LA’s Popular Bopomofo Cafe Is Hosting a Convoy District Open House | Eater San Diego

"Fans of Bopomofo Cafe have a little longer to wait before fully experiencing its new San Diego storefront, but co-founders Eric Wang and Phillip Wang will be in the Convoy District on Wednesday, June 19 from 3:30–8:30 p.m. for a meet-and-greet where they’ll pour samples of bestselling drinks like guava matcha, the creamsicle-like Orange Bang!, and Assam milk tea made with oat milk, and hand out giveaway coupons for free drinks with purchase and discounted gift cards. Launched in San Gabriel in 2019 and now with an Artesia outpost, the cafe—best known for co-owner Phil Wang of Wong Fu Productions—offers creative beverages such as corn milk with housemade strawberry sorbet, a carrot matcha latte (matcha mixed with carrot juice), strawberry corn milk, watermelon oat milk, strawberry ginger lemonade, and seasonal items like a springtime Blueberry Cooler and a Taiwanese sausage corn dog. Its food menu blends Chinese, Taiwanese, and American influences, from mapo tofu tots and Hainan chicken tacos to a hoagie stuffed with braised beef shank served with Asian au jus. Bopomofo is noted for avoiding artificial flavors, syrups, fructose, and powdered creamer—using real fruit, pressed juice, loose-leaf teas, and fresh milk—and offers lactose-free milk plus oat, coconut, and almond milk as non-dairy options. The San Diego shop should be open by the end of July, with San Diego Comic-Con as the target date, and additional drinks and dishes are being developed exclusively for that location." - Candice Woo