You know the feeling - when the cravings hit, the cravings HIT. And it just happened that I was craving some boba and some poke, and short of driving down to St. Paul, where was I going to find something like that in the north suburbs?
Enter Mooshi Tea. My savior.
First, the layout. I'm gonna admit, the place is a little confusing. It's actually inside (and part of?) Zen Ramen, so you go up to the counter (in the back?) and order from there. Alternatively, you can put your order in online or via phone, which they were very kind when I called because there is no evidence of a website for Mooshi Tea, or a menu - just what's on Google.
Once you get over that barrier, you can get rolling in the food. I built my own poke bowl with white rice with corn, avocado, seaweed salad, scallion, cilantro, tuna, shredded nori, furikake, topped with spicy mayo and ponzu sauce on the side. I thought the tuna was pretty solid - nice huge chunks that tasted great with a good color to the fish. The spicy mayo was a lot...and could probably do with less on the dish, and it would be worth trying another poke bowl with perhaps one of the other non-mayo based dressings since the ponzu was pretty solid.
I also ordered a a strawberry orange yakult boba with 50% sugar and less ice because I don't really enjoy sweet drinks. If you're like me, I would even consider going down to 25% or 0% sugar for this drink. I should have had the foresight that all the ingredients would be pretty sweet to begin with, but the taste itself was great - loved the little lychee and mango jellies!
The staff were also super kind and I'd love to go back whenever I'm feeling the craving hit - which will probably be sooner than later! read more