KTX Snack Bar

This was the last stop on our Dishcrawl tour. Our guide said the stayed open late for us (THANK YOU) so that was appreciative. Their shelves were completely empty (What was this store about? We had no idea…) and there was nothing around but bare shelving and some small pots of yogurt in the glass-​front refrigerators. We were told to help ourselves to any of the yogurts (There was only two: original and honey). I got the Honey and the Canadian got the original. We couldn’t distinguish a difference between the two flavors except the Honey was a BIT sweeter but very, very slight when actually comparing the two, otherwise, we couldn’t really see a difference. It was convenient that you could actually suck the yogurt through a straw. $ 2.25 for a Danon-​size yogurt cup but I was told it would be cheaper if I got a membership card. Membership card for yogurt??? Hmmm… I’ll get back to you on that one…

i bought a $ 100 store credit card from KTX and get all product for 15% off. Every purchase will be deducted from the card until it reaches $ 0. I love their yogurt (low fat, original and honey) but it’s indeed much more expensive compared to yoplait or Dannon found in other grocery stores. The owner said the recipe is from Beijing but the manufacturing plant is in LA. It’s all 100% «made in the USA» drink. They do offer other dry fruit snack in the store but i didn’t try. They don’t look appealing at all.

So what intrigued me to check this place out was the picture outside their store. It reminded me of the cold yogurt drink served in a ceramic bottle that I had in Shanghai a couple of years ago. I remembered enjoying the drink so I thought it was cool that they had a drink from Chinar here!
I came here last night because Bambu was closed :(Sad. KTX was empty and coming in I saw a lot of specially packaged Asian snacks and two freezer filled with these yogurt drinks– except the drinks were not in ceramic bottle, they look like regular packaged yogurts. The owner (?) came out and asked me if I had been here before. I told him I haven’t but I had those drinks in Shanghai before. He told me that these are actually a Beijing yogurt and is made in LA. Err, ok? haha
So not knowing if it was going to be the same thing I had before, I told him I’ll take one. He rang me up and it came out to be $ 2.25. WTH!!! for a yogurt? I was surprised. You can normally get yogurts at supermarket for less than $ 1. I mean, yeah these are «Beijing yogurt» but, still… so I asked him if he had any samples I can try before spending $ 2.25 on something I might not even like. He told me I can just have the drink for free. He took a straw and popped it in, I took a sip and… it tasted like the same drink I had in Shanghai :) Kinda tarty, probiotic and yaklut-​y flavor, just like how I remembered it to be. YAY!
I didn’t end up buying it though (walked out with the free drink lol no shame) cuz yeah, too expensive man. Maybe that’s why the store is so empty??? I think unless you’re a fan of these Beijing yogurts, you probably won’t be coming in for it that often. The owner told me that this brand/​drink is really popular in Beijing and LA. The packaged snacks looks yummy but I didn’t bother asking how much they were since I was mainly in there for the yogurt (which comes in lowfat and regular). I’m glad I found this place, though. If I ever feel like having this type of yogurt then at least I know where to find it now :)