Junk fooding
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Agree on the review...they try doing all these exotic teas that just falls flat. Also super expensive.
Sharetea is excellent but the new fav is Omomo at the Alton Square.
I dislike all those nitrogen ice cream places...so overrated and expensive.
Since new owners at Lollicup on Jeffrey/walnut, the prices have gone up like 3-4 different times. What was $5 is now $8.75. Doesn't sound like much, but when paying for 4, $20 becomes $35 and it's very noticeable. I love their popcorn chicken, but go there much less now.
I remember thinking about buying the place way back in like 2006...the first owner was selling it for like $450K. The place basically had a monopoly on boba back then.
I also remember seeing it being listed a few years back for like $250K...
What do you get? I was there a few weeks ago and it was still $4-5 for a drink... which is about the same everywhere. Omomo I think is $5+ for some of their items and only one size.
Uh yeah, it'll make your insulin spike to the moon. I rather eat my calories and carbs, not drink them.
Jim's Bakery in Alhambra has great Portuguese egg tarts if you're ever in that area. Guess I'll need to try this place to compare.
aquabliss
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Just tried Redstraw, new tea shop in Cypress Village where juice it up used to be. You can really get diabetes here within a few feet of each other with Cauldron+Starbucks+Redstraw.
Anyhow tried the RS Milk Tea with boba. After all, a true measure of any tea shop is how they execute the classics, right? The verdict... meh, it was decent but nothing great. I do think though I?d choose this milk tea over Lollicup and Tapioca Express. The boba had good texture and some flavor unlike the bland mushier boba at the other shops. Tea was just ok, still a bit too sweet at 75% and I like sweet stuff.
I think my go-to is still Sharetea Okinawa Milk Tea with Boba 75% sweet. The Sharetea boba texture and flavor is perfect, better than any I?ve had in US and the Tea Flavor is awesome on the Okinawa... I just wish I didn?t have to drive to UCI or CM for it.
Oh well, Happy junk fooding!
https://www.yelp.com/biz/redstraw-irvine-6
Anyhow tried the RS Milk Tea with boba. After all, a true measure of any tea shop is how they execute the classics, right? The verdict... meh, it was decent but nothing great. I do think though I?d choose this milk tea over Lollicup and Tapioca Express. The boba had good texture and some flavor unlike the bland mushier boba at the other shops. Tea was just ok, still a bit too sweet at 75% and I like sweet stuff.
I think my go-to is still Sharetea Okinawa Milk Tea with Boba 75% sweet. The Sharetea boba texture and flavor is perfect, better than any I?ve had in US and the Tea Flavor is awesome on the Okinawa... I just wish I didn?t have to drive to UCI or CM for it.
Oh well, Happy junk fooding!
https://www.yelp.com/biz/redstraw-irvine-6
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aquabliss said:
Agree on the review...they try doing all these exotic teas that just falls flat. Also super expensive.
Sharetea is excellent but the new fav is Omomo at the Alton Square.
irvinehomeowner
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Lollicup is still good enough for us.
Waiting in line at Omomo and 7 Leaves is crazy... not to mention how much it costs.
Waiting in line at Omomo and 7 Leaves is crazy... not to mention how much it costs.
Cauldron from CV plaza used to be packed with 2-hour waiting lines, but now they're all gone. Pretty empty whenever I visited these days. It could be the time frames I visited. Also when the line used to be so long, I found out it was because the cashier guy was going over the whole menu with each customer talking for literally 3-5 min at once. That guy gets the mad prop from the owner's perspective. Maybe he is the owner.
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Mety said:
I dislike all those nitrogen ice cream places...so overrated and expensive.
irvinehomeowner
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Expensive yes. Overrated, it taste pretty good because it?s made fresh, like Stricklands (RIP).
irvinehomeowner said:
Since new owners at Lollicup on Jeffrey/walnut, the prices have gone up like 3-4 different times. What was $5 is now $8.75. Doesn't sound like much, but when paying for 4, $20 becomes $35 and it's very noticeable. I love their popcorn chicken, but go there much less now.
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spootieho said:
I remember thinking about buying the place way back in like 2006...the first owner was selling it for like $450K. The place basically had a monopoly on boba back then.
I also remember seeing it being listed a few years back for like $250K...
irvinehomeowner
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spootieho said:
What do you get? I was there a few weeks ago and it was still $4-5 for a drink... which is about the same everywhere. Omomo I think is $5+ for some of their items and only one size.
irvinehomeowner
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The Cheddar Chalupa at Taco Bell was so good.
But someone told me they don't have them anymore... did qwerty buy them all?
But someone told me they don't have them anymore... did qwerty buy them all?
usctrojancpa
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zubs said:
Uh yeah, it'll make your insulin spike to the moon. I rather eat my calories and carbs, not drink them.
iacrenter
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Anyone try Paderia Bakehouse?https://www.yelp.com/biz/paderia-bakehouse-irvine
The Portuguese egg tarts are really tasty and remind me of Macao. Much better tart than 85c or other bakeries in Irvine.
The Portuguese egg tarts are really tasty and remind me of Macao. Much better tart than 85c or other bakeries in Irvine.
iacrenter said:Anyone try Paderia Bakehouse?https://www.yelp.com/biz/paderia-bakehouse-irvine
The Portuguese egg tarts are really tasty and remind me of Macao. Much better tart than 85c or other bakeries in Irvine.
Jim's Bakery in Alhambra has great Portuguese egg tarts if you're ever in that area. Guess I'll need to try this place to compare.