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Good Day Good Time Tea Vancouver 良辰吉時 : Signature Drinks, Menu

March 13, 2020 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

Newly opened just over a month ago at Crystal Mall in Burnaby is Taiwanese bubble tea brand Good Day Good Time Tea 良辰吉時.

Good Day Good Time Tea Background

The brand which has 40+ locations worldwide was founded in 2017 by Taiwanese TV host and actor, Lin Yu Chih, who goes by his stage name “Natto.” The branding for Good Day Good Time Tea features a character that resembles Natto.

Good Day Good Time Tea Vancouver 良辰吉時 : Signature Drinks, Menu Crystal Mall Burnaby — Credit: Good Day Good Time

The name behind the brand, “Good Day Good Time,” comes from the idea that a good day or a good moment should not be dependent on an auspicious date like in ancient times. The brand wants to bring “good” to customers on a daily basis – that is, any day every day.

Good Day Good Time Tea Menu

The Good Day Good Time Tea menu at Crystal Mall is divided into Best Sellers, Artisanal Teas, Fruit Drinks, Fresh Milk Tea, Good Time Drinks, Seasonal Fresh Fruit Smoothies, Special Drinks and Worldwide Fresh Milk Tea.

The drinks are priced around $4.50 – $6 and can be customized for sugar and ice level.

Topping choices include Dragonfruit Pearl, White Pearl, Matcha Pearl, Brown Sugar Pearl and Fresh Taro. They are priced at $0.70 – $1.

Top 5 Good Day Good Time Tea Signature Drinks

The top 5 signature drinks at Good Day Good Time are:

Brown Sugar Bubble Milk (啵爆黑糖厚鲜奶)
Dragonfruit Pearl Milk Tea (火龙果珍珠鲜奶茶)
Strawberry Having Fun With Milk (爱情动作草莓牛奶)
Grapefruit Yakult (鲜葡萄柚多多)
Fresh Taro Milk (脏老头(芋头牛奶)

Other best selling choices include the Guava with Dried Plum and Lychee English Earl Grey Milk Tea.

The Brown Sugar Bubble Milk is the best selling drink at Good Day Good Time Tea.

The Strawberry Having Fun With Milk features fresh strawberries blended with dairy from a BC farm.

The Fresh Taro Milk features taro imported from Dajia District in Taiwan, which is a region that produces premium taro.

Good Day Good Time Tea also serves hot drinks in very fashionable cups in an artisanal Chinese midsummer style.

What I Tried

I tried their Dragonfruit Pearl Milk Tea, Strawberry Having Fun With Milk, Doctor Kiwi Love Strawberry, Dragonfruit Yakult.

I personally love dragonfruit so the dragonfruit drinks were up my alley as well as the dragonfruit pearls. The Dragonfruit Yakult was my favourite (yay, probiotics!).

Dragonfruit Pearl Milk Tea

A blend of fresh milk tea with dragonfruit pearls. It has a nice milk tea flavour contrasted with the tropical fruitiness of the dragonfruit.

Strawberry Having Fun With Milk

If you like strawberry smoothies, then this might be one you might order.

Doctor Kiwi Love Strawberry

This drink had fresh milk, fresh kiwi and strawberry puree. I enjoyed this one more than the Strawberry Having Fun With Milk.

Dragonfruit Yakult

A dragonfruit-based drink with yakult (yay, probiotics!) and dragonfruit pearls. My kind of drink!

Fashionable Cups

Good Day Good Time Tea also serves hot drinks in very fashionable cups in an artisanal Chinese midsummer style.

Order from foodora

Good Day Good Time Tea is also on foodora, so you can get the drinks delivered to you in the comfort of your home. Use “ARETA5” to get $5 off your first foodora order.

Good Day Good Time Hours and Location

Good Day Good Time Tea is currently open from 11 am – 9 pm. They are located #1235 – 4500 Kingsway at Crystal Mall in Burnaby.

Good Day Good Time Tea 良辰吉時
Address: 4500 Kingsway #1235, Burnaby, BC
www.facebook.com/gooddaygoodtime.van/

Gotcha 高茶 Now Offering Housemade Buns to Pair with Your BBT

March 4, 2020 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

Gotcha 高茶 in Downtown Vancouver is now offering freshly baked buns made in-house to pair with your bubble tea.

