Fantastic Milkshakes
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The Moose

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23,661 posts

237 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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So, I found the OK Diners "int North", and discovered their Milkshakes are fantastic.

Unfortunately, the nearest one to me is about 2 hours which is a little way to go!

So, does anyone know of anywhere to get a good American milkshake to the west of London? I'm in Beaconsfield.

The sort of thing I had was a lovely thick cookies and cream - real thick with cookie bits in it. Mmmmmmm

p4blo32

171 posts

171 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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Gourmet Burger Kitchen do good milkshakes smile

The Moose

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23,661 posts

237 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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Ohhhh - interesting! I know of one of those around here! Are they real thick and lumpy?!

Almost more melted ice cream than milkshake!

13th

3,169 posts

241 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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Guildford heading out of the centre of town and we generally park on the left and cross the road. Mr 13th loves them but I was disappointed that all the milk shakes are vanilla based but you can add whatever you want to it, crunchies, dairy milk anything and everything.

However if you are willing to go the extra few miles Harrods icecream/milkshake bar is well worth the effort, not sure which floor. They have a great pizza Italian place opposite, so great pizza and then two yards to fantastic deserts and milkshakes YUM cloud9


kowalski655

15,205 posts

171 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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easy enough to make your own-ice cream, milk, broken up cookie of choice, blend till thick & enjoy
I do it with after 8s,bought a blender specially for it smile

The Moose

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Saturday 1st September 2012
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kowalski655 said:
easy enough to make your own-ice cream, milk, broken up cookie of choice, blend till thick & enjoy
I do it with after 8s,bought a blender specially for it smile
I'm now on the hunt for a blender wink

kowalski655

15,205 posts

171 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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I use a bog standard cheapest possible one from Tesco-does for job

SVX

2,188 posts

239 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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The secret ingredient for a really thick shake is to add skimmed milk or malt powder to the mix.

The Moose

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237 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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SVX said:
The secret ingredient for a really thick shake is to add skimmed milk or malt powder to the mix.
I'm probably being thick, but why skimmed milk?!

D1ngd0ng

1,014 posts

193 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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A shot of malt is a must.

Sammo123

2,187 posts

209 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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p4blo32 said:
Gourmet Burger Kitchen do good milkshakes smile
If you think theres are good, try a milkshake from Byron instead smile Soooo much nicer!

p4blo32

171 posts

171 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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The Moose said:
Ohhhh - interesting! I know of one of those around here! Are they real thick and lumpy?!

Almost more melted ice cream than milkshake!
They are pretty thick - they do an Oreo one too which I think has bits of Oreos in.

Sammo123 said:
p4blo32 said:
Gourmet Burger Kitchen do good milkshakes smile
If you think theres are good, try a milkshake from Byron instead smile Soooo much nicer!
Ahh I've heard good things about Byron - I'm in London around lunchtime tomorrow as it happens so I may have to check them out!

mrmr96

13,736 posts

232 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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The Moose said:
SVX said:
The secret ingredient for a really thick shake is to add skimmed milk or malt powder to the mix.
I'm probably being thick, but why skimmed milk?!
I assume he means skimmed milk powder, or malt powder.

tog

4,941 posts

256 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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The Moose said:
So, does anyone know of anywhere to get a good American milkshake to the west of London?
It's not so much "to" the west of London as "in" the west of London, but Lucky 7 in Westbourne Park makes fantastic shakes, burgers and other diner-related comestibles. Just off the Westway, so an easy run down the M40 from Beaconsfield smile

croakey

1,193 posts

216 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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Cheap ice cream
Semi skimmed milk (not sure if this makes a difference)
Tea spoon of malt
Item of your choice (cookies/chocolate etc)

Blend

Done

p4blo32

171 posts

171 months

Sunday 2nd September 2012
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Well, I went to Byron for lunch today and can confirm - they do a damn good milkshake!

LovelyTia

553 posts

208 months

Monday 3rd September 2012
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I used to work in a milkshake bar.

About 4-6 scoops of any vanilla ice cream (we used an ice cream machine but found you can substitute it with any ice cream for pretty much the same result)
Some milk (full fat is best, semi is ok, skimmed doesn't work well imo)
Any chocolate bar/candy/biscuit/cake you want and a decent blender.
you have to jiggle the blender to get the ice cream blended down but with chunks of your chosen flavour.

Its hit and miss till you get the porportions right and I can't be accurate with the milk as I just know now how much to use but its something I still make 2 years after working there.