We were at SFU and I decided to try ordering some bubble tea drinks from the Ben Gong's Tea store in the MBC Food Court. They happen to be on the Fantuan App so I ordered our drinks using Fantuan. I ordered a Pu'erh Sparkling Tea for my husband and Pu'erh Milk Tea at 50% sweetness for myself.
Pu'erh Sparkling Tea: A huge disappointment. We couldn't detect any sparkle in it, it wasn't at all sweet, and was very much lacking in flavor.
Pu'erh Milk Tea: This drink was wonderful. It was very tasty and instead of the usual sphere shaped pearls that bubble tea drinks usually contain, it had these cube shaped jellies in it. These cubes seem to be what Ben Gong's Tea is known for as I had seen them in photos many times in the past before we finally tried out this location of Ben Gong's Tea store. I enjoyed the cube shaped jellies. They were fun to chew on and felt lighter in my stomach than pearls, which left more room in my stomach for dinner afterwards. My one complaint about this drink is that while it was tasty, it was...too tasty?! This is the drink that I had ordered at 50% sweetness. We suspect that they mixed up our drinks by making this Pu'erh Milk Tea at 100% sweetness and making the Pu'erh Sparkling Tea at 50% sweetness.
Service: Fair
Our drinks were ready in timely manner; in fact they were ready for pickup ahead of the time that I had selected on Fantuan, and the people working conducted themselves with the average manners that might be expected anywhere else. Yes, we do think they mixed up the sweetness levels of our drinks, but people do mistakes from time to time. So, rather than mark them as "poor" for the mistake, I rate them as Fair.
Parking: Paid parking in the parking lots at SFU.
Location: At the MBC food court inside the Maggie Benson Centre at SFU. read more