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December 17, 2008 | 
Author Cha Da Wan
8 Zamia St
Sunnybank
Cuisine: Tea!
Cha Da Wan is a cute little tea house in Sunnybank. They offer a wide range of teas, both hot and cold. Other drinks are also available for non-tea drinkers.
My favourite (of the two teas I have ever tried there) is an iced chrysanthemum pu erh tea.
Some of the hot teas have a particular way of pouring the tea. 
The tea comes out with a little cup and tea pot sitting in a bowl. You will also get an urn of hot water. The waitress will first rinse the tea pot and cup in hot water.
Each time the teapot is filled you probably only have enough tea for one cupful. Then you refill the teapot till it is almost overflowing. Then replace the lid which lets tea overflow into the bowl (yes there was a reason for the bowl!). Its quite a fun experience and interesting to watch.
The urn seems magical with an endless amount of water. Or perhaps the size is just deceptive, seeming smaller than it really is.
Some other teas sit atop stands with tea lights in them to keep them warm.
Andrew had a tea which tasted like you were drinking a very earthy grass. It was not really to our taste. But each tea comes with a good description, you just need to remember to read them carefully when choosing.
The store has a nice atmosphere. Its cosy and good for an after dinner chat, being so close to Market Square. There is ample parking at the nearby shopping centre if you cannot secure one right out the front.
Mmmm tea!
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Half Time Tea Bar
Cuisine: “Chinese”
Market Square
Mains Road, Sunnybank
(07) 3219 6601
To be honest I think we sabotaged ourselves with this one. So at some stage, most likely in the New Year, I will probably give the Half Time Tea Bar a second chance.
The Half Time Tea Bar is a little Asian cafe restaurant in Market Square. It has taken about half of the space that used to be occupied by the Marigold Chinese Restaurant (which to be honest I haven’t missed at all)before half of Market Square burnt down .
I walk past Half Time when I go to Yuen’s chinese supermarket and I’ve always wanted to try their buns and other snack foods. So when a few friends wanted to have dinner at Malaya Corner I suggested Half time as an alternative. For some reason though I didn’t order any of the things I intended to try.
There are certain dishes that typical Asian families do not generally order or eat. So we decided to order some of the things my parents never let me order, the ones that apparently are not “real” chinese foods.
This was what we ordered. I hope my parents don’t find out and disown me.
Mongolian Lamb
Honey Chicken
Fried Rice – Two types, one spicy, one not spicy.
Salt & Pepper Pork Ribs
I only have a photo of the Mongolian Lamb.. or maybe it was beef.
Yes we ate it all. We were hungry.
But the salt & pepper pork was much too salty. And the Honey Chicken was too sweet! Maybe that sounds like your kind of meal. But I think a lifetime of eating “real” chinese has left me unprepared for an overdose of extreme flavours.
They have bubble teas! These are difficult to make badly. I’ve only ever had one milk tea that tasted powdery – not so nice, and it was not from here. Vanilla milk tea.. mmmmm.
I do want to give it another go and have the yummy buns and snacks. Will report back for round two.