Milk

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Milk
Various locations throughout Los Angeles

I visited the one at:
7290 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036

I was driving back home from dinner recently, and I started to crave some ice cream, so I headed over to Milk. Milk is a great café for a chain, at least in terms of food and location. The Milk locations tend to be in really hot areas, like on Beverly Blvd., a block from Susina Bakery, or on West 3^rd St, near other famous bakeries like Joan’s. The seating areas are very small and simple, and the interiors of the Milk sites look more reminiscent of a shack than a café. Seating is very limited, and it feels like people aren’t meant to stay too long.

In terms of food, though, Milk is fantastic all around, especially in terms of variety. You will find everything from ice cream to cookies, brownies, and cake. It’s especially famous for the ice cream, which is supposedly some of the best in the city, though I’d respectfully disagree. I personally prefer Fosselman’s or some of the gelato places in town. In general, though, the dessert quality is excellent. In fact, I can’t imagine a better velvet cake anywhere (blue velvet in the case of Milk). The Molasses Cookies are also phenomenal.

What I had (recommendations in bold):

1. Brownie sundae—not bad. Best part was the brownie—rich, cookie kind. Very intense, sugary flavor, but great with ice cream. Made the dish. Still, probably more than one brownie would be too much. The chocolate was the dark choc type, a bit bland too. Not much going on. Vanilla was better but still just normal vanilla. Nothing different. Good combo though overall.
2. Banana peanut butter malt—not bad. The banana dulce de leche ice cream is pretty good. The malt itself is so thick that you pretty much just have to eat it with a spoon, so it’s just like eating a lot of ice cream. A bit of a conflict of flavors—banana and peanuts. Still, it was pretty good, though nothing I’d get again. Just too much clash.
3. Ooey gooey cookie—It’s like a soft, cakey brownie. It would have been very good if a bit warmer, but it was cold. It might have also been better earlier in the day. Still, it was falling apart good, and an awesome brownie-type cookie.
4. Chocolate chip walnut cookie—Okay but a bit tough and dull in flavor. Really not much to say about it other than that it was boring
5. Molasses cookie—Awesome! Finally, a gingerbread cookie that tastes bold. Very enjoyable. Great snap feel to it, with strong flavor and great sweetness. This is a keeper!
6. Blue velvet—Mega Keeper! Probably the best thing in the house. Very well made. Extremely moist. Very BOLD flavor. Lots of blueberry in there. Frosting is right on too—great balance, great quantity of frosting to cake. Very heavy cake, but it’s one of the best velvets I’ve had—comparable to or better than alcove. Stick to this! At least a 4.5/5.0, easy.
7. Blondie—butterscotch brownie. Really good. Nice, soft, like a caramel cookie mixed with texture and richness of brownie. Brownies and cakes seem to be the way to go here.

Scoring:

Ambience: 0.0/5.0 (but you don’t go here for the ambience)
Taste: 3.4/5.0
-          For the ice cream: 2.5/5.0
-          For the cakes and cookies: 4.0/5.0
Overall Score, as a dessert shop: 3.4/5.0
Overall Score, as a café: 3.0/5.0