Leisure Tea & Coffee Review ON Saturday, April 27, 2013 AT 11:13 PM
Its sushicat. During exam period, I went with a friend to Leisure Tea & Coffee. I heard this was a good place for studying but we didn't really get studying done or at all while here (haha).
I like the interior compared to what it looked on the outside. I should've taken a picture of the outside for comparison but outside had windows with a ugly green sign of this place on top. Inside, you see a display of the cups and silverware for tea as well as the snacks. I read from some reviews that they don't like the picture frames of various places in the world on the walls but I think it adds a nice touch. Reminds me of all those fancy cafe I see on the Chinese channels when they have the host go to try out in France or Japan. Also, some reviews said it was dark, maybe they had fixed the lights or something but I didn't think it was as dim as they described.
Both my friend and I got a drink similar to each other (both ~$5.25) but we can't remember exactly what the names and contents of our drink was (sorry!). I'll write down what I can remember.
My drink (on the left), I think was number #150 or something had taro pieces (which I loved and had wish there was more) and red bean. It also had pearls that melted since this was a hot drink and kind of became like jello.
My friend said hers was called Taro Red Bean Soup and it is also hot. She said she also had taro pearls and red beans. She likes how it wasn't as sweet as she had imagined which was pleasant.
I think if you ever had these kind of Chinese sweet red bean style desserts or drinks before then you can get a gist of what it tasted like (lol sorry for this vagueness).
I also got the Spicy Crispy fried chicken (~$7) which I remember I liked a lot because it was crispy but not overdone to the point where the insides were fried as well. The chicken inside was moist and did not have flour. There was the hint of spiciness on the outside.
My friend also got the Crispy Cookie Ice Cream (~$7) but my phone didn't save it (double sorry!). It contained some fresh fruits of apples, kiwis, strawberries etc., one scoop vanilla ice cream and had chocolate sauce on the ice cream. The ice cream was placed on a cookie waffle shaped like a star with some cream on the sides. My friend says she appreciates the fruits but the ice cream and waffle was nothing spectacular. And from my opinion, for the price I could probably make a better one at home.
Rating
Food: 3/5
Atmosphere: 3/5 I just keep thinking of the shop front and how they should really consider changing it.
Service: 3/5 There was a older lady who was serving us, shes more into speaking mandarin but she can understand English as well. Later on two other younger men came to work who probably speaks Mandarin and English well.
Price: 3/5 I think the waffle ice cream was expensive considering how its made. The drinks were a little expensive too but we enjoyed it. I love my fried chicken and want it again. Our receipt was all in Chinese and we're not that versed in reading Chinese but we deciphered it.
Overall: I do think this is a place is good for studying especially since I went on a weekday night so it wasn't that loud and the tables are big enough to have studying sessions. Considering other reviews, I would try their shaved ice desserts next time.
Labels: chicken nuggets, fruits, ice cream, Leisure Tea and Coffee, red bean, spicy crispy fried chicken, taiwanese, taro, waffle
What8ver Cafe Review ON Saturday, April 13, 2013 AT 2:48 AM
It's sushicat. And its finalssssss, but all I've been doing is just lazing around and going out to eat with friends (although not blogging about it cause I'm lazy). Kit-cat is good at studying I think (haha). But its raining today and I've got time to spare (COUGH) so let me start off by reviewing what my friend and I had last Sunday at What8ver Cafe.
This is the second time I've went here, and finally I get to trying the toast box.
Firstly, my friend and I arrived at around 1am (it closes at 3am), and there were still a decent amount of people. But usually at this time, they stick around longer and its a small place so almost all the seats were filled.
I had the matcha milk tea while my friend had the green tea milk tea (haha sounds like the same?). Well, my matcha had the nice matcha aroma and taste. And my friend's green tea was sweet. Both were hot and milk tea so it was more sweet, can't really go wrong with how to make this in my opinion. However, ours was in a cup rather than in small tea pots like the other tables (??). But it makes it easy to have it to go. (both ~$4 or $5)
I think our server forgot we ordered the strawberry toast box and thought we wanted the green tea toast box since our drinks were green tea related. Oh well. We were okay with it because they take a lonnnnnnnnnngggggggg time (20min?? for us at least) to make this and it didn't matter too much if we didn't get strawberry.
On the left, we have it nice and intact, green tea ice cream on top of the toast box with cheerios, red bean and custard. (~$9)
On the right, I tried to carefully cut the front part of the box and then move the ice cream on top of it like what I saw in other reviews... but then it all fell and that's what it looks like now. The inside had bread glazed with honey. The green tea ice cream was just your average kind and the custard didn't really taste like much to me. The sides of the toast box was a bit burnt and hard but I feel its understandable since the inside toasts were soft. Overall, I thought it was really sweet and would have liked more ice cream to even out the sweetness but that's just me. It was good that I shared this with my friend. Although we did not finish the entire toast box but just the insides.
Rating
Food: 3/5
Atmosphere: 3/5 Hah, interesting to note that they were playing kpop songs. I like that.
Service: 2.5/5 They had about 3 workers on site and it wasn't like super busy. Our server (male) was nice but it took us some time to get his attention. They mainly hang around the cashier and we're sitting near the corner in the front of the shop. Either we got to stand up and flag them down or yell excuse me which both us were kind of shy to do. Sighs.
Price: 3/5
Overall: I suppose its fun if you have a group of friends but it is a small place so better make a reservation for that. The drinks are alright and I like the selection of desserts. The toast box didn't strike me as anything that delicious (too sweet in both our opinions) but its nice to try and share with a friend~! Service is kind of lacking from back then when I came (2 years ago?) and now. I probably won't be back often unless I had a friend with a car to drive me here and if I have nowhere better to go to :).
Labels: bread, custard, dessert, green tea, matcha, milk tea, red bean, sweet, toast box, what8ever cafe
