Today we checked out the newly renovated area around the fancy new aquarium in Union Station.
In particular we wanted to take a peek inside the Soda Fountain.
I was pleasantly surprised about how legit the menu was. They had egg creams and aromatic phosphates! I'm not sure if even I have had a phosphate before. The menu described it thus:
"AROMATIC PHOSPHATE 9
Angostura bitters, allspice dram, rye, grenadine, lemon, acid
phosphate, soda"
There was even a glossary in the back to help with what the heck some of terms were:
"ACID PHOSPHATE
A solution of phosphoric acid and mineral salts formulated
to balance a soda or cocktail by providing tartness without
adding an additional flavor."
We were here for the Freak Shakes, however. Opulent shakes stuffed with craziness seem to be a craze recently.
I got excited while waiting for ours to arrive because I noticed all of the shake glasses had been rolled in icing and coated in sprinkles.
I was kind of iffy on the whole crazy milkshake thing but I could see Lydia was about to have a meltdown so I let her choose.
We went with: "A VERY HAPPY UN-BIRTHDAY 18
Vanilla frosted rim with rainbow sprinkles topped with
a funfetti cupcake, whipped cream, rainbow sprinkles,
snickerdoodle cookie, cherry, rainbow pop."
I was really embarrassed when a kid sitting next to us loudly asked his parents if he, too, could have a $20 milkshake. His parents replied "no" and there was a scene. We gave him the big lolly pop out of ours as a consolation prize. I was probably going to have to go home and purge as it was.
