Sweet ending

At King Kong Milk Tea, there’s a drink that feels both obvious and oddly undiscovered in sugarcane country. Fresh sugarcane juice—pressed to order, bright and grassy, with a sweetness that lands gently. You can have it straight or dressed with coconut or aloe.

A King Kong server says the juice is popular among Asians who remember it from their childhoods. I’m one of them. In India, street vendors add a pinch of black salt and a squeeze of lime, stir it with ice, and hand it over on a hot day. Same pleasure, different street.