bubble tea tapioca bubbles (boba) in nova/dc?

[discojing]

hi all,

anywhere i can find the large black tapioca bubbles used in bubble tea / boba? I've been trying to find them at my local asian groceries, but have only found ver very small white or mult-colored tapioca pearls.

I live in northern virginia, but am willing to travel to any metro-accessible place in dc or maryland (up to the rockville station on the red line).

thanks in advance!

p.s. while i'm here, anyone know where i can get my hands on some konyaku?
i'm thinking maybe hana or daruma might have it, but want to check before I head out there.

[discojing]

i found everything at happy go in annandale!
the konyaku is the white kind, not grey, but we'll see how it does!

[Smiles2008]

Teavana has them-I think there is one in Tysons.

[discojing]

also, i just tried calling Teavana in Tysons and they said they don't carry them.

[PollyG]

You may be able to find the black tapioca at Happy Go, the Chinese grocery that replaced Kam Sam in the Markham Rd. plaza in Annandale that also houses A&J. The Kam Sam had them, and from what we can tell, Happy Go's stock looks a lot like Kam Sam's did.

Grand Mart in Sterling has an assortment of Konnyaku noodles and cakes in the refrigerated cases. If you are looking for konnyaku noodles, I believe that a number of health food stores will happily sell them to you at inflated prices---the lo-carb industry discovered them a few years ago.

[Lori D]

I think that all of the larger Korean supermarkets, including Hanh ah Reum, have konnyaku (in the refrigerator case).