Thunderbolt Tea by Boon Lay Traditional Hakka Lui Cha – Authentic Healthy Thunder Tea Best for Weight Management!

Thunderbolt Tea is set up by the team behind Boon Lay Traditional Hakka Lui Cha. Boon Lay Traditional Hakka Lui Cha is helmed by the father, while Thunderbolt Tea in Tai Seng is taken care of by the son who also does deliveries for the Tai Seng outlet. The two stalls follow a recipe that’s withstood the test of time — a century, actually.

Lei Cha, also known as Thunder Tea, is a staple for the Hepo (Hopo in Hakka) Hakka people in Jiexi County in Guandong Province, China. The dish has been around for more than 2000 years.

The Thunder Tea here comes with white rice ($4) or brown rice ($4.50). The rice bowl is filled with leeks, white cabbage, long beans, sayur manis (sweet leaves), firm beancurd, chye poh (pickled radish), dried shrimps and a special tea soup paste. I opted for brown rice.

It was a hearty and earthy dish which tasted very much like a healthy bowl of fried rice with lots of crunchy vegetables. I realised that I did not detest the texture or taste even though I was initially quite skeptical of an all-vegetables rice bowl.

I added fried pork belly (additional $1.50) and it turned out to be an awesome decision!

Traditionally, Hakka people will add in peanuts and the entire soup paste into their rice bowl and eat everything together.

The paste is made by grinding coriander, basil, mint, green tea and peanuts. Hot water is added to the paste to produce the soup or thunder tea.

I preferred the dry version of the Hakka Lui Cha to the traditional way of eating it as I really enjoyed the crunchiness of the vegetables, and being able to taste the differences between the various vegetables. Also, the fried pork belly was such a treat!

If you do not yet know, Lui Cha is extremely effective for health and weight management. It increases metabolism, and helps in detoxification through the draining of surplus body fluid waste. Lui Cha is the first healthy dish to smash my stereotype of health food being boring and not tasty. The thunder tea rice here was appetising, yummy, and also very filling for a low fat and low cholesterol meal..

Thunderbolt Tea also delivers islandwide(minimum order of $30), so you can’t say that healthy food is inaccessible!

MissTamChiak.com made anonymous visit and paid its own meal at the stall featured here.

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