I would like to start this review by saying the family that runs this place is extremely nice and I genuinely hope they are successful with their business.
I would also like to say that I have limited experience with boba, but I really like theirs. I've avoided it for the longest time because I'm a texture person, and when I finally tried it elsewhere it was awful. They had such a huge selection of milk teas and smoothies though, that I gave it a shot here and I'm glad I did.
Both times I ordered a small matcha milk tea ($3.99) and then added boba ($0.50). Both times I got a consistent and delicious product and the boba was sweet and lightly chewy. I also got my husband a pineapple coconut orange (I'm serious about there being a ton of flavors) smoothie and he loved it!
However, the food has been inconsistent. The first time, I went with a friend during their soft open. They didn't have what I wanted to order, so I got the tonkatsu curry combo for $7.99. It was a good portion for a fair price. I tasted my friends order of short ribs and it was very flavorful and yummy!
My dish was okay, but it just didn't work cohesively for me and I couldn't put my finger on exactly why. The curry smelled and tasted as I would expect, I'm not sure why I didn't feel it went with the tonkatsu, maybe it was because the tonkatsu was a little overcooked.
I held off on a review though, because I knew they were going to continue to change their menu and I really wanted to like this place because of the sweet family and the matcha milk tea.
About two months later I came back. This time he got what I had tried and I went with the crispy chicken with curry. Neither curry tasted quite the same as before and the vegetables were undercooked and unappetizing. The tonkatsu appeared to be cooked correctly but I didn't try it. The chicken wasn't really crispy, it was tempura battered dark meat and was kind of meh.
We did get an appetizer of 4 crab rangoon which were pretty good. They were folded a little differently so a couple of places were heavy on the wrapping, but the flavor was very nice. Whereas the meals are a good portion for the price, I did think the crab Rangoon was high for the quantity at nearly $5.
Again, I decided to wait for continuing menu changes before making up my mind. They told me they were adding more Chinese items to appeal to more people, so I waited for the additions and ordered delivery.
I went with the beef fried rice combo which is $11.99 and includes a soda. The container was very full. I got the crab rangoon again, but they were really thick and tasted different.
The beef was nothing like I've ever had in a fried rice before. It was so...soft. I'm not positive if it was undercooked or just cooked way differently. The rice was cooked well, it was veggie heavy but the beef had me confused. I didn't finish it.
The drinks are great, the owners are good people and it's possible these inconsistencies are related to the struggle to finalize the menu. However, I have to be honest that the food needs some work and needs to be consistent for me to keep coming back. read more