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Montreal Chinatown

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8 reviews of Montreal Chinatown

Bubble Tea

Drink Bubble Tea in Chinatown in Montréal. "Bubble tea" is one of the things I miss most when I'm in Europe. Despite its Thai origin, it's a popular beverage in North America that is often bought to go at Asian food establishments. Despite its name, "bubble tea", has no bubbles or even tea most of the time. This is a smoothie-like beverage that can come in different flavors (lychee, kiwi, strawberry, coconut ...) with a milk base, and sometimes tea and black tapioca pearls are added. These pearls, little black balls, are what make bubble tea such a special drink, as they have a very strange texture similar to gum and are sucked up from the bottom of the glass with a particularly thick straw that the balls pass through one by one.

When you catch one of these balls, you have to chew it for awhile while still sipping on the rest of the drink. I discovered it by chance in a mall in Ottawa, in a "fast-food" Japanese place without any particular interest in it, and I started trying it in different parts of Canada and the United States. But without a doubt, the most authentic one I've tasted was from China Town in Montréal. There are different addresses and places where you can get bubble tea in Montreal and there are chains (such as "Bubble Tease") but the one seen in the pictures is a place with only Chinese customers and although the place may look a little dodgy it's worth it for the genuine experience. The place is called L2 and you really have to know where to find it since it used to be an internet cafe and the bar appearance is a bit disguised. It's number 71 on the Via De La Gauchetière Ouest, which runs perpendicular to Saint Laurent (Main Street China Town Montréal). The door of the store is in front of a small Chinese temple and you can recognize that it's L2 from the posters of bubble tea on the wall. You need to open this door and go up a flight of stairs. Once there, it's best to try and communicate with the waiters with hand gestures since fluent English and French don't seem to help.
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