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The cuteness factor at Rabbit Rabbit Tea is officially through the roof.
While keeping the “small island feel.”
The opening menu is small, but this new outpost is serving up some of your favorite bowls from the original Restaurant I-naba.
But da Pidgin-kine fortunes stay true or wot? We wen put ’em to da test.