Unidentified floating objects
Pearl drinks
by Andrew Weiner
Remember Orbitz? It's okay if you don't: it was the soda with sugary balls
suspended in it, the one that came out a couple of years ago and flopped harder
than New Coke. If you liked Orbitz, or just enjoy vague and viscous objects
floating in your drink, then head immediately to Chinatown Eatery to try one of
the "pearl drinks" served at the eatery's Juice Bar. The "pearls" look like
skinned grapes and taste not unlike tapioca, and if anyone knows what they're
really made of, no one's telling. They come in a dozen different juices,
including mango and star fruit. Juice Bar is located at 44 Beach Street
(Chinatown), in Boston, on the second floor.
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