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Fit for royalty, so call it KING FU TANG
Other Bobas never seem to have that ZING FU TANG
Friends ask for Boba, I always BRING FU TANG
Great service, great drinks, right here, XING FU TANG
I don't love your mother, it was just a FLING FU TANG
I don't love your father, cause he's just to CLING-Y FU TANG
I love lots of different Boba, guess I SWING FU TANG
But if you want some Boba I say come to XING FU TANG
If you can't spell Drink then come enjoy a DRING FU TANG
If a girl climbs out the TV you just watched the RING FU TANG
If you prefer Szechuan Chicken, get some CHONGQING FU TANG
But if you want some fresh made Boba, try XING FU TANG
If you're from near Buffalo then go to WING FU TANG
If I'm in the bathroom when you order, I might SING FU TANG
If you're in the bathroom with too, I'll show my THING FU TANG
But if you want a perfect Boba go to XING FU TANG
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I first discovered this chain when I was in Toronto. I tried several locations there and they were wonderful. This is not cheap boba, and it's gimmick boba, but it's also magnificent in many ways.
For example, the tapioca itself, fresh made before your eyes and soaked in a massive vat of brown sugar, is warm and gooey and tasty and special. Their milk teas are good, their lemon/lime drinks can be excellent (especially in Canada), and at this particular location, they have wonderful friendly service, especially from our BFF Caroline (sorry if I spelled your name wrong), who is one of my fave boba employees anywhere and has a heart of gold.
We usually get the milk tea with boba, or any of their fruit or specialty drinks, but not the gold foil drink (who wants to pay $15 for a boba and why are people eating gold). The main put-off about XFT are the prices, and the milk teas are definitely different, a little more premade-tasting than I'm used to, but the drinks are still great, and well worth trying.
I do wish they would charge slightly less for boba, and that corporate (in Taiwan) and the US version (HQ in NYC) would get on the same page instead of endlessly litigating and suing and battling embarrassingly (I don't think anyone is completely in the right in this regard), and I tend to side with the US because the Taiwan base has done this same battle with Malaysia in the past, and it shows a pattern of behaviour from them which is terrible for the brand. For me, Canada has it right and is doing a hell of a job with its drinks and locations.
Houston is thrilled to have a Xing Fu Tang, and the lovely service and tasty, unique drinks add a lot to one of the best boba scenes in North America. We'll be coming back regularly, especially as long as Caroline is here.
Now for more rapping.
I used to have a lot of lovers, when I XING FU SWANG
And meet a lot of girls, when I toured and XING FU SANG
And when I got naked, they'd say XING FU, DANG
These days I drink Boba with Barbi at XING FU TANG
It's a lovely cafe and a cute place to XING FU HANG
When I come with Barbi all the guys get XING FU SPRANG
Makes them all aggressive, like they show their XING FU FANG
We just sit and sip the tea here at XING FU TANG
Boba das wut I like yo, I'm using XING FU SLANG
If Feng Cha is "Yin", here you'll find some XING FU YANG
Up in North Korea, they call it XING FU PYONGYANG
Here in Houston, we just call it yummy XING FU TANG
We can drive for Boba here, in my XING FU MUSTANG
Afterwards we'll go back to my place and XING FU BANG
You'll keep coming back, like a XING FU BOOMERANG
You'll get so dehydrated you'll need a XING FU TANG
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