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Worst. shop. ever.

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Theres been an interesting shop crop up in the town centre near me called 'cookieshake' - good concept, they sell milkshakes for £2.95 and make them in around 50 different flavours ranging from bountys to wine gums to jam doughnuts.
Nice looking shop interior, expensive menu's printed, looks nice.

But heres the question: how the fuck are they still in business!? :eek2:
I went in to test it out, ordered a jam doughnut milkshake. Now i was expecting some kind of powdered or liquid flavouring mixed with some ice-cream to make it thick....not a chance. The whole concept of the shop is to add whatever ingredient you choose to half a pint of semi skimmed, mix it all up in a blender and pour it into a plastic cup. how shit is that!:grump:

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    icey wrote:
    Theres been an interesting shop crop up in the town centre near me called 'cookieshake' - good concept, they sell milkshakes for £2.95 and make them in around 50 different flavours ranging from bountys to wine gums to jam doughnuts.
    Nice looking shop interior, expensive menu's printed, looks nice.

    But heres the question: how the fuck are they still in business!? :eek2:
    I went in to test it out, ordered a jam doughnut milkshake. Now i was expecting some kind of powdered or liquid flavouring mixed with some ice-cream to make it thick....not a chance. The whole concept of the shop is to add whatever ingredient you choose to half a pint of semi skimmed, mix it all up in a blender and pour it into a plastic cup. how shit is that!:grump:
    :eek: :eek2: :yuck:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    sounds fucking quality to me! i want one.

    and cheaper than a starbucks frappacino too i think.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    you could make one at home if you really wanted, just lob a couple of choc bars in the blender with some milk...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i'll whack some luxury vanilla ice cream in there too. gonna do it tonight with whatever i can think of....i cant find the menu online for suggestions, but im gonna have a do. done it with fruit and stuff before but thats about it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    well i just made one myself - used a couple of choc bars broken up, put them in the blender first for a bit, then added some milk, then added quite a few scoops of rasberry ripple ice cream - turned out a treat (and didnt cost me £2.95 in the process! :))

    ETA: if you have oreo cookies and malibu, it's the shiznit in a milkshake :yum:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    That sounds vile :yuck:

    Not the one you made icey, the one in the shop.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    http://www.shakeaway.com/brighton.html

    we have one called shakeaway and it is always packed, do some really nice ones, you can also make suggestions but to be honest there seems to be every flavour imaginable. My favourite is one they do with glace cherries some preserved cherries and them hard boiled cherry drop sweets. Our one uses milk and ice cream.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    in case you're interested in recipes, this is the menu.
    i know i said a different price but i just found this menu in my room and they've upped the prices now..
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    They do Ketamin flavoured milkshakes!!
    wicked.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    So let me get this straight... they put a donut in the blender with some milk. And voila...

    I'm quite sure thats how they feed old people. Put their steak in a blender, add some liquid and stick a straw in it.

    Well was it any good?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    see the first post. it was ok, but bare in mind that £2.95 is about the equivalent to $6. Totally not worth it imo
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The Brighton version is brill, and they sell ones with soya milk in- as I'm intolerent to dairy- it's brill for me!!!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    not good for you by the way they make the shake though :yuck:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    what did it taste like?
    tbh a donougt in a milkshake sounds rather discusting to me... = a milkshake with pieces of soggy bread and jam inside it :yuck:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    otter wrote:
    what did it taste like?
    tbh a donougt in a milkshake sounds rather discusting to me... = a milkshake with pieces of soggy bread and jam inside it :yuck:

    sounds just like a muller fruit corner in a cup
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    icey wrote:
    see the first post. it was ok, but bare in mind that £2.95 is about the equivalent to $6. Totally not worth it imo

    Just verifying. I was sure I was thinking something wrong.
    otter wrote:
    what did it taste like?
    tbh a donougt in a milkshake sounds rather discusting to me... = a milkshake with pieces of soggy bread and jam inside it :yuck:

    It kind of reminds me of if you just ate a bowl of ice cream, and before it ate a donut, threw it up then scooped it out of the toilet. Kind of that weird creamy texture barfed up ice cream is with chunks... yeah... I'm with you on this one, just doesn't sound good at all.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Shakeaways are brillient, I dont go very often into that bit of brighton as I always end up in there. There are a lot of nasty cheap imitations of them though. I saw a milkshake in worcester once and it was an absoulte rip-off of shakeaway.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ah, you've clearly never been to 'Uncle Hitler's set the customer on fire then beat them with a shovel toxic waste electric boogaloo casino'.

    It was only open for an hour or so.

    It had a hell of a sign though.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Maybe not the doughnut one, but some of those milkshakes sound really nice!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    spartaalbion wrote:
    They do Ketamin flavoured milkshakes!!
    wicked.

    Blatantly it's worth going just for one of those! ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    nicx1811 wrote:
    Maybe not the doughnut one, but some of those milkshakes sound really nice!
    i actually ordered a jammy dodger one but when it came it was a jam doughnut milkshake. i didnt have the heart to tell him to make it again
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    We have a place in Oxford called Moo-Moo's and it is great. Lots of different flavour milkshakes and smoothies. YUM!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    icey wrote:
    in case you're interested in recipes, this is the menu.
    i know i said a different price but i just found this menu in my room and they've upped the prices now..
    On that menu they are called "ice-cream milkshakes" but didn't you say it was just milk and doughnut?
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    **helen****helen** Deactivated Posts: 9,235 Supreme Poster
    your-babe wrote:
    The Brighton version is brill, and they sell ones with soya milk in- as I'm intolerent to dairy- it's brill for me!!!

    :yes: it's the ice-cream that makes a difference tbh :yum:
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