Though their trademark beverage fails to be the highlight, the newly-opened joint grabs your attention with interesting fun coolers. Iknoor Kaur sampled their mango and strawberry flavours
I walked till the end of a dark road to discover a fluorescent green board. I went up a few stairs and stepped in. Fine décor and live kitchen on the first floor were inviting. I climbed another floor and reached a terrace decorated with artificial grass, a glass waterfall and tall lamps. I decided to settle down. A tall glass with ‘bubbles’ floating was placed in front of me and I sipped the bubble tea while listening to classic rock music. Set at the end of Meherchand Market, Bubbleteas is an amalgamation of a Thai café and a US bar.
Originally a concept born in Taiwan, bubble tea is a mixture of fruit, tea and ice (or pearl milk), blended to perfection. After the drink’s successful establishment in over 135 countries, bubble tea was launched at the three-day-old Bubbleteas.
Manager of the café cum bar, Narendra said that they took inspiration from the South American version of bubble tea. “In Taiwan bubble tea — the one without the pearl milk — looks exactly like tea with a lot of ice. But if you move to a place like South America then the form changes, it looks like a smoothie even without milk. We have done the same thing,” he shared.
If you’ve had a bubble tea before — you would know that the beverage is usually served in a glass with round tapioca balls inside, which you suck with a wide straw. It is more fun than tasty. Their detailed menu helped me choose the perfect blend of bubble tea that suited my palate. My drink was made in front of me so I knew exactly what went into it. I picked a mango and strawberry, green tea bubble which turned out to be quite a sweetener because of the additional jellies.
However, I wished they had stuck to being just the sorbet brand. Since their name is Bubbleteas one expected a variety that would make you feel full, but that was not the case. It proved to be only an accompaniment to the large platter I had in front of me.
Their menu ranged from lebanese to Italian. While they had pita bread with hummus as vegetarian starters, chicken quesadillas were their non-vegetarian delicacies. In the entrées they had pastas as well as chicken stroganoff. Both were delicious but nothing different from any other café down the lane. Their fish was a complete downer as it wasn’t boneless and I was not warned about it. Their desserts were more of a compulsion on the menu with only tiramisu and baklawa, but both were not disappointing.
If you are planning to try out their bubble tea anytime soon, I would say you should. But go for single flavours rather than the fusion ones and avoid the addition of jelly.