Bubble tea shops are everywhere in Hong Kong. Near where I live, there are four peddling these sugary drinks along the same street, two of them next to each other! The beverage, which has found popularity beyond Asia, is usually served with chewy tapioca balls known as boba, a reference to the hefty bust of Hong Kong bombshell Amy Yip whose career was at its peak in the late 1980s and early 90s, the period when this diabetes-in-a-cup was created in Taiwan.Obviously, I’m not a fan. Apart from…
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