Milk tea and sushi

I saw a tea stall at B2 of City Square Mall. It was called Gong Cha. It was a brand from Taiwan but I’ve not heard of it before. I decided to give it a try.

I bought the signature drink called 奶盖红茶 which cost $2.40. It’s also available in green tea and oolong tea flavours. You can also choose your level of sweetness, from 100% (normal) to 0%. Above is what the tea looks like, capped with a layer of thick, frothy milk that tasted a bit like carnation milk but looks much whiter.

On the cap was a sticker with instructions on how to drink the signature tea. There are 3 ways:

1. Open the cap and take a mouthful of the tea and milk, let the fragrance of the tea and milk tantalize your taste buds.
2. Use the straw to drink only the tea so you get the original taste of the tea.
3. Mix the tea and milk to get a different combination of tastes.

I didn’t bother with the steps. The staff have scotchtaped the lid so that I would not spill the drink and I’m too lazy to remove it. I mixed the tea and milk together and found both the milk and tea to be fragrant and flavourful.

Next to the tea stall was the Hokkaido Fish Market stall. I bought a tray of salmon sushi which looked like the hana sushi sold at Sakae Sushi. It is a red plate item at Sakae Sushi, costing around $6. Buying it from the stall cost $5.80. I found the portions to be quite alright and the fish is nice and thick. It’s been a long time since I last ate at Sakae Sushi so I don’t know for sure whether the portions are more but it looked bigger to me. Unlike Sakae Sushi, Hokkaido Fish Market mixes the rice with prawn roe.