Restuarant Review: The One Restaurant

The One Restaurant (5908 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5J 5A6)
Cuisine: Taiwanese, Bubble Tea
Website: http://www.theonerestaurant.ca/
★ ★

Food ordered [07/05/12]:
- deep fried chicken nugget fried rice $9.99
- seafood fried noodle $11.25
- satay beef fried noodle $9.99
- rose honey green milk tea $4.75
- strawberry slush $5.50

I had never been to this restaurant before and ate for dinner with a few of my relatives.  The restaurant is a bit further out of Vancouver than I'd usually travel (especially for bubble tea) but its a fairly quick drive across town down Kingsway.

Satay beef fried noodle.

Deep fried chicken nugget fried rice.

Normally I don't take my meals at bubble tea restaurants... I find the food generally tastes like it was made by teenagers (and honestly, it usually is).  The only redeeming quality of the food is that the portions are gigantic.  Two people could easily share each entree.  Otherwise, the usually repetitive selection of rice and noodle dishes are salty, greasy, and uninspiringly flavoured.

Seafood fried noodle.

 My usual order, whether for a hot drink or cold, is honey green milk tea or some variation of that.  I ordered the same with rose, not a common drink to see on the menu.  I didn't particularly like their milk tea, which I usually find is the defining feature of a bubble tea place.  It wasn't sweet enough, even with honey, and didn't taste much like honey at that either.  My last complaint is that the drink was not very hot.  It was easily drinkable right when served.  Its really personal preference, but I prefer my hot drinks to be steaming hot if not scalding upon first sip.



I saved the best for last!  One thing about this restaurant which does stand out for me is the way in which they serve their slush drinks.  Its quite a novelty having a two-foot-tall drink arrive at your table although they separate the drink into two cups after serving it.  I didn't taste any of the strawberry slush so can't comment on its quality but you essentially get two drinks for the price of one so the value can't be that bad.

Strawberry slush.

Photographs: Me