BREAKING: Hanco's open!!
Benjamin | Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 4:28PM This is a sight for sore eyes:
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Hanco's open and ready for bidness!
Here are some shots of the joint:
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Pretty sparse - not quite homey yet - especially compared to the revolting but very lived-in oldschool Tea Lounge.
Very clean, and a bunch of hard working fast dudes behind the counter:
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Hm, the back of the place sure is clean - I guess they're not quite done with it yet:
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No wireless, so it's clear that it isn't exactly gonna be the old hang-out it once was (thank god?) but I'll tell ya what, their food and drink is KICK ASS. Really really rocks. I had no idea what the hell Bubble Tea was, but I've heard about it forever, so I ordered one. Answer is that it rules:
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That crap at the bottom? They're "bubbles" which means little balls of Tapioca. (I asked) They're awesome - like little balls of chewy little gummy candy but not in a bad way. Not as chewy. Subtle and kind of savory. Good shit. Here's the menu - ya gotta click it:
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Check out: Hanco's Open!: Part Deux HERE
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Reader Comments (5)
Thanks for the info! I was wondering what Bubble Tea was! Now I'll check it out!
Bubble Tea is eeuuue
$7 for a Vietnamese sandwich?... You can get these for less than half as much in either Brooklyn or Manhattan chinatown. Just saying.
wow, much pricier than the cobb hill place... unless they upped their prices too??
It's more than a little bit awesome to have some bubble tea with trekking into BK's Chinatown or crossing the bridge, but the real test is if this joint can compete with the hideously-named Tea-Riffic on Mott St. That fact that there's no peanut shake has created a hole in the soul.