Cooking Taste Right Cafe Review

Damien and I finally went to Cooking Taste Right Cafe (CTR) on Saturday to try out their Boba drinks. We got our favorite flavor, taro root mixed with coconut. This Boba drink was way better than the one that we had at Dew. The frothy texture was just right and the flavor was great. The tapioca balls were much better, but I felt they were a little too soft for my liking, but way better than the firmer tapioca balls we had in our Boba drink at Dews.


My recommendations if you are trying a Boba drink for the first time is to get one from Cooking Taste Right Cafe if you live here in the Provo area, get a flavor you know you already like, and only get half of the tapioca balls.

The first time I had a Boba drink I thought the tapioca balls were kind of gross because there were so many in my drink. They are kind of an acquired taste/texture and so that is why you should start with half the amount to get used to them.

Also, start with a flavor you know you like and probably not taro root. The first time I tried taro, it wasn't my favorite. It isn't a flavor we taste very often here in the US and so it is also more of an acquired flavor. But you should definitely try it sometime because it is a milky sweet flavor that tastes great with coconut!

Tagged

I have never filled one of these things out but thought it might be kind of fun. Here we go:

5 Things I was doing 5 years ago:
Playing French Horn in the high school wind ensemble.

Driving the green machine.

Taking a family vacation to Hawaii.

Dressing up for church dances. We used to have themes that we would make up for each dance and then we would spend forever getting all dolled up.

Quilting.

5 Things on my to do list for today:
Analyze other teams and figure out what my team is going to do the next round in our simulation.

Make dinner.

Pick Damien up from school.

Read 35 pages for class on Friday.

Work on a homework assignment that was sent out today and is due on Friday.

5 Things I would do with a million dollars:
Get a brand new wardrobe.

Move into a bigger apartment. One with a bedroom separate from the rest of the apartment would be nice.

Save some for a down payment on a house.

Take a vacation to France and Italy.

Save the rest.

5 Places I have lived:
Denver, CO

Bountiful & Provo, UT

San Luis Obispo, CA

Spokane, WA

New Orleans, LA (will have lived there after this summer)

5 Jobs I have held:
JoAnn's Fabric and Craft

Mountain Bloom

Park and Restroom Structures, Inc

BYU Broadcasting

I have only had 4.

5 Things I want to be doing in 5 Years:

Having children.

Being a stay-at-home mom.

Quilting on a regular basis.

Living in a warm place.

Owning a house.

5 People I tag (Or anyone else who has the inner desire to do this):

Val

Katie

Carissa

Bri

Alisa

Valentine's Day Weekend

Damien and I started our weekend off on Friday by going to dinner at Carrabba's. I love Italian food and the homemade pasta of Carrabba's is wonderful. On Saturday we drove to Brigham City to spend the day with Damien's aunt and uncle. We were able to go to Maddox for lunch and see the Golden Spike. We drove up there in the middle of a blizzard and of course it started to snow again when we went to see the Golden Spike. It was so nice though because Damien drove back from the Golden Spike and I took a nap the whole way.

That evening we watched Damien's two little cousins while his aunt and uncle went out to dinner. The little boys had so much energy and were running around the whole evening. We ended the evening with some pina coladas. His uncle has worked on perfecting the recipe for the pina coladas for a while and they were delicious!

Sunday morning we drove down to Bountiful to visit my grandma. We headed back down to Provo on Monday afternoon so Damien could get back for a group project. And I finished the long weekend off by watching The Bachelor and True Beauty. Both are great shows and I can't wait to see the finales! Hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's weekend too!


AND Damien got me a box of Godiva chocolates which are my favorite! They are some of the best chocolate we have here in the US.

Dew's Boba Drink Review

Damien and I did go to Dew last night and had a taro coconut boba tea. The flavor was good, but it definitely wasn't as good as the ones we have had in New Orleans. They didn't use fresh fruit at all, and the one in New Orleans always uses fresh fruit. When we get the taro coconut it has real taro root in it because you can feel the small chunks of it in the drink. Also, the tapioca balls weren't soaked well enough because they were a bit harder in the middle then when we have them in New Orleans. Also, the girl that helped us was very strange and made very little conversation with us and wasn't very friendly.

In conclusion, Dew's boba drinks are okay. If you haven't had one for a while they are fine, but they aren't the best and if you haven't ever tried a boba drink this isn't the place to try them.

Damien and I still want to attend the Cooking Taste Right Cafe to see if theirs are any better. I will let you know how their boba drinks compare with the amazing ones we have had in New Orleans and Dew's boba drinks.

Boba Drinks/Bubble Teas

Boba drinks or bubble teas are one of the best drinks ever! They are known as boba drinks here in Provo and bubble teas in New Orleans. These drinks are fruit flavored smoothie with black tapioca pearls mixed in the drink. Every time Damien and I go to New Orleans to visit Rita and Tricia, we always get at least one bubble tea. Damien introduced my to the taro root and coconut version which is my absolute favorite now. Damien read an article in the Daily Universe today that said they have the boba drinks at two restaurants here in the Provo, Orem area: Dew and Cooking Taste Right Cafe. Damien and I are going to try a boba drink tonight at Dew. I will let you know how it compares to the amazing bubble teas in New Orleans.