Some of the offerings include:
👉Chestnut + Fresh Taro
👉Meat Floss + Fresh Taro
👉Salted Duck Egg + Fresh Taro
👉Chocolate
👉Oreo (with house special cream, crispy flour and natural vanilla cocoa)
👉Strawberry
👉Peach

The buns are a labour of love, taking 4 hours each to be crafted. I was really impressed with how light and fluffy the buns were as they were made using the utane method.

The fillings were really fresh and I thought the ratio of filling to bread was very good such that you can get a good amount of filling per bite.

What I Tried

I was invited for a media tasting. Here are the ones that I tried.

Chestnut + Fresh Taro

Meat Floss + Fresh Taro

Salted Duck Egg + Fresh Taro

Chocolate

Peach

Oreo

Strawberry

My favourite was the Fresh Taro + Chestnut followed by the Salted Duck Egg and Meat Floss + Fresh Taro.

The buns are priced around $6 – $7 and you can find them in the display case at the shop.

Gotcha 高茶
686 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC
infini-tea.business.site

Wushiland Boba Richmond 50 Lan (50嵐): Menu, Top Drinks [Review]

March 1, 2020 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

Another Taiwanese bubble tea brand has opened a new outpost in Metro Vancouver. The latest entrant into Metro Vancouver’s bubble tea scene is Wushiland Boba otherwise known as 50 Lan (50嵐).

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Wushiland Boba Richmond Hours & Location

Wushiland Boba softly opened this weekend at 1228 – 8338 Capstan Way in Richmond at Union Square Shopping Centre. The current soft opening hours for the next week are 12 pm – 6 pm.

Wu shi is 50 in Mandarin and land would be a play on lan in the brand’s Chinese name, which means mist in Mandarin.

50 Lan is one of the largest bubble tea brands in Taiwan. Founded in 1994, 50 Lan started as a drink and fruit juice stall which also sold oversized fried chicken cutlets.

Wushiland Boba Richmond Interior

Wushiland Boba Richmond has a bright, yellow interior offering counter service. There is no seating area inside.

Wushiland Boba Richmond’s menu is divided into four sections: Brew Tea (like Golden Oolong Tea, Plum Green Tea and so forth), Tea Latte (like Boba Black Tea, Grass Jelly Black Tea and more), Milk Tea (Coconut Jelly, Ice Cream Milk Tea and so forth) and Fresh Fruit (like Lemon with Yakult, Plum & Kumquat Juice and more).

Click here to see a higher-resolution image of the Wushiland Boba Richmond menu Download

Topping options include Boba, Pearls (larger than Boba), Coconut Jelly, Grass Jelly, Red Bean, Vanilla Ice Cream, Macchiato and the triple combination of (Boba & Pearl & Coconut Jelly).

The drinks come in either medium or large size and are priced between $4 – $9.

Some of their unique offerings include Ovaltine (like Ovaltine latte and Ovaltine milk tea) and Red Bean (like red bean black tea latte and red bean milk tea).

While their US locations have sweet and savoury French waffles on the menu, it doesn’t look like they do at this Richmond location.

What I Tried at Wushiland Boba Richmond

I ordered a few of their drinks to try including the Ultimate Chew ($4.80), Ovaline Tea Latte ($6) and Red Bean Tea Latte ($5.70)

The Ultimate Chew (brewed tea version) featured Four Season Tea and 3 toppings: Boba, Pearl and Coconut Jelly. It was really refreshing and all the toppings had a good chewiness to them. I would recommend it.

The Ovaltine Tea Latte has fresh milk and had the delicious “chocolatey” signature Ovaltine malt taste.

The Red Bean Black Tea Latte was OK with red bean, black tea and fresh milk.

Overall Impression of Wushiland Boba Richmond

I thought the drinks were pretty good in general. I liked the Ultimate Chew the most. I’d be interested to try more of their drinks. Rating: 4/5

Wushiland Boba
1228 – 8338 Capstan Way, Richmond (Union Square Shopping Centre)
www.instagram.com/wushiland_canada

R Ki Coffee Lab: New Richmond Coffee House with Housemade Desserts

February 23, 2020 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

Newly opened two weeks ago in Richmond is R Ki Coffee Lab at 110-8280 Lansdowne Rd (across Lansdowne Mall). The coffee house takes over the space formerly occupied by Le Tea.

R Ki Coffee Lab: New Richmond Coffee House with Housemade Desserts

This humble and charming café is run by a husband-and-wife duo: the husband is the barista while the wife is in charge of the house-made pastries.

