Joy Yee’s Noodle

category: restaurants
by Yun,

I always can’t have enough of mangos. In my home country, Indonesia, a wide variety of tropical fruits including mango are abundantly available. However, mangos sold here in US are overpriced. Can you imagine that with the price of one piece of mango in US I can get more than two pounds of mangos in Indonesia (about five to six mangos of the same size)? It is expensive to enjoy tropical fruits in a non tropical country like US. So, I’m very happy that I already find a bubble tea place in Chicago that sells yummy smoothies made from fresh fruits, including mangos.

Joy Yee’s Noodle restaurant in Chicago’s Chinatown offers more than fifty different kinds of mixed fruits (also known as bubble tea). One signature of Joy Yee’s is that they use real fruits for almost all of their drinks. This implies that they use fresh mangos too! They put a lot of fruits and less water in their drinks, just an ideal ratio between fruit and ice. Their tapioca is very fresh and cooked rightly to a perfect chewiness. My most favorite drink at Joy Yee’s is Mango Lychee with Tapioca, whereas A’s favorite drinks are Green Tea Freeze with Tapioca and Taro Freeze with Tapioca. Also, you can optionally customize your drink by mixing different fruit selections, with additional toppings of your choice. So, how your new drink creation tastes is going to be a surprise. I’m pretty sure that you will love it! But, please be ready for experiencing a long line in front of Joy Yee’s. This restaurant is always crowded.

I never get bored drinking their bubble tea. I’ve tried many other drink flavors in Joy Yee’s, but my heart always sticks to Mango Lychee Tapioca. Why? It is probably because I’m a mango lover. When I spent the entire summer of 2006 in Chicago, I had a cup of Mango Lychee Tapioca almost everyday, probably six times a week. A few times I even went to Joy Yee’s twice a day just to order their delicious Mango Lychee Tapioca. It did make me broke. Hahaha…

Joy Yee’s also has an extensive food menu which includes food pictures, giving customers clear depictions of the food. For me personally, their food is just so-so. I usually prefer to eat at another restaurant in Chicago’s Chinatown, and then buy bubble tea at Joy Yee’s. I cannot say NO to Joy Yee’s Mango Lychee Tapioca. Even now as I’m writing this blog, I’m craving for their Mango Lychee Tapioca. Too bad that it requires six hours driving from Columbus to Chicago, to have such a mouth-watering drink at Joy Yee’s. *sigh*

I recall my past conversation with my friends on our trip to Chicago last year. As we almost arrived at Chicago, all of us were very excited and we started talking about Joy Yee’s. One of my friends, C, who at that time had never been to Joy Yee’s before, was perplexed to listen to our fervent conversation about Joy Yee’s bubble tea. He asked, “What is Joy Yee’s? Why you guys keep talking about it?” Then a good friend of mine, O, answered, “That is the place where you can have the BEST drink in the entire United States!” Ow… That statement is very agreeable to me. Till now, I haven’t been able to find a bubble tea place better than Joy Yee’s. Therefore, if you know a bubble tea place better than Joy Yee’s, please drop me a line. I would love to try it someday.

Joy Yee’s Noodle

2159 S China Pl
Chicago, IL 60616
312 . 328 . 0001

Comments

6 Comments so far

Im3th | 03 December 2008, 01:15
Slurrppp ..kebayang enaknya Mango Lychee with Tapioca..segerrrrr…
Yunnn, tanggung jawab niy..gw jadi ngiler hehehe

gih makan mangga, disono kan lagi musim mangga met! pasti lbh enak drpd disini
Paulo | 03 December 2008, 03:02
jadi pingin bubble tea, thx to you! hehe.. di bali paling mentok adanya Quickly nih, masi ada ato udah tutup ya..hmmm, jd kepingin beneran (and i’m not just saying..)

quickly kayane kok ndak enak, duluuuuu bgt pernah coba da jkt, blas ga enak pol…. abis itu kayane dah ga pernah lagi lho beli bubble tea da indo
veny | 03 December 2008, 08:37
siipp deh tuh semua buble tea dgn combine fresh fruit .. aduhh ngiler deh . ga bisa bosen deh yah !

at least belum bosen sampe saat ini ven hehe
arman | 03 December 2008, 16:19
kalo gua gak terlalu suka lho ama mangga… hehe

so just order something else than mango, they have plenty of choices!
mamana clo | 10 December 2008, 01:54
salam kenal
link dari tempatnya ariany..

foto-fotonya makanannya bagusss… bikin ngiler semua..

salam kenal juga ya, thank you…
Sam Adams | 24 February 2009, 00:08
Yummy! I wish I could have that yellow mango drink…. Great picture, I suddenly felt thirsty.

Me too, I love mango