I wanted to do only one thing in St. Louis: sample frozen custard from Ted Drewes. The custard stand sits on Route 66 on the outskirts of town and dates back to 1931. Many people claim a Concrete from Ted Drewes is the most delicious treat along the route.My parents met us for the weekend in St. Louis so we loaded into their rental car, a plush Lincoln Continental (a nice experience after driving around for days in a car the size of a sardine can). Of course, we got lost but finally we found Chippewa Street and my parents shouted out when they saw a sign marking Route 66. "Look we're on Route 66! Yeah!" (A lot of the fun of a Route 66 road trip is seeking out original stretches of the route marked with signs.)
Frozen custard is a sweet, creamy treat resembling ice cream but it's richer and contains more eggs. Ted Drewes offers only vanilla, and you can watch them making it right there in the stand. The shop is best known for a specialty called a Concrete, which is custard blended with any of dozens of ingredients, and served in a large yellow cup. Concretes are so thick that you can hold the cup upside down and nothing falls out. The Concrete was the inspiration for Dairy Queen's Blizzard shake.
So how was it? Amazing. Anthony ordered a Tropical Delight blended with fresh macadamia nuts, bananas, coconut, and pineapple; Dante shoveled a Strawberry Shortcake into his mouth; and Paris finished off a Crater Copernicus mixed with hot fudge, devil's food cake, and whipped cream. My parents shared a root beer float and my mom said, "This is the best root beer I have ever had. I'll never be able to drink a float without thinking about Ted Drewes."
0 comments:
Post a Comment