R Ki Coffee Lab Menu

R Ki’s menu of espresso-based drinks includes espresso, long black, espresso macchiato, piccolo, cappuccino, flat white, latte (regular, Spanish, Carmel) and mocha. They offer pour-over and Aeropress brews. For non-coffee drinkers, they have matcha lattes. They offer oak milk as a non-dairy option as well.

I’m assuming they have a rotating selection of house-made pastries and desserts. At the time of my visit, they had tarts (banana or lemon), cheesecakes (chocolate, Japanese-style, or Earl Grey), creampuffs and more.

What I Tried

I had a matcha latte with oak milk along with an Earl Grey cheesecake, lemon tart, and Japanese-inspired cheesecake. The total came to around $25.

What an expertly created dairy-free latte art! I’ve never had a barista successfully give me an Instagrammable latte with dairy-free milk. Not once.

All the desserts were really good: beautiful and not too sweet. I like the small accents on top of the treats including the branding.

The Japanese-style cheesecake was nicely light and fluffy.

The Earl Grey cheesecake was wonderfully moist and tasted true to its flavour.

The lemon tart had a crispy, buttery crust and a zesty lemon filling.

R Ki Lab Interior

I loved the little décor accents throughout the space to make you feel at home. Flowers in baskets; silver dollar plant vines on a ladder; pretty pictures held by mini clips.

You’ll find smaller dining tables on the first level while the second floor has larger communal tables. There’s even a bench right in front of the shop.

R Ki Coffee Lab Parking

They also offer free designated customer parking in the parkade behind.

Overall Impression

Overall, a cute spot worth checking for coffee and/or pastries as well as a nice place for a coffee date. Rating: 5/5

Oh and the wife was pretty sweet as she came outside to thank me for visiting just as I was leaving. So nice that they appreciate customers!

R Ki Coffee Lab
110-8280 Lansdowne Rd, Richmond, BC
www.instagram.com/rkicoffeelab

Vietnamese Restaurant by Renfrew Station: Pho Kitchen

February 19, 2020 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

Pho Kitchen is a casual eatery near Renfrew Station serving Vietnamese fare in a modern dining environment.

Vietnamese Restaurant by Renfrew Station: Pho Kitchen

Spacious and Bright Dining Space

The brightly lit and spacious dining area at Pho Kitchen makes it a warm and inviting environment.

#PhoTuesday Deal – $6.04 Pho

On Tuesdays (aka #PhoTuesday), they have a deal where from 5 pm to close their regular size pho is $6.04 with the purchase of a drink.

Pho Kitchen Menu

Pho Kitchen’s menu is fully available online here. Their pho options include steak; seafood; steak, flank & brisket; steak & flank; spicy & sour seafood; and build-your-own options.

Aside from pho, they also offer starters (like specialty rolls), salads (like papaya salad or lotus stems salad), rice & vermicelli dishes (like chicken with rice and more), Bánh Mì sandwiches, specialty dishes (like beef stew and spicy noodles), bubble teas, desserts (like Vietnamese affogato and banana cheesecake fritter) and more.

What I Tried

I was invited for a media tasting and here’s a look at what I tried.

# 56 – Prawn & Taro Rolls

First up, I went with a more elevated starter option: Prawn & Taro Rolls.

I thought these were a unique offering so I wanted to try them. Crispy on the outside but soft on the inside with a prawn, taro and white scallion filling. Served with sweet chili sauce, these rolls were good.

#62 – Chicken & Porkchop with Rice

This popular dish at Pho Kitchen features 4-oz of tender chicken thigh and 4-oz of savoury pork chop slow grilled in sweet lemongrass sauce. A hearty dish with good portions and flavour.

#24 – Beef Stew

This French influenced dish was right up my alley being saucy and meaty. It had tender cubes of beef shank with carrots, infused with red wine, lemongrass and spices. You have a choice of baguettes, rice or egg noodles or rice. I went with the baguette and happily dipped it into the broth.

Pho Kitchen offers good Vietnamese casual fare in a comfortable environment. Worth checking out if you are in the area.

Pho Kitchen
2915 Hebb Ave, Vancouver, BC
phokitchen.ca

Boba Milk Tea Pineapple Cake

February 13, 2020 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

It’s like two iconic Taiwanese eats in one treat!

While shopping at Sungiven Foods, I was surprised to find these Yuki & Love Boba Milk Tea Pineapple Cakes for sale.

Priced at $13.99 for a box of 18 in a pretty gift box at Sungiven Foods.

The product is from Taiwan but imported and distributed by a company in California.

Pineapple cakes are traditional pastries from Taiwan featuring a soft cake with a buttery scent and a pineapple jam filling.

