Stephanie T.
Yelp
I was craving a nice satisfying bubble tea after the nightmarket so we made our way to Xing Fu Tang, which is inside the new T&T.
Of course I had to get a brown sugar pearl drink, and since I prefer milk tea much over milk, I got the milk tea version. The tea flavour is quite light and the star of the drink is the brown sugar pearls. They were quite generous with the brown sugar this time as the cup was fully coated. But the pearls were not as soft and chewy as usual. I remember having the same drink at the Cambie location and the pearls were amazing. Despite this, the size of the drink is kind of small and I craved a second one immediately, haha.
I notice that this location uses the 3.25% Lactania milk they sell at T&T, whereas the location on Cambie uses fancier milk that isn't the basic Lactania brand. So although they are priced the same at both locations, I don't think it's worth it here.
The employees here are hilarious. I asked the cashier what the rabbit tasted like (they have a drink that features a pudding/jelly rabbit). They said it's just a mango smoothie. I said no, I mean the rabbit part specifically. They told me it doesn't taste like much, just sweet jelly. Then, I asked what the soda with jelly tastes like. They said it's just 7up with blue syrup flavour. I asked what the blue syrup tastes like, is it blueberry or raspberry? And they said no, just a general blue syrup taste and they don't recommend it. It's more for the jelly. I asked what the jelly tastes like, and they said it's just agar jelly and has no flavour. It's all for the pictures. At least they're honest!
Another thing I noticed was an employee was feeding another employee chips while working. The one being fed was the one in charge of stirring the brown sugar pearls. Not sure if this is exactly following health standards. I guess it's better than her using her hands to feed herself while stirring?
Overall, service is pretty good and I didn't have to wait long for my drink (I arrived just before T&T closed). I think I'll stick to the Cambie location from now on, though.