Quickly

My current food mission has been to keep my food radar on high alert for strange and interesting cuisine. Today, my lunch associate Gary M. and I found ourselves at Quickly. Quickly is one of the largest Tapioca Milk Tea franchises in the world with hundreds of locations spread throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia. Tapioca Milk Tea is also known as Pearl Tea, or Bubble Tea. These teas offer a milk or fruit based tea with large pieces of Tapioca that are sucked through oversize straws.

Taro flavored Pearl Tea.

I've been to this Quickly before for a mid afternoon tea snack, and I while there I noticed that they offered a diverse snack menu with some very odd choices. Some options to enjoy with your tea beverage are: Lobster Balls, Squid Balls, or a Fried Black Rice Cake.

From Left to right, Taro Fries, Fried Mini Octopus, Popcorn Chicken

There were two obvious choices for me today though, the whole deep fried mini octopus and the Taro fries. Taro is a tropical plant that is grown and harvested for the corm (the root of the plant).

When they say whole mini octopus, they mean it, eyes and everything.

I'm having second thoughts here.

Eh, not so bad actually.

The Taro Fries were disgusting, not much of a texture, soft, mushy and very bland. The octopus was really very chewy, and not flavorful. Plus they give you 30-40 with every order, a great value at $2.99 but who can eat that many. Gary ordered the Popcorn Chicken, the flavor was a very solid OK, but we agreed that it was too heavy on the grease.

The verdict for today, if you want to try a new and refreshing tea beverage then Quickly is here to help. However, I would suggest you select a new restaurant while considering your last meal.

You can visit Quickly online at:

http://www.quicklyusa.com/

Or in Dublin at:

4288 Dublin Blvd. #104
Dublin, CA 94568