Craig and I felt like getting some custard tonight, so we headed over to Leon's. As if I needed any more food in my belly, but I couldn't pass up custard.
In Milwaukee, there's always a battle over who has the best custard. I have to admit that I've been a Kopps girl forever, but today I realized that Leon's vanilla is pretty similar in taste.
Craig convinced me to share a "Spanish style hamburger" with him and it wasn't bad. I don't eat a lot of meat, but could tolerate this as it reminded me of his family's recipe for spoon hamburger (basically spicy ground beef on a bun rather than a hamburger patty).
Craig has always been a Leon's fan.
On our way back home, we stopped by El Rey grocery store. We needed to get some veggies for salad since I just bought a whole head of lettuce at the farmer's market today.
It was our first time going into this location, which is really close to our house and I definitely will be shopping there more often.
Their produce was cheap and plentiful. Not all of it was that fresh, so I was a bit disappointed.
We thought the banana nino sign was cute/funny.
It was cool to see cacti being sold in a grocery store.
My favorite part was the aisle of ethnic foods, including German chocolate like Milka and Kinder.
When I lived in Switzerland, this was my favorite chocolate and I bought it every week. I cannot find it anywhere, so I was ecstatic to see it at El Rey. Plus, the price was right, especially compared to World Market (it was $1.48 for a bar).
This aisle will be visited often in the future. I didn't get to explore it as in depth as I would have liked today.
We laughed at this product.
And this creepy ones (clowns scare me).
If you live in the Milwaukee area, do you have a favorite custard place? Ethnic grocery store?
LOL - my parents brought us back some Kopp's custard tonight - Turtle Sundae! Which El Ray's do you do to? I've always wanted to go there.
ReplyDeleteIt's on Oklahoma Avenue and across from Serb Hall. I was so happy to find some unusual items there tonight!
ReplyDeleteOMG I haven't had Leon's or Kopps in a long time. We're going to be in Milwaukee next weekend, so we might have to make a stop.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I love Milka chocolate, thanks to my German teacher in high school. Milka makes an Easter-egg candy called Scoops, where you scoop this mousse-like filling out of chocolate eggs. Wow. So yummy!
And Kranky is really yummy, actually. I don't remember where I had it, but I snagged some once and actually enjoyed it. So simple but tasty!
Hope you are well, Lisa!
am obsessed with kopps custard! Whenever I am visiting Milwaukee I have to make a stop off and grab a cup of whatever the flavor of the day is. I have tried their burger and chicken sandwich both of which are awesome not to mention huge. There is something classic about this place that I love and it will always be on my travel itinerary when I am heading up to Milwaukee.
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