Anybody up for a boba meet?
07-16-2006, 07:03 PM
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Northbrook, IL
Sand-Mil Plaza
3375 Milwaukee Avenue
Tel. 847.299.4231
Here's their website for anyone who's unfamiliar.
http://www.liquidfusioncafe.com/
Sand-Mil Plaza
3375 Milwaukee Avenue
Tel. 847.299.4231
Here's their website for anyone who's unfamiliar.
http://www.liquidfusioncafe.com/
07-16-2006, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by rustywave,Jul 16 2006, 07:41 PM
no idea what boba is but i'll go
for urm as well:
boba
07-17-2006, 04:46 AM
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ewww...those remind me of rabbit turds at the bottom of a milkshake.
Eh...I'll try anything once. I'll be there (can't miss this one, it's right across the job).
Eh...I'll try anything once. I'll be there (can't miss this one, it's right across the job).
07-17-2006, 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by rustywave,Jul 16 2006, 06:41 PM
no idea what boba is but i'll go
07-17-2006, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by tcho82,Jul 17 2006, 08:54 AM
I was about to say how can you be taiwanese and not know about boba tea (or otherwise known as bubble tea)
07-17-2006, 07:35 AM
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milk tea is nai cha. nai cha doesn't signify the usage of the black balls (vs. say.. blue balls?).
boba, above and beyond being extremely difficult to write in Chinese, means tits in taiwanese slang. so you're literally drinking tittified milk tea. gwailo couldn't really understand "boba" when introduced the tapioca, and started saying 'bubble'. chinese-american biz men, in order to further gain traction in the US market, started selling boba as 'bubble' in certain regions.
in taiwan/hong kong, if you ask for bubble ***, vendors would be like:
finally, a new restaurant, franchised by the most popular boba shop in Hong Kong, just opened up in Chinatown underneath Phoenix:
St. Apls Tea
Chicago Store
2131 South Archer Avenue, Ground Floor,
Chicago, IL60616
(312) 842-1886
it is only the 2nd store outside of HK, and the 2nd in the US (after the NYU store, which, btw, has cooler decore and furniture).
i think this thread should be merged w/ the boba meet thread?
boba, above and beyond being extremely difficult to write in Chinese, means tits in taiwanese slang. so you're literally drinking tittified milk tea. gwailo couldn't really understand "boba" when introduced the tapioca, and started saying 'bubble'. chinese-american biz men, in order to further gain traction in the US market, started selling boba as 'bubble' in certain regions.
in taiwan/hong kong, if you ask for bubble ***, vendors would be like:
finally, a new restaurant, franchised by the most popular boba shop in Hong Kong, just opened up in Chinatown underneath Phoenix:St. Apls Tea
Chicago Store
2131 South Archer Avenue, Ground Floor,
Chicago, IL60616
(312) 842-1886
it is only the 2nd store outside of HK, and the 2nd in the US (after the NYU store, which, btw, has cooler decore and furniture).
i think this thread should be merged w/ the boba meet thread?