Guppy Tea House

category: restaurants
by Yun,

I know… It’s been quite a while since I shared my latest story with you. Lately I have been busy doing errands. Hopefully it will be over soon so that I can move on and back to this place to write more often.

Knowing that I love dessert and sweet food, O took me to Guppy Tea House during my LA visit last December. He very much expected that I would love the toast at Guppy. We ordered a coconut brick toast and a pot of rose tea. Indeed, what he said was very true. I LOVEEEEE the coconut brick toast, which is a rich creamy butter coconut spread on homemade thick toast and slowly baked in the oven. It was sweet… maybe too sweet for some people but it is still worth trying even though you are not addicted to sweet tooth.

We visited Guppy three times in our five-day stay, only to eat their coconut brick toast and bubble tea. In my earlier blog, I mentioned that Joy Yee’s (Chicago) has the best bubble tea. Guppy’s bubble tea is slightly different from Joy Yee’s. Guppy provides more selections of teas but not the fresh fruit smoothies. They both just have their own signatures. I love Guppy’s jasmine green tea with boba. They use small boba. The boba is fresh and cooked to perfection. The jasmine green tea is also not too sweet, just perfect for a drink after “a sweet toast”.

While I love their coconut brick toast, A loves their popcorn chicken. Popcorn chicken is Chinese/Taiwanese-style spicy chicken nuggets. The taste is similar to “Ji Bai” sold at Shi Lin night market at Taipei, which is one of A’s favorite foods. Guppy is also famous for their shaved ice. Beware that their portion is HUGE… We didn’t order it because we were always full already every time we came to Guppy. So, we will save the shaved ice for our next visit.

Right now, O is visiting Columbus. It’s impossible to ask him to bring Guppy’s brick toast due to lenghty flying time. Savoring the brick toast is best when it is still hot and fresh from the oven so that you can really taste the coconut butter melt in your mouth. Otherwise, it doesn’t really make me craving.

Guppy Tea House

17188 Colima Rd Ste D

Hacienda Heights, CA 91745

626.965.7288

Comments

10 Comments so far

rina | 09 March 2009, 10:15
Yun, tempatnya cozy Jual kopi gak Yun, disana?

jual juga rin… tp i’m not coffee addict sayangnya jd ga sempet cobain enak gak
arman | 09 March 2009, 10:55
baru mikir mau nyobain, tapi ternyata jauh di hacienda.. hehe

ada di cheritos dan irvine juga man….mungkin cheritos lbh deket dari tempat lo, walopun ga deket2 amat
Im3th | 10 March 2009, 00:01
Wwaohhhh jadi kpengen juga nyobain hahaha

maen ke LA meth, ke tempat arman tuh hehe
veny | 10 March 2009, 08:02
YUN
g mau yg Coconut Brick Toast plus popcorn chicken nya . he222
ehh Yun btw temen ku yg udah liat review Gili Trawangan yg lo posting tertarik kesono loh , he222
ntar kalo jadi g minta info lbh lanjut yah , boleh kan ?

boleh2, ntar nanya aja kalo butuh info2 yg laen ya ven
sparklingcosmic | 13 March 2009, 19:25
yun, tolong cari resepnya gimana bikin pearl tea yang enak dong? abis katanya sebetulnya gampang bikinnya..soalnya di sini gue kagak tau beli di mana pearlnya itu…
yang jual juga cuman satu di seantero perancis, hehe.
Yun | 16 March 2009, 02:28

maksud lo pearlnya ato tea nya? ato dua2nya? ahahha
disini kayanya ada banyak yg jual pearl mentahnya, tp gue ga pernah cobain bikin sendiri karena lbh praktis beli yg udah jadi.. kalo masak pearl nya ga bisa tahan lama jadi kalo cuman buat 1 gelas kayanya ga worth hehehe…
Freda Gore | 16 March 2009, 16:35
Hi The Coconut Brick toast looks great. Thanks for sharing your photos are great also
Yun | 16 March 2009, 23:37

Thank you for your nice comment.
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