November 8, 2009
Good place to study -- Asian Starbucks
Since the U.C budget cuts are drastically affecting study places for students (library closes at 8PM wtf?), my friend Lillian found this place to study. It is a manga store + tea place + wifi hotspot all rolled into one! The place is open until 2AM so we did our studying there. The only stipulation to get wifi access is that they require you to buy a food or drink that is more than 3 dollars.
Food: I intially ordered the thai iced tea, which is the size of a boba milk tea plastic drink container. It was three dollars, and I thought that was a little bit overpriced. After studying for a while, I ordered one of their specials, a curry-rice bowl for $2.50. That was alright for the price, something that can be easily made at home.
Wifi: Regrettably, I forgot to Speedtest (will update if I ever go back again) the wifi but my torrent was downloading at 50-100kb/sec if that means anything.
The place isn’t too loud or overly obnoxious which made it a good place to study. Plugs are available for laptops underneath the tables.
Overall, pretty cool concept and good for late night studying, when it really clears up.
Dishes I tried:
Thai Iced Tea
Meh. 3 bucks for average iced tea in those plastic milk tea cups. you decide
Curry+rice
$2.50 for a bowl of curry ’n rice. Up to you to decide as well :)


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