This month at the glorious Shake Shack in Madison Square Park: custard flavors assembled by a bored demon, intended to make you hurl. What gives? What could be next? Will October feature Ginkgo Balls and Avocado Rat and a strange new abstract flavor called, like, Unnecessary Sink Grime? Every one of these is DISGUSTING. I object.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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Your mom's a horchata.
This place is right around the corner from my office, and now I can finally legitimize my refusal to have lunch with friends/coworkers there.
Servicey!
HERE TO HELP!
Did you really need a reason other than "Oh hey, look at that THREE HOUR LINE no thanks."
If the line was like, median I might. Anything like that just makes me think of Magnolia and the SATC hype.
I suspect it is undeserved.
“People have been cooking and eating for thousands of years, so if you are the very first to have thought of adding fresh lime juice to scalloped potatoes try to understand that there must be a reason for this.â€Â
Fran Lebowitz, Metropolitan Life (1978)
OK, Red Velvet and Shirley Temple are automatic throw-ups. But the others don't immediately make me want to puke? And Coffee and Donuts sounds good!
Nothing says "End of Summer Hail Mary" like putting Grenadine in your custard.
I still have not been to Shake Shack, but I'm ashamed to admit that this past weekend, I tried the hyped fresh ricotta from that StinkyBklyn cheese place, and damn. It was awesome and I am totally a sucker.
Still don't want to try any of these custards though.
Balsamic Fig? I'm not sure I know what a fig tastes like outside of a Newton and my experience with anything Balsamic consists of vinegar and...uh,,,yup...just threw up.
Good God you people need a Culvers.
Fuck yeah.
The horchata one sounds pretty good, though.
They got rid of Salted Caramel? FATWA TIME
All snark aside these are gelato flavors, except for the Shirley Temple. This is a cough syrup flavor.
(We'll just forget about the Red Velvet and never speak of it again.)
Good lord. I read that as "Ginkgo Balk." You can imagine how disturbing it was.
Oh my god, you guys are the crazy ones because right now I want one of each.
I hate horchata in all it's forms and saffron pistachio makes my stomach nervous but otherwise, the rest have potential for lots of yum.
Saffron pistachio? Come for the fro, stay for the anaphylaxis. The fig sounds good though.
No! No it doesn't!
This is why you're not fat.
Balsamic Fig? WTF?
Ballistic Fig would be a great band name.
Really! a fig shake sounds gross enough. I'm glad Willy Wonka has managed to find work in these trying times though.
The sweet corn custard last month was actually pretty good.
Tasti-D-Lite's flavor of the month is Sneakers & Socks.
I'm glad they changed it from old jockstrap.
ew lol
does that come with a side of nutscup?
I wonder whether the Coffee and Donuts isn't meant as an homage to Thomas Keller? (Or am I just reaching?) (Snobbily.)
Been to the Momofuku Milk Bar lately? Their soft serve flavors are exotic and I don't mean vanilla like the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory.