2.25.2005

Restaurant Review #3: Upper House, Sawtelle, West LA (now closed)

Upper House, on Sawtelle in the two-story shopping center near the corner of Olympic, is hands-down the best place to get your boba fix, and believe me, I have shopped around. They have a somewhat small menu, and quirky hours (2pm-midnight), but their honeydew frappee with boba is otherwordly. Upper House's boba is extra sweet (probably soaked in a sugary syrup) and they put it into your drink while it's hot and fresh, making the first few sips, with their juxtaposition of hotwarmgooeysweet and coldicysmoothsweet, pure bliss.


Upper House
2130 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
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Random Food Tip #1-Tomatoes

A refrigerated tomato is a mushy tomato, and a mushy tomato is not a tomato. Store your tomatoes at room temperature for optimum tomatoey bliss. And um, don't buy those pinkish orange ones at Vons.