YEP. I’m someone who’s prone to cravings; quite frequent ones actually. Sometimes they can be totally random and sometimes they get me going out of the way just to satisfy them (which is quite rare since I’m quite a lazy person too :/ )
I like this definition:
crav·ing (krā’vĭng) : n. A consuming desire; a yearning.
Craving No. 1 — Koi Cafe Pearl Milk Tea (AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY!)
Okay. Unlike usual, this particular cup of bubble tea on this particular day didn’t make me swoon over it. I think it has got to do with the standards varying at different outlets. Or maybe 25% sugar is measured differently at different outlets?? Whatever the case, I refuse to believe that..that..my love for Koi Milk Tea was actually borne out of an impulsive conclusion made from drinking the first cup!
Sigh. I think it’s true. The tea itself can never beat the flavourful Full House one. So maybe the appeal lies mainly in the small, shiny black balls we call pearls. In particular, I always like my bubble tea with the mini pearls at Koi Cafe. They’re more like sago in terms of size and texture — less chewy than regular pearls. Some may dismiss it as lacking the kick that their big brother gives, which I actually agree with to a certain extent. I guess I’m under the illusion that smaller pearls = smaller sin. HAHA.
Craving No. 2 — MOF Gelato Ice Cream
Milk Tea flavour (left) and Azuki Red Bean flavour ($4 for single scoop with cone, $3.50 for cup)
Guess which one I had? (Obviously I’m not so greedy as to consume both at one go!)
…Azuki Red Bean! (Yummy pink nails courtesy of Dawn HAHA)
Just look at it! Doesn’t it just make you wanna go MMMMmmm…? I actually tried both flavours but decided on azuki just ’cause it’s more Japanese. More authentic ma..
It’s delicious actually. Not too sweet and a refreshing change from the usual flavours you get. The beans add a welcome variation in the texture. The only thing is that I wish it was more like gelato, like the name says!! In fact it’s nothing like it: no stickyness nor chewiness. But oh well, as Dawn suggested, maybe it’s the Japanese version of gelato? Haha.
OH, and leaking cones! I say it in the plural sense ’cause it happened to not just me but her as well. But it was pretty amusing ;D Craving satisfied nonetheless! (:
