I love egg creams. They are so good. My dad made the best!

I haven't had one in years, but have seen them crop up on menus lately. And they're $3!!!

Here's a funny scene from the West Wing that you might appreciate:

Toby enters the residence, and the Prez declares, "I'm drinking the most fantastic thing I've ever tasted in my life!" Oh, I love it when the Prez is whimsical. The Prez holds up his glass and indicates that it contains "chocolate syrup, cold milk, and seltzer. I know it sounds terrible, but trust me, I don't know where this has been all my life!" Toby says, "It's called an egg cream, Mr. President; we invented it in Brooklyn." The Prez is disturbed to hear that this concoction was invented in Brooklyn. Toby says, "There are some good things in this world not from New England, sir." The Prez replies, "Toby, don't ever let me hear you say that again."