Sweetheart Cafe Jasmine milk tea with boba: Sweetheart Cafe is a small bubble tea shop on Durant right on the south edge of UC Berkeley's main campus. The main draw to this inexpensive mom and pop shop is their boba, which as far as I'm concerned is unrivaled in the Bay Area for its chewiness and overall consistency. The Jasmine milk tea that I purchased alongside the boba had an identifiable Jasmine tea flavor but was more milk than tea. Would not be surprised at all if it was powder-based. 4.5 for the boba, 3.0 for the tea. Overall... (read more) 3.5/5.0
drinks boba bobatea milktea berkeley bubbletea sweetheartcafe jasmine milk tea 3.5
La Croix Mango Sparkling Water: Only the second flavor of La Croix I've ever had, the "mango essenced" sparkling water was worthwhile, with a high level of carbonation and punchy mango flavor. Doesn't have a salty aftertaste like other seltzers sometimes do. A solid, affordable flavored seltzer. 3.5/5.0
recommended drinks lacroix mango sparkling water 3.5
Dinosaurs Watermelon and Lychee Shake: Dinosaurs is a small Vietnamese sandwich shop bordering the Castro in San Francisco. It has reasonably priced, tasty sandwiches (I especially recommend the meatball bahn mi) as well as fresh juices. I love watermelon, and I also love lychee, so their watermelon and lychee shake was an obvious choice for me. Rather than being flavored like lychee, the lychee comes in the form of chewy and slightly crunchy lychee jelly - the same rectangular kind you find in boba tea shops. The watermelon ... (read more) 3.5/5.0
drinks dinosaurs watermelon lychee shake 3.5
365 Ranch Lentil Chips: While ranch snacks tend to be unhealthy, these 365 lentil crisps have the same satisfyingly tangy flavor with less fat and calories. The crisps are more like sticks, falling somewhere in the middle of the pretzel -> puffed snack spectrum. They have a light crunch and are dense enough to be filling. Would definitely purchase again. 3.5/5.0
recommended wholefoods 365 ranch lentil chips 3.5
Peace Cereal Vanilla almond cereal: This almond flavored cereal consists of corn flakes, oat clusters, and sliced almonds. Wholesome and solid all around. 3.5/5.0
recommended berkeleybowl breakfast peacecereal vanilla almond cereal 3.5
Siggi's Blueberry filmjolk drinkable yogurt: One of the characteristics I appreciate the most about Siggi's yogurt is that they're barely sweet. Their drinkable yogurt has significantly more sugar than their yogurt, though, at 17g per serving, roughly equalling that of other brands. I personally would prefer less sweet, but this is still a quality product: balanced consistency that's neither too thick nor too thin and sharp berry flavor. 3.5/5.0
drinks dairy siggis blueberry filmjolk drinkable yogurt 3.5