If you were one of the few sugar addicts who groaned in despair when the circuit breaker extension was announced, effectively forcing the closure of all your favourite standalone bubble tea spots, worry no more. As it is with life, there are always loopholes around the rules – these hawker stalls and cafes prove that. The CB may have tried its hardest, but at the end of the day, bubble tea still wins. Read on to find out where to get your pearl and milk tea combo!
Eat 3 Bowls
Taiwanese cafe Eat 3 Bowls is known for its braised pork rice, oyster mee sua and chicken rice – all of which you can get with beverages like bubble tea latte, green tea with Yakult and fresh milk with brown sugar pearls.
Eat 3 Bowls, available for islandwide delivery, get $8 off delivery with minimum spend of $50, delivery fee depends on area.
Dot Sugar
This Maxwell Food Centre stall made headlines not too long ago for its affordable selection of desserts and drinks. Now, its popularity has exploded, thanks to the circuit breaker shutting down most of its competition. Try the Hong Kong-style sweet treats like mango pomelo sago, peach resin soup and almond paste. Or go straight for those liquid calories in the form of brown sugar fresh milk, fruit teas, milk teas and more.
Dot Sugar, available for islandwide delivery, WhatsApp +65 9753 5109 one to two hours in advance to order, delivery fees according to location; also available on GrabFood, Foodpanda and Deliveroo for nearby areas.
I Love Taimei
Since it’s a snack store offering cooked food, the Taiwanese chain gets to operate during the circuit breaker season. So you can happily get your cravings for fried chicken, sweet potato fries and bubble tea satiated. Besides milk teas, fresh teas and brown sugar drinks, the brand also offers signatures such as lychee black tea with cream, caramel milk and yam milk tea. Just take note that you can’t make walk-in orders, and all boba drinks have to be purchased with food.
I Love Taimei, available for delivery via GrabFood and Foodpanda, limited to two food items and two drinks per customer.
Monga Fried Chicken
Don’t let the name fool you. Besides its famed fried chicken cutlet and sweet potato fries with plum powder, the snack joint also serves up a mean range of Taiwanese brown sugar bubble oolong milk teas. Think Black Dragon (original) and Green Dragon (matcha). Other drink options include grapefruit green tea, osmanthus oolong tea and orange green tea. P.S. you’ll have to purchase your boba with a food item.
Monga Fried Chicken, available for walk-in orders at Monga SingPost Centre and islandwide delivery, free delivery with minimum order of $30, call or WhatsApp +65 8896 5136 one day in advance.
The Peranakan
Want a side of boba to go with your kueh pie tee, ayam buah keluak and sambal fried rice? Get the Malacca bubble milk tea from this Peranakan joint. Or make your drink extra creamy with add-ons like XO durian, D24 durian and durian pengat.
The Peranakan, available for islandwide delivery with $10 delivery fee and $50 minimum order.
Sod Cafe
Hougang heartlanders will know of this cosy cafe at Ci Yuan Community Centre. And yes, because the F&B spot features pastas, pizzas and baked rice dishes on its menu, it’s still open during the circuit breaker period. Just put in your orders online and get milk teas in variations like brown rice, honey, hazelnut, caramel, mixed berries, brown sugar, taro and charcoal oolong.
Sod Cafe, available for islandwide delivery online.
Honolulu Cafe
The Hong Kong eatery famous for its egg tarts and milk tea is doling out favourites like brown sugar bubble coffee, brown sugar bubble milk tea and brown sugar fresh milk. Anyone up for an afternoon sugar rush?
Honolulu Cafe, available for delivery via GrabFood, WhatsApp +65 6250 3858 for delivery within 5km of Westgate, or pickup at the Westgate outlet.
Lai Lai Taiwan Casual Dining
Specialising in beef noodles and braised pork rice, this Taiwanese eatery at City Square Mall offers discounts for takeaway orders. Try the red milk tea with pearls or go the healthier route with fruit teas that come stuffed with actual fruit slices.
Lai Lai Taiwan Casual Dining, available for delivery via Foodpanda and GrabFood.
Dessert Monster
A sweet stall at Toa Payoh Lor 8 Market & Hawker Centre, Dessert Monster sells local treats such as grass jelly and chendol alongside soy milk versions of bubble tea with tapioca pearls and gula melaka.
Dessert Monster, available for free delivery within Toa Payoh with minimum order of $30, call or text +65 8118 4347 to order.
Broti
No pearls? No problem. Get your sweet sips of Thai milk tea, green milk tea and Earl Grey milk tea from Broti. Just be sure to make your purchase early, as the store stops taking orders once it reaches its limit.
Broti, available for islandwide delivery between 4pm to 7pm, free delivery with minimum order of 3 cups, order online.
Lu Ding Ji
With every braised pork rice bowl and Taiwanese snack you order from the eatery, you can add on customisable bubble tea options. Start with a base of red, green or milk tea, mix in flavours such as mint, peach, mango, salted caramel and brown sugar, and top it all off with mini pearls, coconut jelly or strawberry “popballs”.
Lu Ding Ji, available for islandwide delivery with no minimum order.
Faves SG
An ayam penyet stall that offers food bundles with bubble tea, the Muslim-owned eatery hops on the boba bandwagon with its classic combination of fresh milk topped with gula melaka and pearls.
Faves SG, available for islandwide delivery with $10 delivery fee, WhatsApp +65 9753 5109 by 10pm the day before to order.
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