The boba milk tea version by Yuki & Love incorporates bubble milk tea pearls into the pineapple jam filling.

As you bite into the treat, the soft cake crumbles and you taste the sweetness of the pineapple jam along with some added chewiness from the tapioca pearls.

In terms of nutrition, each pineapple cake has 110 calories, 16 grams of carbohydrates, and 5 grams of fat.

Overall, I thought there was enough boba in the pineapple filling to satisfy you. Worth a try if you love pineapple cakes and boba milk tea.

Mango Yummy Richmond Opening on Westminster Highway

February 9, 2020 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

Mango Yummy has announced that they will be opening their new brick and mortar location this Friday, February 14. The new store will be at Unit #1 – 8271 Westminster Highway in Richmond.

Known for their award-winning mango sago with pomelo/grapefruit, Mango Yummy previously had a location near Richmond Centre (see my visit here) which was closed as the area underwent redevelopment.

Since then, they have been appearing at the Richmond Night Market offering their menu of mango-treats including shaved ice topped with vanilla ice cream, fresh-cut mango and mochi.

Stay tuned to their social for grand opening details.

Mango Yummy
Hours of Operation: Sun – Thurs: 2:30pm – 11pm, Fri – Sat: 2:30pm – 12am
Address: 8271 Westminster Hwy, Unit 1 Richmond, BC
Website: www.mangoyummy.com

Chun Fun How Vancouver 春芳號: Signature Drinks, Menu

February 7, 2020 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

Another Taiwanese bubble tea brand will be opening their first Canadian outpost in Vancouver soon.

Signage has gone up at 1067 West Broadway for Chun Fun How (春芳號). Chun Fun How originated from Taichung, Taiwan and has 15 locations in Taiwan. Locations abroad include one in Hong Kong and upcoming ones in Singapore and Indonesia.

Chun Fun How Top 6 Drinks

The top 6 drinks at Chun Fun How are:

Lychee Four Seasons Tea with Aloe Vera
Sweet Potato Fresh Milk with Bubbles
Sugercane Four Seasons Tea
Wintermelon Lemonade with Bubbles
WIntermelon Oolong Tea
Citrus Four Seasons Tea with Aloe Vera

Chun Fun How is one of the first Taiwanese bubble tea brands to offer the Sweet Potato Fresh Milk signature drink.

Chun Fun How is also known for their fashionable cups featuring floral designs.

Stay tuned to their social media for information on their upcoming opening.

Chun Fun How Vancouver 春芳號
1067 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC
instagram.com/chunfunhow.van

NaMì Food Cart Celebrates One Year Anniversary

February 4, 2020 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

NaMì Food Cart which specializes in grab-and-go Vietnamese fare recently celebrated their one year anniversary.

NaMì Food Cart Celebrates One Year Anniversary

NaMì is owned and operated by Kevin Thach, who grew up learning the ins and outs of the restaurant industry at his parents’ award-winning Phở Thai Hoa Vietnamese restaurant on Kingsway.

The NaMì bánh mì menu features a variety of fresh baguette sandwiches ($7 – $9.50). These include Chasu Pork Belly, Susu Fried Chicken, Lemongrass Chicken, Satay Beef, NaMì-ste (lemongrass turmeric tofu), and Traditional (Vietnamese cold cuts). The sandwiches come with pickled carrots and daikon, cucumber, mayo and pate.

NaMì’s vermicelli bowls ($11 – $12) selection includes the NaMì Bowl (lemongrass chicken or satay beef), NaMì-ste (lemongrass turmeric tofu), Banana Blossom Bowl (lemongrass chicken or satay beef + banana blossom), Garlic Geef Bowl, and Chasu Pork Belly Bowl.

NaMì also offers a variety of sides ($5 – $6) such as Deep-Fried Spring Rolls (pork or vegetable); Salad Rolls (shrimp or tofu); and Purple Sweet Potato Chips.

My favourite items on the menu that I have tried are the Chasu Pork Belly, Susu Fried Chicken and the Banana Blossom Bowl.

You can find NaMì parked at 700 Granville Street (corner of West Georgia and Granville) in Downtown Vancouver from Monday – Friday from 11 am – 2 pm.

For more information, go to namivietnamese.com, become a fan of /namivietnamese on Facebook and follow @namivietnamese on Instagram and Twitter.

Disclosure: I was invited for a media tasting where all items in this post were complimentary.

