I was very lucky and blessed to get to visit my dear friend Jessica and her husband, Richard’s restaurant, The Moo Creamery on Tuesday evening. It was so good, that the 15 minute detour off the 5 has now become essential. Clearly a labor of love, Jessica and Richard have worked endlessly on this restaurant since September. Even though it has only been open two weeks, it has been packing crowds at breakfast, lunch and dinner. The Moo Creamery has the kind of menu that will make you salivate upon first glance. It combines the best burgers, sandos and ice cream EVER. The day before visiting the restaurant, I stared at the menu for at least a good two hours trying to figure out my eating strategy. Since I only have one stomach, I carefully debated over the Patty Melt, Sliders (that included one chicken slider, one sloppy joe slider and one regular slider) and the Hawaiian Burger. The half onion ring/french fry combo was a no brainer. This debate literally continued until we entered the parking lot at 8:30 pm the next day.
Upon arrival Jessica gave us a full tour of the restaurant. Best part of the tour by far was the ice cream room, it was freezing (see my breath cold) but it smelled so good. After that we took pictures with my new t-shirt and we met the staff (who btw all clearly love Jessica - what else is new). Confident in her ability and having barbecued with Jess in the past (on our mini smokey), I settled on the sliders and Rob, my partner in bako crime, selected the Patty Melt. I loved my choice because I got to taste everything. If forced to choose which slider was the best I am going to have to say that the Sloppy Joe was tops, for the sheer reason you can’t really get Sloppy Joe anywhere. After we ate, Jess let us taste her personal creation called Bacon Love Ice Cream. While it may sound odd, it was delicious. Caramelized bacon with home made vanilla ice cream, enough said.
So I am going to have to now say goodbye to the mandatory In and Out stop in Kettleman City when driving to and from LA, and say hello to the Moo Creamery in Bako.
