Super Duck Modern Tea Shop

Vincent Anzali Marsen

4.0

A Vegan-friendly place where you can just relax and tone down a bit. Tucked along the busy and website streets of Banawe is where you could find this Modern Tea Shop.Superduck offers wide variety of light snacks called Quackers and Pastas which are Vegan. The Crispy Shrooms and Tofu Bites are my favorites, yum!The Vegan Pastas- Spaghetti and V-Meatballs and Carbonara are also a must try! Carbonara was creamy while the Spaghetti was just okay.Had varieties of their Basic Teas, Milk Teas and Fruit Teas and I must say, every one had their own signature taste. My personal favorite would be the Black Tea, Heineken Green Tea, Tropical QQ, Wintermelon Nai Kai, Pearl Milktea and Black Sesame Pearl Milk Smoothie, just to name a few.I swear, visiting the place will be worth your while and everything on the menu is also affordable and cheap.The Super Duck Fried Chicken and Egg Custard Pao's also a must try! Chicken's crispy on the outside and juicy in the inside, not too much breadings too. The Egg Pao's gooey center tops everything off, so so good!Overall, it was a great website experience! Ambiance is nice and homey, there's also free wifi, perfect for individuals who wants to chill or for students who wants to study.

WalT

4.0

Take the time to explore the extensive menu available at SuperDuck, because there are more offerings for brewed tea, juice, and pearl milk flavors than you might have otherwise realized. Brought into the Philippines in 2012 by two Chinese Filipino entrepreneurs (one of whom is a good friend of mine), Superduck has set out to serve fresh tasting teas, juices, and milk teas without the additives and preservatives. They've also recently revamped and expanded their menu to include vegetarian-friendly snacks and Chinese-inspired plates, which are often the waterloo of Asian teahouses in this segment. Small plates between P50-95 accompany the drinks - from fries, to veggie cheesedogs, veggie meat nuggets, and calamares. Dynamite rolls with the requisite green chilis have real meat in them. Of the lot, crispy oyster mushrooms, coated in a crunch, savory batter, are my absolute, absolute favorite. Pasta lovers can choose between mild-flavored veggie meat carbonara, or tomato pasta with vege meatballs. But meat eaters are not left out. There's a chori burger with a matcha basil aioli and achara pickle, as well as nice trays of fried chicken fillets with gravy, and "Quack Pao" mantou sandwiches with savory pork. My first choice will always be their rice meal, the 12-hour tea-infused pork belly, served with half an egg and a bowl of rice, the portion just right - not too big, not small.The egg custard pao, filled with salted egg liquid gold, is a good dessert that won't compete with their drinks.As I said earlier,  their drinks selection is extensive; take a little time to study it, because there are lots of gems in the selection. Non-tea drinkers can try their Perfect Juices, some of which have perilla or aloe vera, the latter ideal for overheated bodies. "Sinkers" like pearl and various kind of jelly marry well with Milk and Premium Milk Tea series, which are coffee, fruit, or tea based, and Mellow Milk Drinks in chocolate, tea, or matcha. Fruit flavors are also combined to make milk tea (Fruity Milk Tea), but you can omit the milk (Fruit Tea). And finally, there is classic Fresh Flavor Tea - brewed tea that comes from Black, Green, or Oolong tea; and then there is Yakult topped tea, or Nai Kai-topped tea. Nai Kai is what most people know as Cheese-topped with Rock Salt tea. And Nai Kai at SuperDuck is absolutely tops! The Wintermelon Nai Kai should be tried by everyone at some point.So you can come here to drink simply brewed tea, or more eclectic flowery infusions (e.g., rose lemon tea, with aloe vera sinkers, which won me over, even if I don't enjoy rose flavoring.) The pearl milk tea comes with small, chewy sago, and interesting toppings like Black Sesame. Grass jelly lovers will love the torn bits of gelatin combined with the homey taste of brown rice in a Roasted Matcha tea. Heineken Green Tea is a great way to enjoy the light hoppy flavor of beer with the flowery taste of the green tea, while the Yakult with Kiwi provides you with the Vit.C boost of kiwifruit and the healthy probiotics in the Yakult. My impression of SuperDuck is that it surpasses a lot of the milk tea stations and brands who first came around offering "boba tea" in unhealthy, processed mixes; that isn't good for anyone. The fresh flavors and enticing combinations are there for people to play with. What I think SuperDuck is trying to do is show us that healthy tea drinks are there, and they've got a new healthy menu to go with it. Thank you to website and the owners of SuperDuck for hosting this fun and filling visit. 