Neverland Tea Salon Vancouver: The Mad Hatter High Tea

February 1, 2020 by foodgressing Leave a Comment

It’s Time for a Mad Hatter Tea Party!

Neverland Tea Salon in Kitsilano is one my favourite places for a high tea experience in Vancouver. I love their fanciful decor, selection of teas, quality of their high tea items, all at a reasonable price.

Neverland Tea Salon Vancouver: The Mad Hatter High Tea

For the month of February and now extended into March, Neverland Tea Salon is offering a Mad Hatter High Tea theme. Earlier today, I had a media tasting of this new offering. Here’s a look at my experience.

Mad Hatter High Tea Menu

Aside from regular, the Mad Hatter High Tea set comes in other dietary options: vegetarian, gluten free/dairy-free and vegan (see the menu here). The price is $38 per person or $48 for a bubble high tea.

There is also a children’s version priced at $24 per child (see menu here).

I took my older son for a media tasting and we had the gluten-free/dairy free set as well as the children’s set.

Mad Hatter High Tea (Gluten-Free/Dairy-Free)

Amuse-bouche: Chilled watermelon beet soup

Savoury:

Smoked paprika crab salad roll with red peppers, onions, chives and green goddess aioli
Coronation chicken salad on focaccia with green onions, cilantro, red pepper, mango chutney and Assam tea infused apricots
Roasted veggie croque monsieur with zucchini, kale, red peppers, and dairy-free cheese
Plant-based burger sliders with pesto aioli, arugula, and fresh tomato
Steel head smoked salmon pinwheel with asparagus and dairy-free lemon herbed cream cheese

Sweets:

Lemon Mousse Dome on a cashew and brownie base
Chocolate cupcake with vanilla buttercream
Mocha ganache sponge cake on a brownie base with chocolate glaze
Strawberry and coconut puree jelly
Citrus scone with ‘Devonshire cream’ and house-made jam

Mad Hatter’s Children’s High Tea

Sweets:

Queen of Hearts cake roll with strawberry cream
Toadstool chocolate tart
Stopwatch shortbread cookies royal icing
Citrus scone with Devonshire & cream

Sandwiches:

Cream cheese & cucumber pinwheel
Mini pizza bagel
Tomato cheddar on multi-grain egg salad on veggie roll

Decor

You’ll be impressed with the charming Alice in Wonderland theme decor to complement the theme featuring playing cards, toadstools, top hats and more.

Overall Impression

I thought the high tea items were creative, elevated and went well for the Mad Hatter theme. The citrus scones were very good in particular and I thought the sandwiches were quite delicious!

I have been to many high teas where the savoury sandwiches used pretty thick bread, but I think Neverland Tea Salon has it right with a reasonable good bread to filling ratio.

The very on-trend plant-based burger was a unique item to have for High Tea.

For the children’s tea set, they had a nice variety of kid-friendly items. My son enjoyed the offerings presented.

Overall, we had a lovely time at Neverland Tea Salon and I would recommend the Mad Hatter High Tea for a fun, delicious experience.

Neverland Tea Salon
3066 W Broadway, Vancouver, BC
neverlandtea.com

Good Day Good Time Tea Background

Good Day Good Time Tea Menu

Top 5 Good Day Good Time Tea Signature Drinks

What I Tried

Dragonfruit Pearl Milk Tea

Strawberry Having Fun With Milk

Doctor Kiwi Love Strawberry

Dragonfruit Yakult

Fashionable Cups

Order from foodora

Good Day Good Time Hours and Location

What I Tried

Chestnut + Fresh Taro

Meat Floss + Fresh Taro

Salted Duck Egg + Fresh Taro

Chocolate

Peach

Oreo

Strawberry

Wushiland Boba Richmond Hours & Location

Wushiland Boba Richmond Interior

Wushiland Boba Richmond Menu

What I Tried at Wushiland Boba Richmond

Overall Impression of Wushiland Boba Richmond

R Ki Coffee Lab Menu

What I Tried

R Ki Lab Interior

R Ki Coffee Lab Parking

Overall Impression

Spacious and Bright Dining Space

#PhoTuesday Deal – $6.04 Pho

Pho Kitchen Menu

What I Tried

# 56 – Prawn & Taro Rolls

#62 – Chicken & Porkchop with Rice

#24 – Beef Stew

Chun Fun How Top 6 Drinks

Mad Hatter High Tea Menu

Mad Hatter High Tea (Gluten-Free/Dairy-Free)

Mad Hatter’s Children’s High Tea

Decor

Overall Impression

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