A Visit to Blackball Original Taiwanese Desserts

April 05, 2025

Happy Hour and Dessert in Capitol Hill

Happy Hour Street Tacos with Carne Asada and a Miami Vice from Poquitos. Poquitos is located in Capitol Hill and they're serving up authentic Mexican cuisine and cocktails. Their happy hour deal is a good one- during Ocho hour, everything on the happy hour menu is just $8! I went with a Miami Vice, a classic Pina Colada with Strawberry. This blended cocktail was so fruity and delicious. To eat I had two Carne Asada Street Tacos and a Birria Poquitos Burrito. The Burrito was small and served with a side of Consommé sauce. Both food items were tasty and satisfying. My husband also had some Street Tacos and a Margarita from the happy hour menu. My sons had a Cheese Quesadilla and beans and rice. Everyone enjoyed their dinner. I first visited Poquitos in 2012, also for happy hour, and I remembered liking it then, too. It was time for a meal there again. For dessert, we walked about ten minutes west to Voodoo Doughnut . The Seattle location opened late last ye...

A large Carmel Milk Tea with boba pearls from Blackball in Seattle's International District.

The weekend finally arrived and the smoke finally cleared in Seattle. The rain came and thankfully, the smoke went bye bye. I decided to celebrate with a Boba Tea. We headed to the I.D since I didn't want to go too far out of the way. We decided to check out Blackball Original Taiwanese Desserts since it looked interesting and is wasn't crowded at all inside.

I chose a Caramel Milk Tea with Boba since I like my drinks sweet. We were hungry so we also chose several snacks. Some fries, eggrolls, and popcorn chicken made their way into our bellies. The presentation of the food wasn't impressive and it tasted just ok. But I really enjoyed my drink. It tasted like cereal milk. You know the sugary milk that's left in your bowl after you eat some cereal? The Caramel Milk Tea tasted like Fruit Loops or Caption Crunch and I wasn't mad about it. The boba pearls weren't sweet at all. Sometimes I'll have the brown sugar Boba Pearls at places and they are delicious.

They have an upstairs dining area with couches, tables, and board games. We hung out up there and enjoyed ourselves. There's a really narrow and windy staircase to get up there.

Trying new spots for Boba Tea is always fun and luckily, the Seattle area has a bunch of places to go.