Chinatown’s New HK Café Has Retro Vibes and Legit Noodles
Honolulu’s first modern tea restaurant has delicious milk tea, laksa and sweet toasts six days a week except Thursdays (for now).
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Boba Map: New Bubble Tea Places Around Honolulu
Three new places to put on your bubble tea radar.
Essential Eats: 26 Boba Shops Around O‘ahu
The ultimate resource when that bubble tea craving hits.
What I found at Palama Market: Brown sugar boba ice cream bars
What I found at … is a series that tests and vets intriguing store-bought foodie finds. What: Xiao Mei brown sugar boba ice cream barsWhere: Freezer aisle or near ice cream at Palama Market (note: Teaspresso also sells single bars at…
Market City's new Taiwanese cafe has fluffy souffle pancakes
I'm a total sucker for boba. I might add them to my milk tea from time to time; I am gung-ho when I see them on a dessert. Imagine my reaction when I came across a towering stack of souffle pancakes…
Boba lovers can have their cake and eat it too
I spend almost every waking minute on Instagram. It's so bad, I have a warning on my phone that saves me from getting sucked into the endless scroll. I hate to admit being that engrossed but it's my job, so it's OK, right? …
Our go-to: Milk tea
Seriously, May?! It's not even officially summer yet, and we're already melting. That means that milk tea, boba tea, bubble tea — whatever you want to call it — is pretty much always on the brain. Here's what Frolickers turn…
Something new: The Friend Cafe
The gentrification of Kapiolani continues. The buy me drinky bars in the area have done nothing to stem the tide of milk tea shops. There’s Mister Tea, Taste Tea, Teapresso, Tea Boss. And now there’s a new one: The Friend…
Enter to win a $20 gift card from Mr. Tea Cafe
We’re celebrating the grand opening of Mr. Tea Cafe’s second location in the Salt at Our Kaka‘ako complex with a gift card giveaway! Enter to win one of five $20 gift cards with the form below. Love free boba? We…
Something new: Okina Cafe
Spending the last couple of years in Southern California, I drank my fair share of milk tea to the point where a boba IV drip stuck in my arm would have been a convenient accessory. Can you say, “boba drunk?”…
Something new: Tea Boss
Yet another Taiwanense tea shop — this one called Tea Boss — has come to town, offering milk teas, ice cream floats, foam mustache teas and slushes in a variety of unique flavors, including winter melon, matcha, root beer and…
Something new: Shaka Shaka Tea Express at Puck’s Alley
Hawaii’s penchant for boba drinks, milk tea and basically anything Taiwanese tea has led to another shop to open in town. Last month, the Kalihi-based Shaka Shaka Tea Express opened a second location at Puck’s Alley in the University area.…
Our Top 5: Milk tea
Pearl tea. Boba tea. Bubble tea. How ever you call it, it seems that wherever you look, there’s another version of this Taiwanese treat available to try. So who does it best? And what makes it so? To figure this…
Something new: Mr. Tea
Mr. Tea is the latest shop to seize on the city’s tea craze, gearing up for Friday’s opening in the Ward Area, across the street from Blaisdell Center. Owner George Huang gave me a sneak preview of his shop, which…
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