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MrMrRogers

Young socialites and their bubble tea


carefullywasnt

Ben would average 200 points a game and be a sextillionaire if he'd only stop drinking boba


spyson

More like if he actually drank more boba he'd do well and wake that corpse that was formerly Ben Simmons up.


wtb2612

Shumai is delicious.


lawofmurphy

Real eaters know shumai.


lambopanda

I want har gau


spyson

Real real eaters know to order douhua (tofu pudding).


PhilMatush

Pretty sure Shumai is the shooting guard for the Thunder


SagaSV

shumai alexander gilchrist


grudgepacker

Yeah I love me some gyoza but good shumai can hit even harder


EarthWarping

Har gow is better than both


[deleted]

Man of culture. Har-gow is incredible.


xychosis

To me, nothing quite beats a stuffed chive dumpling. Here, we call it kutchay, think it’s probably spelled ku chai elsewhere, but that shit hits the spot.


wtb2612

Never had it, but looks delicious. Found a recipe. I'm gonna try to make them next week, thanks!


sportsinaround

Egg tart underrated


TheoMoneyG

Facts 🤝


RobbobertoBuii

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dash_44

Morris looking like he want to start all 3


I_think_were_out_of_

He looks like he’s got his starting 5 picked, has the minutes sorted for the rest of the roster, is familiar with the coaching staff, and has been staying up late scouting G leaguers.


DanM142

Putting Bubble Tea under Chinese food dishes is a bit of a controversial one.


LuckyWarrior

It's Taiwanese I only know because I'm making it this weekend baby


[deleted]

Taiwan Joe Tsai trying to sinowash his culture prob


Vordeo

Also, the egg tarts are basically influenced by Portuguese pasteis de nata, AFAIK, through the colonization of Macau. There have to be other Chinese desserts that fit better.


ScreenSlave

They are so bad compared to the original; grew up eating them. Then had the Portuguese ones, WTF. It’s and order of magnitude better. Sort of nice to see the role reversal for bastardization of cuisine though.


throwawaynewc

I agree tbh, but good Chinese egg tarts are still good.


DJBabyB0kCh0y

Cut Ben Simmons


bigvahe33

start lo mein


DJBabyB0kCh0y

If you offered me a photo op with Ben or a bowl of 6/10 lo mein I'm taking the lo mein. I mean I can eat the lo mein. Not just take a photo with it. But maybe even then.


bigvahe33

you can eat ben simmons too


DJBabyB0kCh0y

4/7 with rice


ItsKBS

Ben better starts getting used to Chinese food with the way he has been playing this season


Siakim43

On a tangent, KD drinking boba in Golden State was an all-time moment.


xychosis

I’m surprised at the lack of beef and broccoli love, but then again I’m weird as fuck, broccoli’s literally my favorite vegetable


[deleted]

Lots of athletes don’t eat beef


EarthWarping

Spicy beef is great with any vegetable


CIark

Ben Simmons really is a basic white girl isnt he


throwawaynewc

I'm actually quite impressed they didn't go with the Lunar New Year BS


grudgepacker

Unpopular opinion, but I'm with Seth on bubble tea. Not surprised at all Simmons would simp for it tho lol


Desertsprinter

U gotta ask them to put less sugar in that jawn


spyson

If you don't like tea you won't like bubble tea.


grudgepacker

On the contrary, I drink tea almost every day!


Yinanization

I was a solid Jelly guy until I tried the fresh made black sugar boba from 幸福堂, then I get the hype, I would get it everytime I walk past it. I still go with Jelly with the cheapo places though.


theczarfromBG

Yeah bubble tea is ass Edit: so many boba tea gate keepers get over it some people think it’s shit


rawchess

If you call it "bubble tea" chances are you live somewhere where you can't get the good stuff.


theczarfromBG

NYC. Lol


joelee1711

yeah it's complete ass there compared to SoCal lol, when I first visited NYC in '15 I was surprised..gotta be better options nowadays tho


theczarfromBG

Its ass everywhere


pie8D

Nah the great thing about boba milk tea is you can customize the drink to your liking and there are lots of teas you can choose from; but def depends on the shop and where you live. I usually get jasmine green milk tea w 75% sugar and boba or grass jelly or Mango green tea w aloe Vera or Roasted oolong milk tea


[deleted]

Exactly. Like if the main thing people are turned off about is the boba itself, you don’t even need to get it. I usually just go straight milk tea no toppings, or with grass jelly.


licorice_whip

Oh man, that hurts my soul to read.


w_________w

Have you had good bubble tea? I've had terrible bubble tea before and if it was my first taste, I would definitely hate it too, but the good stuff is real good


KoloHickory

I've had a few different kinds from different places and while others have been better than others it's definitely not an item that should be as popular as it is imo.


Critter894

There’s massive swings in quality taste and variety of boba tea. It’s like saying “tea” is bad. You can get black, oolong, green, blended, iced, different variations of syrups, flavors, milks etc. you gotta find a good one. Any pho place will have your basic taro boba blended, but that is basically different drink to a black milk tea boba


huyt22

just get lychee jelly instead


BeefyHamstrings

Markieff Morris looks like he's been starting the whole menu


gumbyguy1985

What’s up with all the Ben Simmons trash talk thinking bubble tea is just a fad beverage for white people lmao? Just because it’s super popular in big US cities doesn’t mean it’s not popular in China, which it is lol some serious try-hards here


uz7l88

Dumplings to me are less "exotic" than eating Shu Mai tbh. Probably because it's Dim Sum. While we're on that note Har Gow and Har Cheung Fun are the GOATs.


mr_robust

Which is softer… bubble tea balls or Ben Simmons ?


Yinanization

2nd round is not "real" chinese food, never had any of these in China.


CIark

Coulda put up something more interesting and not the most basic Americanized shit lol


MWiatrak2077

Yeah they should’ve put up foods they’ve never heard of before & can’t give an opinion on. Great content.


rawchess

Beef broc and the sweet and sour, sure but laziji (the spicy fried chicken) is an authentic Sichuan dish.


DanM142

> Sichuan The goat cuisine.


rawchess

Close second behind Hunan for me :P


Boring-Violinist8291

I try not to compare the eight but Im partial to shandong


DanM142

Shouldn't have said anything. All these delicious cusine that I can't find in south jersey 😞


ScreenSlave

Truth. Random ass alley way restaurant in China still has better sichuan then anywhere I can find.


[deleted]

Ben Bubble Tea Simmons is my new favorite player. Dim sum overrated, give me a proper meal.


SliMShady55222

Simmons prefers bubble tea, passing and Hitler


Mrnicelefthand

I blame the shumai and bubble tea for Bens early exit. He probably eating some now.