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[shooporama]

Toast Box has a stall at a food court in Hong Kong. Come to think of it, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a Singaporean venture as the food court is called Food Republic.

For the princely sum of HKD26, you get this.

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[apriltuna]

Now I know what to buy when I come to HK... KAYA!! I'll get you all brands available: Killiney, Ya Kun, Toastbox, icky Glory and that lousy brand that the kopitiams use (you know, the one that comes in a tin can and it's orange in colour!).

And Toastbox is part of the Breadtalk chain i think...

[shooporama]

SO! When will you be coming to grace the stinky shores of HK? After your penance in Mongoria? No need to bring all that kaya lah! Wah lau!

I didn't know Toastbox was part of Breadtalk but it would esprain the presence of Breadtalk in the same building.

[hposnm]

Yes and breadtalk even opened an atas version of themselves in the new ION called BREADSTORY?!

I bought a pc of bread from there. Got 4 colours like the Wild card you see in Uno. Black sesame, matcha, carrot and corn. My colleagues thought I went mental and was eating stale bread.

[apriltuna]

MUST MUST. Then you'll have Kaya to last you till 2010! I dunno when I'll be coming to HK leh... must see how the dates work out lor. I guess I ought to try HK instead of Taipei right? Pple now laugh at me, whole day go Taipei never go HK. :S

[hposnm]

I can do better la. I send you a stash of the loot! HK so open, no need to quarantine or anything right?

Actually, I thought "nanyang red tea" was adapted from the HK milk teas!

[shooporama]

Wah thanks! But I don't know if the difference is in the tea leaves or the milk. It might be the latter you know? I saw them make it and they basically use condensed: evaporated in 2:1 ratio. Normal HK milk tea is basically a teh si i think. But i think even teh si has a little bit of condensed milk? You're the conosseiur of all milky beverages- enlighten me!

Big news: i found some Yeo's CANNED kaya at the supermarket!!!! For the reasonable price of 9HKD (~$2). Can lah. Still have to crack it open for a taste... The other option was some bright green malaysian kaya. Like the ge tai of kayas.

[hposnm]

My palate unfortunately isn't as acute as it used to be. All I know is based on empirical evidence -- Tea dust is very tasty but also very low quality and can leave that 'siap siap' taste. Tea leaves often have the added benefit of an olfactorial effect but also very expensive. So the solution is to alternate between the 2 extremes and use Lipton or BOH.

From what I understand, teh si strictly doesn't involve any condensed milk but they make up by the liberal inclusion of sugar. That's what I do with my GST (Geri's Signature Tea) too. If you've tried the Royal Milk Teas of the Japanese variety, they're very much like Teh-Si too only they add the equivalent of MSG for beverages and other essences so it smells extra nice too!

[shooporama]

Wow. You sure have studied your teas.

What is Royal Milk Tea though? I have not heard of this. What is beverage MSG? Enlighten me please, Tea- queen!