So I always come here with that girl (BARBIE)
Who wants to turn ME from a HE to a SHE
It won't be FREE but she's covering the FEE
And at least she says I can keep my D
She's pretty insistent so I can't DISAGREE
She wants all the boys to hit on ME
And when I get naked, say "O M G"
Before re-enacting my adult DVD
I have nothing to base this on, unlike FLEA
But she's my princess, and I need to PEE
Especially after a Lemon Black TEA
Or a King Grapefruit as deep as the SEA
The clientele here are BOURGEOISIE
And they consume more pastries than the HPD
But when it comes to Boba, I've earned my DEGREE
And you need to come and try it at 85C
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What to eat: Egg Tarts (hot). Guava Cheese Strudel. Brioche.
What to fruity drink: Lemon Black Tea w tapioca. King Grapefruit Black Tea if they'll make it (they won't). King Grapefruit Green Tea, not as good as the black.
What to milky drink: Sea Salt Iced Coffee. Sea Salt Iced Caramel Coffee. Sea Salt Black Tea.
Also great to eat: Choco Bun. Taro Swirl. Coconut Tart.
Not as good: Coffee Bread. Regular Milk Tea. Anything with green tea. Marble Taro. Red Bean Bread.
Similar products and standards to the legendary location down in Chinatown, but with a few differences. This one is way smaller and there's hardly anywhere to sit, in fact it often doesn't have any seating available. Some of the employees here are super nice, but one of the managers and several of the other employees have a major attitude problem - and if that particular manager is on shift then you could end up with a sour and salty experience like I did when I asked for black tea with my king grapefruit.
If you've read my other 85 reviews, you know I'm forever on a quest to find an 85 that will make my King Grapefruit with Black Tea instead of Green. It's a very easy substitution and they mostly refuse. So far only *one* location made it for me and it was amazing.
*1 location made it for me
*3 others agreed to make it, and then their co-worker or manager told them no you can't
*a few other locations were very nice about it but said no
*several locations were very nasty about it, and said no
This location falls into the 2nd, 3rd and 4th category, depending on who I asked. Anyway, moving on.
At least all of the products are usually up to the same delicious standard as the ones in Bellaire, hence the good rating.
However, because this place is wayyy smaller and less busy than the one on Bellaire, the products are often not quite as fresh. So I have never had piping-hot gooey custard Tarts here - they are usually cold. For these reasons, despite the excellent quality of products I will give them 4 instead of 5, and if they can start making the drink like I want it then I will raise them to a five.
Low down on the drinks:
- Lemon Black Tea is heaven. Get it with tapioca. Subtle and not too sweet. Tastes homemade. Perfect.
- King Grapefruit is a huge grapefruit in a huge cup with delicious black tea (if they go off menu for you, but they won't), or mediocre green tea, excellent with boba.
- Sea Salt drinks are heaven. All these are iced, not hot. The Coffee, Caramel Coffee, and Black Tea are all addictive and divine with Sea Salt and Boba, but the Caramel Coffee is the winner and is the must try drink at 85.
Conclusion: Order the Caramel Sea Salt Iced Coffee. If you love lemon or grapefruit, order those with black tea.
And as for the pastries:
- The Egg Tart is pure heaven. When it's piping hot, it's the greasiest and one of the tastiest on the whole planet. It's not good for you, but then neither is unprotected frolicking with strangers on vacation in the third world and that never stopped you now did it.
- Brioche looked like it'd be all hype, but it is as dreamy as people say it is.
- Choco Bun and cookies are good
- Guava Cheese Strudel is divine, much better than it sounds, may be the low key best pastry (see what I did there I'm so trendy)
Some of the other stuff isn't as good, so I'd stick to my recs if I were you, or at least try a few of those along with the rando stuff you pick out which may or may not be good/bad.
Conclusion: Get an Egg Tart when hot, get a Guava Cheese Strudel and a Brioche*
*sponsored by actress Juliette "Brioche" Binoche.**
**Scotsmen don't like to wait long for their Brioche, whereas The English? Patient.
So come and get some at 85 DEGREE
It's easier than learning your ABC
It's easier than counting One Two THREE
It's easier than being gay in PARIS
Than France being invaded by GERMANY
Than Cochran declaring you're NOT GUILTY
And getting the DA to accept your PLEA
It's cheaper than Barbie's hourly FEE
It's easier than bribing a FIFA REFEREE
It's cheaper than Barbie on a SPENDING SPREE
And every bite is more than one CALORIE
It'll make you get larger, I GUARANTEE
And all that TEA will make you run and PEE
And if you have $$$$ you can go on ME
But it'll be worth it, or my name's not BAMBI
Come and get some at 85 C
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