Gelatonous Black Balls

I was walking through the mall this morning after picking up the new iMac and became hungry. I walked by Chick-Fil-A and somehow made the decision to opt for something healthier for lunch. I decided I would just go home and find something in the fridge. As I made my way to the entrance of the mall I happened upon a kiosk. Simon’s Sushi. I picked out a plastic box of unagi rolls. The lady in line in front of me was handed a green tea smoothie thing. I said, “Ooooh, can I have one of those too?” The man whipped together the green tea concoction and handed it to me. It looked weird as there were dark spheres at the bottom of my cup. I shrugged it off, paid my bill and walked outside.

I took a sip from the cup through the huge straw and drew two soft black balls into my mouth (uhhh huh huh huh uhhh huh huh huh). I shrugged that off as well as I didn’t want to walk back into the mall. I figured I was getting a taste of Japanese Mall Kiosk Kulture. I later found out that I orded bubble tea and the chewy spheres are tapioca balls.

Mmmmm. Tapioca balls.