Tugo Tea House, Arlington Heights

Tugo Tea House is a family-friendly joint serving traditional Taiwanese food alongside everyone's favorite bubble tea. It takes four steps to create a perfect blend of tea with different toppings. First, you choose if it should be hot or cold. The next step is choosing the tea base: Assam black tea, jasmine green tea, or dark roast Oolong. After that is when the fun begins—it's selecting the flavors and toppings. Kumquat with kiwi burst? Almond with mango stars jelly? Or maybe honey with tapioca pearls? The sky is the limit. And if you get hungry while composing your drink, why not staying for a bowl of beef noodle soup or popcorn chicken, which are traditional Taiwanese snacks that just melt in your mouth.