A short introduction on these two; both are originated from Taiwan, with Chatime being founded in 2005 while Gong Cha in 2006. Since I was at MidValley/The Gardens for a movie screening last night, I decided to take this opportunity to try the bubble tea from both franchise. Let's start with Gong Cha first aight?
It wasn't easy for me to locate the outlet itself since I had no idea where it was in the first place. Ah yes, the floor directory did help me out. FYI, you can see Gong Cha if you're coming up from the escalator from first floor. My friend and I took a different route and we arrived from the opposite direction; I spotted the seating area for Gong Cha first in front of Ying Ker Lou restaurant and I thought it was slightly confusing because one can only see the outlet itself if they walked further away heading towards the escalators.
As mentioned earlier on, the seating area is located away from the store itself. There're only about 4/5 tables if I remembered correctly. Shouldn't be a problem to find a seat because everyone goes to Chatime instead IMO.
I initially wanted to order the winter melon milk tea with white pearls but unfortunately they ran out of white pearls at that time so I opted for the Gong Cha signature milk winter melon tea. I really wanted to try the white pearls though :( As the name implies, white pearls are white in colour (more like transparent maybe). From what I've read online, these white pearls are low in calories/carbs (perfect for health freaks) and are slightly harder to be chewed on.
For extra add-ons, it's RM1 for pearl, coconut jelly, herbal jelly, ai-yu jelly and basil seeds; RM1.50 for white pearls and last but not least, RM2 for special foam.
Also, at Gong Cha, you can ask for your drinks to be prepared according to you preferred sugar/ice level with no extra charge.
To drink Gong Cha, here are the three different ways to enjoy your drinks!
#1 Milk moustache - without stirring, sip the tea from top layer of milk foam followed by the more complex flavours of the tea.
#2 Tea off - without stirring, sip the tea from the bottom with a straw to savour the freshness and complexity of the tea.
#3 All in one - Stir both layers together and drink up!
How did my winter melon tea taste like? I loved it very much! The fresh milk foam blended well with the tea and its sweetness was exactly how I wanted it to be.
Gong Cha, anyone?
Address:
S-238B, 2nd Floor,
The Gardens Mall,
Mid Valley City,
Lingkaran Syed Putra,
59200 Kuala Lumpur.
Business hours : 10AM – 10PM
S-238B, 2nd Floor,
The Gardens Mall,
Mid Valley City,
Lingkaran Syed Putra,
59200 Kuala Lumpur.
Business hours : 10AM – 10PM
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3 comments:
great soothing drink to quench a thirsty day.
service is slow! ultra slow! slow like dirt! i can walk all the way to chatime and got my tea there and still gongcha isn't ready with my tea yet. i know they are new but they ought to be a bit more professional!
Nava.K: It is! Have you tried this?
bacterium: When did you visit the place? Was it during peak hours? As for me, I went around 7 - 8 and I got my drinks immediately but it was the opposite for Chatime though. I had to wait about 15 - 20 minutes. Perhaps you can try a few more times to see if the service is still slow?
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