Ario Wibisono Vds

4.0

I'm an avid fan of milktea ever since it started to boom here in the Philippines years ago. But I must admit, even though I really love drinking milktea, I didn't have that much information or knowledge about Tea before.Super Duck Modern Tea Shop is a famous Taiwanese tea shop that originated from Lukang ChangHua County, Taiwan and was brought to the Philippines in 2012. Currently, they already have 3 branches in QC and 1 in Ortigas area.Last March 15, 2016 (Tuesday), I was glad to be invited by website and Super Duck Modern Tea Shop for a food tasting at their D. Tuason branch. Never heard of this tea shop before (well since I don't normally go to other places besides Marikina nowadays) but hey they do have lots of positive reviews on website so I knew this was different from the usual tea shops I went to.Before the food tasting, we were oriented about where the Tea originated from, how it was made and also they shared with us the different kinds of Teas. I really liked this part since it helped me understood more about Teas.Let's go look at this branch interiors. Place is very spacious, cozy, and really a perfect spot for long tambays with friends. They also have more seats upstairs.I won’t make this intro long.. so below are the the samples of the teas that were given to us.BASIC TEA:Black teaJasmin TeaOolong Tea White Tea- Among all the basic tea, I find the Black Tea perfect for my taste. While the white tea doesn't really have that much taste since they were no sugar added.FRUIT TEA:Rose Lemon Tea with Aloe Vera (Php95)Tropical Fruit QQ Tea (Php95/110)- I like both the fruit teas since I like that I can really taste the fruits bits and the fresh tea. Though I really really liked the Rose Lemon Tea a lot! Never tasted this anywhere so this is something I would really comeback for! :)Passion Fruit with Perilla Seeds (Php80/90)- What I liked about this is that they really used real Passion fruit for this tea. I also like the Perilla seeds along with it.TEAS:Pearl Milk tea- I find the pearl milk tea very creamy and smooth, just the way I want it. I don't usually order plain Pearl milk tea but this was a game changer for me. Not the usual pearl milk tea I tasted before. I liked this pearl milk tea a lot.Yakult Kiwi (Php100)- Didn't knew until now that yakult and kiwi tastes good when combined into a tea drink. I liked this a lot! Black sesame pearl Milk Smoothie- Very light taste and smooth.Heineken Green Tea- One of my faves from the drinks given to us. Never tried a beed with tea drink and yep, I liked this drink a lot! Very distinct so I will also come back for this drink.Roasted Matcha with Brown Rice and Grass Jelly (Php95/110)- I'm matcha lover but never really tried the "real"/non powdered matcha drink. I also liked this drink since I was able to taste the matcha well along with the brown rice and grass jelly.Oreo Oolong Milk Smoothie- I liked this drink too and I think most teenagers would order this one since it's a sweet milk smoothie.Wintermelon Nai Kai (Rock Salt and Cheese)- One of the best tea ever!!! They used real wintermelon for this drink and the Nai Kai on top was the sooo good! Just a trivia, the owners told us that the right way to drink this is not to stir or mix the Nai Kai on top. To be able to enjoy this, just drink it the way it is. Their Nai Kai is very distinct, perfect rsc for me. I will definitely comeback for this drink!Golden Oolong Tea Bag- The golden oolong tea was good. Perfect drink right after we eat.Actually, I can't seem to choose 1 as my favorite milktea from them since EVERYTHING were sooo good! But my top faves are Rose Lemon Tea, Heineken Green Tea and Wintermelon Nai Kai. I really liked that I can taste the intensity of the tea in every drinks we had. And ALL are deliciously different from my usual milk tea.We were also given food samples starting with Quacker Sample (Fries (Php50), Tofu Bites (Php65), Cheesdog (Php90), Nuggets (Php90), Crispy Shrooms (Php70), V-Calamares (Php90), Dynamite) - Everything was made from veggies except the dynamite. Not greasy nor oily, just perfect for every bite. The best for me is the Crispy Shrooms. A really must try.Veggie Pasta:Spaghetti with Soy Meatballs (Php100)Vegetarian Carbonara (Php120)- For pasta, I find it plain and ordinary. The spaghetti sauce lacks more tomato taste but I liked the Soy Meatballs a lot.Pizza Sampler (Bacon Mushroom, Shrimp Pesto, Hawaiian, Vegetarian)- I find the thin crust perfect along with a milk tea. I also liked the Hawaiian pizza a lot since there were really lots of cheese on that flavor. HahaQuack Pao- wasn't able to taste this one :(Chori Burger with Matcha Basil Aioli- I was starting to get full when I took a bite on this burger. Not a fan of Chorizo but I did liked the taste of the burger along with the chorizo and matcha basil aioli. Right combination, perfect for my taste.Super Duck Fried Chicken with Gravy- I liked that they their super duck chicken had a distinct taste which everyone would really like. The chicken was crispy and juicy inside. It was really fried well, not too oily or greasy.12-Hour Tea-infused Pork Belly with Rice- It was good though I was expecting for a sweet taste on this one. Egg Custard Pao- Best dessert ever! The oozing egg custard inside is definitely heaven!By the way, they were so generous to give us free take out drinks of our choice. I got the Premium Milk Tea Coco Oolong Adzuki Bean Pearl Milk Tea (Php120).- Very tasty, milky and smooth. I liked the combination if the Adzuki beans aling with the pearls on my drink.Overall, I never appreciated a tea shop until today. The information we learned about Teas really helped me understand how a tea was made. I liked that this tea shop is very distinct and different from what I usually order. Since I really wanna comeback and try again my fave drinks mentioned, I do hope they'll have kiosk on malls or public areas since the D. Tuazon branch and other branches aren't that accessible for me. They also need more promotion in social media accounts as I think, Super Duck really deserves a recognition when it comes to quality and healthy teas. Will try to visit other branches soon especially that I'm craving for my fave drinks mentioned above as of writing. Haha