Have you had Pakistani street food? I had it for the first time here and was so mindblowingly delicious 🤯 Lados is a women owned business and truly a hidden gem!
🍔 The Zinger - Pakistani fried chicken in a bun with cheese, lettuce, and zinger sauce
The chicken was massive, juicy, and crispy, but what really separated this fried chicken sandwiches from others was their ✨zinger sauce✨, which was full of flavor, spices, and a bit of heat! Truly a journey for the palette.
Ume Tea now has a new location in Milpitas! U and me, let’s get some tea! 😉
Are these not the prettiest drinks ever? They’re so creative, bright, and colorful! But in addition to them being pretty, I was extremely impressed by the quality of their drinks. 😱 They have something on the menu for everyone, whether you’re looking for a milk tea with interesting toppings, a refreshing fruit tea, or a bite to eat!
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🍹 Strawberry Milk with Coconut Pudding
🍹 Mango Pomelo Sago
🍹 Strawberry Green Tea Slush w/Cheese Top
🍹 Grape Green Tea Slush w/Cheese Top
🍹 Grapefruit Green Tea w/Cheese Top
🍹 Black Milk Tea w/ Pearl and Taro
🍹 Sticky Rice & Red Bean Milk Tea
🍹 Brown Sugar Pearl Milk Tea
🍹 Peach Green Tea w/Cheese Top
🍹 Strawberry Matcha Milk Tea w/ matcha ice cream
🍗 Popcorn Chicken
My top 3 favorites were the grape green tea w/cheese top (must get), mango pomelo sago, and black milk tea with pearl and taro — all with 50% sugar, less ice.
Thank you so much Ume Tea for having me! 🥰
I was randomly craving Mac n cheese at midnight so I decided to make it the next day! Who knew that Spudsy Foods sweet potato puffs would be the perfect crunchy topping?
🍝 Mac n cheese topped with Spudsy sweet potato puffs
Over 150 million pounds of sweet potatoes are thrown away each year because they are “imperfect”! 🥺I am so glad that Spudsy does NOT judge and uses upcycled sweet potatoes to make sweet potato puffs! 🥔
They have a variety of flavors for every palette, available at your local Whole Foods :
💥 Bangin’ Bar-B-Q
🥖Cinnamon Churro
🧀 Vegan Cheesy Cheddar
🧅 Vegan Sour Cream & Onion
Spudsy is also on track to save 1,000,000 sweet potatoes by 2021! #SaveTheSpud How cool is that?! Thank you Spudsy for gifting me your puffs! 💖
Batch 22 Bakery is a local business that sells one of the best cookies I’ve ever had 🤩
🍪 Pumpkin spice pudge with cheesecake filling
🍪 Matcha shortbread
🍪 Gourmet chocolate chip
All of the cookies were so fun and had such a deep flavor profile! My favorite was def the pumpkin spice pudge. 🤩I usually don’t like it when desserts are overwhelmingly sweet and heavy — the pudge was huge and thicc but I was surprised when I kept reaching for more! 😱 it was honestly that addicting. Also really appreciated that the matcha shortbread was not too sweet — perfect for me! Overall great cookies and def a great intro to pudges 😋
I never know what to say when people ask what my favorite dessert is but now I’m going to say it’s coconut pudding!! 😱
🥥 Signature coconut pudding: coconut pudding made from fresh coconut juice, lightly sweetened
🥥 Strawberry coconut pudding: a layer of strawberry coconut pudding on top of the signature
I didn’t have high expectations because the phrase “coconut pudding” didn’t sound spectacular (I was wrong), but the puddings tasted so FRESH with a deep coconut milk flavor. It was light, flavorful, and satisfying! And if you bring back 10 jars, you get a free signature coconut pudding! Someone please fund my new addiction at Tong Sui 😙
I’m so happy Egghead opened so that we finally have a new brunch place in Cupertino that specializes in different concoctions of the EGG! 🤩
🍗 The Chic - Taiwanese style juicy fried chicken with an over medium egg, a slightly spicy sauce, on a brioche bun. One of my faves since the chicken was so juicy and went SO well with the sauce!
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🍳 The Scramble - soft scrambled eggs, cheese, onions, and spicy mayo on a brioche bun. We added bacon to ours and that made it super good!
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🥚 Eggy - poached egg on top of 🥔 purée with bacon bits and chive. This was served with bread to dip and was also one of my favorites! We used the remaining purée on our sandwiches 🤤
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☕️ Hojicha latte - ok this was probably one of the best hojicha lattes I’ve ever had. I would be down to get this over boba 🤭
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Overall I was super impressed with the quality of the food here. With this food, there are sure going to be long lines when people hear about this place!
Anyone know what nitrogen infused tea tastes like? According to google it makes your drinks creamier without the calories 😱 N7 specializes in nitrogen infused drinks!
Watermelon freeze: jasmine green tea mixed with crushed fresh watermelon. It had a BEAUTIFUL floral taste from the green tea and the watermelon provided a refreshing sweetness. 50% sugar is perfect! This was so good 😋
Mango freeze: mango purée blended with house crema. This tasted like mango lassi and I love mango lassi so I was a fan 👌🏻 Super creamy, perfect with 30-50% sweetness, and a great caffeine free option! 🤩
Happy National Noodle Day!!!! 🍜🤩
🍜 Seafood black bean noodle: this was a really solid korean jajangmyeon dish! Bouncy noodles with a satisfying slurp, pieces of 🦐 🐙 🦑 and black bean sauce! I think Paik’s noodle is still my favorite but I really enjoyed Yuyu Zazang for quick takeout lunch that’s located closer to me😙
So thankful for friends who drive Porto’s up from SoCal 😭
Guava cheese strudel: Guava jam + cream cheese in a flaky puff pastry — they go so well together! I’ve tried bakeries in NorCal that try to copy this but none compare to the OG!! 🤤
Wish Porto’s had a location closer to me but they do have their refugiados where they ship their unbaked, frozen pastries nationwide!
