DINING FEATURE
BY EMILY LINCKE
Beverage breakdown Moo House Cafe sells a variety of drinks, including co ees, teas and milkshakes, which can be customized with add-ins, such as boba, whipped cream and drizzles.
Sky Diving ($5.50)
Mozzarella dog ($4.60): Gooey cheese is the star of this fried snack.
Whipped cream
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Italian soda Yogurt
Blue syrup Yogurt popping boba
Korean fries ($6): Crispy french fries are piled high with kimchi, sriracha and spicy mayo in this customer favorite. (Photos by Emily Lincke/Community Impact Newspaper)
Owner Joan Tong opened Moo House Cafe in Spring in 2017.
Black sugar milk tea ($5.54)
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Moo House Cafe Cafe marks 5 years of serving multicultural treats in Spring S potted cow prints, bovine gurines and trails of hoof tracks adorn Moo House years ago, and decided to pursue her dream of opening her own tea shop after her two children started attending Klein ISD.
Black milk tea
Brown sugar drizzle
go [to] one stop to get the whole family’s favorites,” Tong said. “So that’s one of the ideas for me over here is one family comes in here, [and] they can get what they [all] want.” A menu of savory and sweet eats is also oered at the cafe with items such as Korean fries, mozzarella dogs and Japanese popcorn chicken being customer favorites, Tong said. Over the past ve years, Tong said her favorite part of running Moo House Cafe has been seeing her customers grow up. “Like 65-75% of business right now is our loyal customers,” Tong said. “But also, I really hope there [will be] some new customers coming in too to try us out.”
Original tapioca boba
Cafe—a theme owner Joan Tong said she chose not only for her daughter’s love of cows, but also because the animal makes many of her recipes possible. “We use milk to do milk tea and stu like that,” Tong said. “So I feel that is a pretty good theme.” Moo House Cafe has been operating since 2017 and celebrated its ve-year anniversary June 17. Tong said the cafe’s menu features recipes inspired by dierent cultures around the world, including her homeland of Hong Kong. Tong moved to the U.S. about 20
“At that time, we [didn’t] see a lot of boba tea shops around this area. ... It [was] my dream to open one in this area, introduce our country [and] dierent countries’ food to this community,” Tong said. Moo House Cafe serves dierent avors of milkshakes—which Tong said are made in a Hong Kong style— as well as teas, smoothies, coee, sodas, yogurt drinks and frappes. Each of the cafe’s beverages can be customized with add-ins, such as boba, jellies, puddings, candy and whipped cream. “It’s hard for [my family] to just
Moo House Cafe 7310 Louetta Road, Ste. A120, Spring 346-808-7182
www.moohousecafe.com Hours: Noon-9 p.m. daily
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SPRING KLEIN EDITION • SEPTEMBER 2022
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