2016年12月5日星期一

Pocky...

Chocolate
Matcha
Banana chocolate
Strawberry
Cookie and cream
Milk
Almond
Caramel
Azuki
Blueberry
Pumpkin
Grape
Honey
Lychee
Tropical
Mint
Peach
Cheesecake
Coconut
Men's (dark chocolate)
Panda
Mango
Brazilian Pudding
...

Here are the list of flavor I seen in store or online so far, hope to try them all one  day

2016年11月21日星期一

Jade Lemon Tea

Lemon green tea is always a popular drink in the fruit tea category. Since it is very refreshing and also very healthy, many people would choose lemon green tea on a hot day. It also have another name in Chinese call the "Jade Lemon". I did not know how this name is originated but i am guessing that the color of Jade is green, and will remind people of green tea (although green tea itself appears more yellow).  The ingredients are very simple, yet the ratio of the ingredient is important in order to reach the “golden ratio". I personally thinks that everyone has different taste, therefore there is no reason to follow the "standard". But here is the "Golden ratio":
300 ml of green tea
40 ml of lemon juice (approx. 1 lemon)
2 tbsp of honey
Ice

It is very easy to make, very refreshing for a warm day. You can adjust the ratio to your preference.

2016年11月14日星期一

Hawaiian shave ice vs. Taiwanese snow ice


The two famous ice products on this island, the Hawaiian shave ice and the Taiwanese snow ice.


Texture:
Hawaiian shave ice: granulated, sometimes chewable
Taiwanese snow ice: sheet/flake-like, melts in mouth

Flavor:
Hawaiian shave ice: syrup on top of ice, with hundreds of choices
Taiwanese snow ice: usually with the ice (use soy milk to make ice instead of water), less variety of flavor

Toppings:
Hawaiian shave ice: azuki beans, mochi balls, condensed milk, waffle cone...
Taiwanese snow ice: real fruits, mochi, jelly, azuki beans

They both are really good, Hawaiian shave ice has more flavor and taste, while Taiwanese snow ice has a smoother texture and various topping to choose from.

Hawaiian shave ice



Taiwanese snow ice


2016年11月7日星期一

Double skin milk

Double skin milk is a Cantonese dessert. It is actually not milk, but milk pudding. It is well known for its smoothness and silky texture. The milk pudding has two layers of "skin", the first layer is formed when the boiling milk was cooling, and the second layer is form from cooling of the custard. It is hard to explain how the skin looks like, so here is a picture.

2016年10月24日星期一

silk stocking milk tea

Silk stocking milk tea, aka Hong Kong style tea is most common kind of tea for afternoon tea (and breakfast) in Hong Kong. In the British colonial period of Hong Kong, the British habit of  "afternoon tea"  has also been brought to Hong Kong. British drink their tea with milk and sugar, which has become the basic Hong Kong tea. The main feature of Hong Kong-style milk tea is a sackcloth bag is used to filter the tea leaves to make the tea smoother. The sackcloth bag looks like women's stocking, therefore it was given the nickname "silk stocking milk tea". Comparing to the regular milk tea we can get on the island, Hong Kong style milk tea has more flavor of tea and taste stronger. Also you can adjust the syrup added to the milk tea to match up your own taste.  Here is a picture of the "silk stocking" filter. 

2016年10月16日星期日

egg puff/waffle

Egg puff is one of Hong Kong's authentic street snacks, it is very similar to waffle. It is made with eggs, sugar, flour, and milk, and put inside a honeycomb-like iron pan to baked. It shapes like little oval eggs stick together, that is why it is call egg puff.Fresh egg puffs are very crispy on the outside and soft in the inside, people also add honey, sugar, chocolate syrup, or whip cream on top for extra taste. The best one I had in hawaii is the one little stand inside maunakea marketplace in chinatown. Egg puffs are best when it is fresh. It you leave it out for too long it loses the crunchy on the outside and will just taste soggy. here is a pic of egg puff.

2016年10月8日星期六

Foam milk tea

Foam milk tea was just started its popularity in Hawaii recently. Not a lot of drink places have foam milk tea, but as the foam milktea is getting popular throughout Taiwan and China, people have bring it to Hawaii. The places I tried foam milktea from in Oahu are Teapresso, Shaka shaka, and momo tea.

There is a very popular milk tea place called Royal tea in China, and you will always see a line infront of there shop. The average waiting time for a cup of milk tea is 10-15 minutes, and sometimes even up to half an hour.  yet people still are willing to wait. Their signiture tea is foam milk tea. It came with differnet flavor foam. The ones i tried was cheese foam and sea salt foam. It was the best foam tea I hae ever tried.

Foam milk tea originated from Taiwan. It is basically a layer of milk foam on the top and tea on the bottom. One way of drinking foam tea is to drink without a straw, sip from the cup so you will get the taste of the foam and tea at the same time. some places call it mustache tea because it will leave you a white foam on top of your lips from drinking which looks like mustache. Or you could just shake it up and enjoy the taste of foam and pure tea together. There were some argues about how to properly drink foam tea, but I think it is unneccesary because you can drink your tea however you want it.
You can make your own milk foam at home and drink it with tea. It is actually easier than I expected. Just mix heavy whipping cream, milk, and sugar Add sea salt for extra taste. Pour it into your tea and you have your own foam milk tea.

2016年10月3日星期一

Taro milk (tea


Taro milktea is one of the most popular drinks in the milk tea shop, but the artificial taro powder that most milk tea places use may be unhealthy. Using real taro is very healthy, but the taste is not as strong as the powder. here is a recipe of taro milk tea using the real taro.

1 slice of cooked taro cut in cubes, make sure it is cooked and soft enough to blend
1/3 cup of milk
1/4 cup of water
sugar and powdered creamer depending on your taste

and just put it in the blender and blend. Add ice if you want the slush taste.

Also taro milktea does not contain any tea so i have no idea why it is call milktea.