Lawrence M.
Yelp
Authentic-ish, but good! Right on the State Street drag with all the ethnic restaurants, this feels more like a artsy coffee house than a small plates joint. From the eclectic art and furniture, to the compostable bamboo boba straws, it didn't look like traditional Taiwanese restaurant. But the food was good and the service was friendly.
// Danzai Noodles
A nice soup noodle dish with meat, shrimp, and veggies. The egg noodles were nice and chewy, the meat juicy, and the soup satisfying. There was a tea egg on there too.
// Pork Belly on Rice
Another traditional dish, with fatty meat on rice. They had some simple veggies, broccoli and carrots(?), but whatever. The meat was good. And hey, there was a tea egg!
// Ginger Onion Chicken over Rice
TBH, it *was* ginger, green onions, and chicken over rice. But we also know this dish as Hainan chicken. It was good, with the scallions sauteed in seasame oil. Winner!
// Tea Eggs
They have a big pot next to the register. Some of the dishes have tea eggs already, but you can never have too much tea egg. At $1.50 each, lets hope inflation doesn't push it up much more.
The boba shop items were just okay. We did love the choice of boba straws. They had the traditional gyre bound plastic straws, but they also had bamboo straws. They still crack if you're not careful, but they're way better for the environment.
-- Brown sugar milk tea, okay. The boba was chewy, but not as sweet as it should have been.
-- Pouchong milk tea, which is a specialty mountain tea roasted just right. Flavor was good.
-- Taiwanese style milk tea pretty standard. I dunno, if I wasn't eating, I probably wouldn't come here just for the tea.