Location: Unit 106 – 910 Columbia Street, Kamloops, BC
Phone: (250) 574-3618 | Hours: Unknown
In the last post, my girlfriend did a post of one restaurant while we were in Kamloops, BC. This wasn’t exactly a vacation, more like a business trip. Well, business for her and vacation for me! We were there for about a week and was it great to leave a big city and arrive at a smaller one. This city was just so beautiful, the view was amazing!
Thompson River
This was the view, overlooking from the hotel. It was just breathtaking being able to wake up and sleep to this majestic view.
Anyhow, we noticed many choy suey Chinese restaurants here in Kamloops but not too many modern Chinese/Taiwanese food and especially rare is Bubble Tea places here. In fact, I think there is only one near Thompson River University.
Hu Ahyi Bubble Tea Place
This caught my eye when I drove passed it for the first time. The vibrant colours on the window was just too hard to miss. Now, this place wasn’t a straight up Bubble Tea place. It was more than that when we walked up to the place.
Dim Sum
Chinese Food
Besides Bubble Tea, this place also had dim sum and other popular simple Chinese dishes, including rice and noodles.
The Place
When we went in after dinner, it was around 8pm. The place was pretty empty with only 1 table occupied and we were greeted by fans all over the place. It was pretty warm and stuffy inside, but with that many people in the restaurant, I guess it’s not very profitable to open the air con. The lady you see inside the kitchen is the owner and she’s the only one working, as her helper just quit the other day.
The Place
The chairs here reminded me of elementary or middle school times. It’s the exact same chairs at school. I wonder if that’s where it came from.
Strawberry Milkshake with Coconut Jelly
We got a drink to go as it was just way too hot in there. Also, we had no idea what the prices were as they are not listed on the menu. I would say quite the expensive drink for a place like Kamloops, but I can think why as they have no competition. We lucked out on the tapioca pearls, as they had none that day. So, we had coconut jelly as substitute instead. The drink itself was almost $5.50! However, it did taste pretty good. And the jelly was quite chewy.
So, if you ever stop by in Kamloops. They do serve BBT here, but expect to pay a premium for it! Especially, for a place that doesn’t look too appealing on the inside. We were too full to try their food. But, if the BBT is good. I’m sure the food shouldn’t be that far off.
#1 by Kayo on June 29, 2011 - 6:19 pm
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This is a very nice web site and really good information. I’ve been to this place very often and the price for drinks are clearly written on the menu. On the first page, around the middle, there is pricing for milk tea – $3.25 , smoothy – $4.25 and milk shake – $4.50. Textures – pearl or jelly add $.50 which means one Milk shake plus jelly before tax will be $5.00 with tax will be $5.60. If use debit card will add $.25.
#2 by Robin on July 3, 2011 - 11:53 pm
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thanks for stopping by!
#3 by N/A on June 17, 2012 - 4:53 pm
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I visited this restaurant with the excitement of experiencing a bubble tea just like my friends shop in Vancouver.
On my first visit, the owner was very mean and yelled at my wife when she asked if the bubble tea was made with real fruit. The bubble tea was terrible, not smooth but chunky and incorrect.
We revisited again, thinking the owner was just having a bad day from our first visit. There were Asian customers whom she treated nicely, once we got to the till and I started normal conversation I was treated differently, I then knew it was a racial issue towards me. The owner was again very short and started yelling when I asked about how they make the bubble tea.
I don’t think this is a good place to experience Asian culture in Kamloops. The only reason people go here is because there is nothing else available for bubble tea.
#4 by Bill on August 25, 2012 - 7:47 pm
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That was some of us encounter when the the price of the food is not listed. Sometimes we got speechless when we know how much would it cost us but on the second thought we will just shrugged it off when the food is delicious and worth the price.