Ask Midtown Lunch: Bubble Tea
“There used to be a bubble tea café right in the middle of Times Sq., but it appears to have been replaced by one of those terrible Tasti D-lite (fake) ice cream places. Dishes offers exactly one type...
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Ying Du is Now Serving Bubble Tea
Awhile back I posted a “Where to get Bubble Tea” Ask Midtown Lunch post, which yielded a few responses: Dishes (which is supposedly terrible) and Hing Won on 48th btw. 5+6th, which is not that bad....
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Fay Da Bakery Elevates the Lunch Box Buffet
One of my favorite (in theory) lunch places, that I don’t get to nearly enough, is the Lunch Box Buffet on 34th St. btw. 7+8th. It’s been mentioned a few times in the comments, and I just never have...
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New Bubble Tea/Froyo Combo Opens in Midtown
We can add one more location to the list of bubble tea places in Midtown that got put in the comments of this Profile last month. Galaxy 2.0 has opened up on 38th St. btw. 5+6th serving frozen...
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Grand Sichuan’s Bubble Tea is Garbage
I’ve never really met a bubble tea I didn’t like. I’ve heard rumors of bad bubble teas; gross powder mixtures, hard tapioca pearls, etc. But I don’t think I’ve ever had one. There are varying...
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Cafe Zaiya to Add a Dessert & Drink Bar
Beard Papa fans shouldn’t be too upset about Friday’s news that they’re leaving Cafe Zaiya (on 41st btw. Mad+5th). Not only is Beard Papa going to look for another Midtown location to sell their cream...
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Eating General Tso’s From a Souvenir Shop
If I say 5th Avenue Empire Cafe… you say… wha?! Exactly. Where is that? You could walk up and down fifth avenue and never see this restaurant. They have a banner outside on the sidewalk but it fails...
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Shanghai Mong’s Bubble Tea is Like a Taro Frappuccino
Couple of weeks ago there was a question in the forum about good bubble tea in Midtown. The other day I was walking by Shanghai Mong, a K-Town Korean/Chinese spot known for their jjajangmyeon (on 32nd...
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Taiwanese Chain Coco Fresh Tea & Juice Brings Bubble Tea to Midtown East
About two weeks, Coco Fresh Tea & Juice opened its storefront on 45th, the second US store for this Taiwanese chain. According to commenter “hungryteresa” the chain is considered one of the better...
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