We’re back for a limited time to see ALL THE FAMILY! And while we’re here in the Pines, we’re stopping off at Litchi. My cousin loves Litchi. He’s an honorary employee with how often he comes and how much money he spends at this establishment and recently the owners of Litchi Snow Ice have opened their own food spot, Litchi Delights (right down the plaza from their original boba location. So now that I’m here for a visit, we’re going to try out Litchi Delights and see what the fuss is all about
LOCATION: 15973 PINES BLVD PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33028
What really motivated me to come here was the signature foot-long fries!! Nothing screams Emily like a good ole potato and the novelty of a ‘foot long french fry’ is enough for me to make a dedicated stop. I’m sharing today’s snacks with my two cousins from Germany so we can have a little bit of everything and really test out the menu. We’re skipping on the ‘hibachi’ today for the ‘Asian snacks’ and a couple french fry toppings.
We decided to try the takoyaki and the Taiwanese-style popcorn chicken from their ‘Asian snacks’ portion of the menu and a couple of signature foot long fries one order with cheese and the other with their signiature sauce. For whatever reason, they gave us the fries with the sauces and toppings on the side but that’s fine with us. Our full group of 6 can be intimidating at once because we order a lot and it’s easier this way so we didn’t mind dipping instead of having the toppings on, especially since we were new to the fries and didn’t want to commit to the sauces if we didn’t like them.
Honestly, the snacks were alright. The fries were kind of disappointing because they’re quite oily and don’t taste like potatoes, just fry oil. From the way they ate, it seems like they were made into a potato batter/mash and then extruded into the fryer in order to obtain their foot-long length. This makes sense seeing as a potato isn’t typically a foot long in length to cut fries out of but it feels like there was a lack of seasoning in the potato mix at all because they just taste like oily air. The saving grace is that these end up being a vessel for for sauce or cheese but plain, it’s not a great taste. Even dipping it in a generic cheese sauce couldn’t save it and the signature sauce wasn’t anything to write home about. Thankfully, the Taiwanese-style popcorn chicken was seasoned well and flavored nicely as were the takoyaki which I always love getting at places.
In the end, Litchi Delights was a little disappointing, and while the staff and owners are nice and the establishment is clean and friendly, I think I’ll just stick to their bubble tea whenever I come to visit.