Quick Review - Meet Fresh (鮮芋仙)

How's it going everyone?

So I just wanted to do a quick review of this new oriental dessert place in Meet Fresh (鮮芋仙) which has just recently opened at 6-8 Lorne Street, Auckland. And because I just got my laptop fixed today! Finally! :'D

Seems that the oriental dessert crave wave has finally hit the shores of New Zealand. Reminds me of the times in Jakarta when young people were crazy about oriental dessert. A lot of my friends had been raving about how this place was always full (it wasn't when we came, thankfully) and so my Indo pal Adeline and I decided to give it a try after our ACG Day last Friday. This will be a short review with only 2 items, and all my opinion is honest and unbiased.

Herbal Jelly No. 5 (left) and Q mochi

HERBAL JELLY NO. 5 with HONEY BEAN

Regarding portion size, I was not disappointed - rather, I was pleasantly surprised. I'd expected it to come out as an overpriced hunk of ice with some random Q-full toppings in a tiny bowl (as with many other 'exotic' food items in NZ), but this was DEE-LICIOUS and very refreshing.

They gave us a small cup of creamer separately, so lactose-intolerant people, fret not. I loved everything in this dessert - the honey bean, the brown-colored shaved ice at the bottom, the herbal jelly (cincau/grass jelly), the brown jelly (whatever it was browned with), the pearls, and the creamer just made it all come together so delectably. Loved the taste, and the size was good :) Price was just barely acceptable at $7.5, but I'm a cheapskate so don't follow my judgement on pricing too much xD

Compared to the oriental desserts in Jakarta (Hong Tang and friends), the size of this one was bigger and overall taste was not too sweet and more refreshing. But I miss the green tea ice cream scoop and QQ balls I could have with my bowl in Jakarta :9

P.S. What's with Chinese and the letter Q? It's like they just put Q on everything to make it Chinese. Somebody please enlighten me on this :S

Q MOCHI


The Q mochi, however, my friend and I were disappointed by. She bought that for herself but allowed me to have some, so I tasted one each of the yellow and black ones. I liked the black one better, even though I had no idea what flavours these represented. I reckon the black one was probably sesame.

With the price of $7, I was ready to be amazed, so inevitably my expectations were high. But there was nothing special about the texture or taste. The brown coconut(?) crisps made it more enjoyable, but overall there was nothing mind-blowing about it. Just...sweetness.

The mochi was served as 8 slim little cylinders, which I think is overpriced for $7. I would take the Herbal Jelly dessert any day over this.

Rawr.

The ambiance of the place I liked, as well. It looked every inch like a trendy new chill place, with a lot of white plastic furniture. Service was alright, but the orders took a bit long to come out. So to sum up:

Taste: 4/5
Portion Size: 3.5/5
Value: 2.5/5
Service: 3/5 
Atmosphere: 3.5/5 

Overall: 3.5/5

All in all I would most likely come back again, but for a once in a while treat. If I hadn't been so disappointed with the mochi I could probably have given this a 4 just for the Herbal Jelly dessert. Thanks to my fellow Indonesian minion for so strongly wishing to come here, otherwise I would never have even considered going here alone xD (also thanks for paying my share in advance hehe).

Until next time! Have a nice week all!

アリシア

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