sugirl desserts, mid valley megamall.
we discovered this dessert place while walking around the mall and decided to give it a try because i wanted croffle (my new addiction!). we ordered the chocolate sea salt croffle and their signature drink - mango sago with rose lychee jelly.
the food and drink was served quickly, food presentation was great but it was quite pricey for such a small portion though. the croffle has some crispiness and fluffiness but it feels overly sweet to my personal taste, since there's lot of chocolate syrup, i didn't taste any sea salt too.
the mango sago drink is also quite sweet, there are some fruit cuts inside the drink, so you have to use both a straw and a spoon. i felt the drink was quite heavy instead of refreshing, since it is quite sweet and the texture is more like a smoothie.
would definitely prefer other croffles that i have tried elsewhere, and for this price, it's definitely not worth the money. they also did not provide free water like most cafe do, to wash down all the sweetness from their food and drinks.
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offering everyone with mango sago for dessert this new year celebration
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dinner @ CQ Noodle & Bubble
CQ Noodle & Bubble (where CQ is short for "Chong Qing") - a Chinese noodle place on 104th Street. I had thought it took the location of another noodle place but no, I was wrong. The one I was thinking of still exists haha
Clara & I came here for our Christmas dinner last month. We came on a Tues late afternoon around 4:30. Once you open the door & walk in, you'll breath in a mix of Sichuan spice & sweet bubble(/bubbletea powder?) aroma. It's quite the mix of fragrances!
So the reason why we came was bcos. .. I suggested it. TBH, I'm not big on the whole Sichuan spice/mala flavour. I wanted to come & try the cocunut mango slush. I can't remember where/how I discovered that this place has this item. .. but it's not a common item on menus here. I don't think the English name gives an accurate description of this drink but tranditionally, this dessert-drink contains mango, pomelo (some places replace it with grapefruit), sago (the small white kind; NOT the large black sago pearls in bbt), coconut milk & milk/cream.
Their main menu (photo I took in-store).
I say the main menu bcos this was the double-sided laminated sheet (with the drinks) but they also this page-protector bundle(?) that had other menu items as well. I didn't take pictures of that unfortunately. But it had basically colour-photocopied pages of some appitizers, like marinated cucumbers, braised egg, wings, along with some seasonal items, I would say. Clara has been here before & she said she did not see this 'other' menu last time she came.
Interior. I didn't get a full-view shot bcos there were other customers during our time there. My attention was drawn to the chopstick holder & the fact that each table has a bottle of vinegar! In case you're wondering what's so special about the chopstick holder. .. they actually used a Knorr chicken essence powder container lol Google that if you don't know what that is!
My sad drink. . . . . .
It came & I as like . .. is this the right one??? It is so pale in colour & there's no sago pieces; no visible mango. .. I guess they did say slush so maybe it's all like blended??? But that name, then, would be completely not applicable.
I don't usually inquire about items at a restaurant after it arrives art the table but I ended up asking about it. I was like where is the grapefruit/pomelo topping??? The staff said they ran out & asked if I wanted other toppings as well, in which I refused. I left the drink untouched/unpoked on the side as Clara & I waited for our mains. When the staff came by to bring our food, she offered to have the drink be taken off the bill if I didn't like it. & I said, it's okay (bcos. .. I'm just not that kind of person). -.-"
BUT I must say, it turned out to be "useful" bcos. ..
Our noodles were large-portioned & NUMBLING-LY SPICY!
Clara's intestine (mild spicy) noodles & my braised beef (medium spicy) noodles.
One sniff & your sinus will be cleared lol
I'm quite good at spicy foods but this was just . .. kinda painful. I'm not good with Sichuan spice but thought mild might be too mild so I went for the safe "medium" but then . .. few bites in, I was regretting it a little xD therefore, it was actually a good thing I kept the slush bcos I needed it! I honestly couldn't tell if it was actually watered down or if it was quite sweet bcos truthfully speaking, my mouth was all numb & tingly. Anything cold just felt cold, you know, & offered temporary relief.
That being said, noodles were great. Beef was great! Their meat had a nice balance of lean & fatty parts. & for these reasons, I finished it despite being uncomfortable lol
We also got a side of chicken & mushroom wontons in soup to share. It's not really a side but a main menu item but when it's shared by 2, it's a good portion as a side. I didn't like this very much. I have high standards for wontons bcos our homemade ones are really good (store bought wrapper with my mom's filling). I think I just grew up eating my mom's so anything diff, even if it's the same ingredients, it's just not the same. I found the filling quite stiff & there wasn't much mushrooms in it (ie: felt like a ball of dry meat). OR maybe northern Chinese wontons are like this! I'm not sure! The broth was also not flavourful; just very strong in sesame oil. Sesame oil doesn't have much of a savoury flvaour, it's a condiment, really. So the soup was quite bland =(
Would I come again?... I don't know.
I'm usually quite decisive but the reason I don't know is bcos I have other menu items that I'm intersted in but I really didn't enjoy this meal as a whole. So a visit #2 is =/ would it also be disappointing? Or would it blow my mind?? I wanna try the hot pot beef noodles & the Yunnan coffee bcos. .. it's coffee! Like is the bean from Yunnan? Is it powdered instant coffee that's labeled "Yunnan coffee"? lol they don't have a particular brewing method so. .. I am interested in what kind of Yunnan coffee they serve.
What do you think? Revisit? or no?
I mean, it's probably worth another try & if it's disappointing again, I'll stop lol
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its 1 am ive decided that you should have a burger and criss cross fries with mango sago for dessert- also do you change colors depending on the seasons :0?
..That's a combination.
But the seasonal colors? We both do, but for me, it's a slight saturation change. Leafy Jr. has more drastic changes.
Depending on the season temperatures, there can also be different patterns of sorts. For example, she could have calico-like patterning if the temperatures in autumn are right.
I mostly just know from what she's told me and from the mental space.
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Top five iced drinks 🧋
hmm hmm hmm
thai tea with jasmine pudding. i've been experimenting with puddings in general in my teas haha
this specific mango yoji drink from miss dessert. it's got mango puree, sago tapioca, grapefruit pieces, and some kind of creamer in the and it's refreshing as hell
i get this thing a lot at work a lot where i buy a peach flavored monster energy and a strawberry acai refresher and slowly pour the peach monster into the refresher
orange juice with like a shot of espresso in it
peach mango green tea lemonade (i know that's a lot of sweet and a lot of things 😭 but it is so yummy okay)
ask me for my top 5 anythings and I'll rank them!
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