired taste. Those who love it would find the fruit sweet and fragrant. Those who hate it would say the fruit stinks like rotten egg. In fact, the opinions are a split in our household. Mama Lam wants nothing to do with it, yet Papa Lam enjoys it once in awhile.
Right now, for a limited time only, participating Chatime locations are selling Durian Milk Tea and Durian Roasted Milk Tea. I was provided complimentary drinks to taste test it.
Posted in Bubble Tea, Drinks, Hang-Out with Friends, Joyce, Restaurants, Taiwanese, Vancouver, tagged Baroness, BBT, Brown Sugar Pearl Milk, Bubble Tea, Franchise, Kitsilano, Purple Yam, 小黑糖 on September 25, 2019| 1 Comment »
Another bubble tea shop opens in Vancouver. Hailed from Taiwan, Baroness is by design a boutique franchise with only 3 locations in Taiwan, 1 in Hong Kong, and now 1 in Vancouver. They are located near Broadway and MacDonald.
Baroness specializes in brown sugar pearls, so when you order pearls, you are guaranteed to get the brown sugar pearls in your drink. The franchise owner created his own recipe of brown sugar and he continues to oversee the production of this secret recipe to ensure quality.
I was invited to a tasting of some of its signature drinks. They included:
Brown Sugar Milk (pictured right below) – Obviously I had to try this drink, since I’ve been on the hunt for the best Brown Sugar Milk. The drink was quite tasty. There was a lot of caramel flavour from the brown sugar, without being super sweet. I found the pearls to be softer than others but after talking to the franchisee, they explained that their pearls are typically softer in the first hour, while they are still warm. It worked out because as the drink was being brought to temperature with the ice, the pearls were of just the right texture for me. It had a softer exterior but nice and chewy inside.
Purple Yam Milk (pictured left above) – What a pretty drink! (more…)
Posted in Beverage, Bubble Tea, Burnaby, Casual, Drinks, Hang-Out with Friends, Joyce, Restaurants, tagged BBT, Brown Sugar Pearl Latte, Bubble Tea, Burnaby, Dirty Milk Latte, Dirty Tea, 脏脏茶, Metrotown, Milk Tea, Onezo Tapioca, Pearls, Tapioca on December 11, 2018| Leave a Comment »
While I’m on my quest to a tasty cup of brown sugar pearl latte, I’ve also noticed the increasing number of bubble tea franchises popping up in Vancouver. One of the latest addition is Onezo Tapioca in Burnaby, with its location only steps away from Metrotown.
Of course, I had to order its Dirty Tea Series to try its brown sugar pearls. For an apple-to-apple comparison, I chose the Brown Sugar Dirty Milk 脏脏茶. As usual, the brown sugar pearls are of limited availability. We caught it just in time, showing up at 3:45pm for the 3:30pm batch on a Saturday. Luckily, there was barely a line up, only a few people in front of us. The pearls were nice and warm when the drink first got into my hands. They had good, soft yet chewy texture. The flavour reminded me of creme caramel — the warm toffee, caramel flavour. Almost buttery.
Posted in Asian, Beverage, Bubble Tea, Drinks, Hang-Out with Friends, Joyce, Restaurants, Richmond, tagged #RichmondMoments, Brown Sugar Pearl Latte, Bubble Tea, Exposure Social House, hipster, Richmond BC on November 27, 2018| 1 Comment »
Have you heard of the trendy Brown Sugar Pearl Latte? Almost all, if not all, bubble tea shops are making those. I have jumped on this BBT bandwagon and the most recent stop was visiting the Exposure Social House in Richmond. It took over the Shake Shake Tea space at Empire Centre.
Their Devil’s Fresh Milk (aka the Brown Sugar Pearl Latte) uses Avalon Organic Milk. The choice of milk made it taste quite rich, along with the caramel flavour in the brown sugar pearls. The pearls were warm, soft yet remain in good texture. Their sign said the Devil’s Fresh Milk is available at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30 and 8:30pm but we were there at 2:30pm on a Saturday and they still had it available.
I’ve always liked a good roasted milk tea at BBT places.
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