Cafe Fernando

Chicken Stir Fry Recipe

I have lived the majority of my life in San Francisco in the foggiest and most depressing part of the city – just because it was closer to school. Cliff House on one end and my school on the other. If it weren’t for Ton Kiang, Buffalo Burger (which serves an amazing Philly Cheese Steak) and Musée Mécanique, to which I brought all of my friends visiting from Turkey to take silly pictures at the photo booth inside and not to mention watch the hilarious Laffing Sal go crazy, I don’t think I’d ever set foot into the Richmond district again.

The day I moved into my tiny studio in the Marina was possibly one of my happiest days in San Francisco. Nowadays, I only get to watch my old neighborhood from the Exploratorium’s roof cam, but can still smell the food, the flower shops and cafes on Chestnut street.

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L’Orange

An orange-scented chocolate and almond cake covered with a lacquer chocolate glaze. It is called L’Orange and I’m totally in love with it.

You’ll see in a second how it looked like right out of the oven. I couldn’t decide for a while whether I should continue with the recipe or cut my losses and start over, but then the kitchen started smelling like an orange grove and I couldn’t resist. So I glazed it with the most delicious and shiniest glaze ever, and now I’m totally in love with it.

Yes, I said it twice, and I’ll say it thrice*: I am in love with this cake.

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Peanut Butter, Banana and Chocolate Toast

Here’s what I did with two slices of this bread: Peanut Butter, Banana and Chocolate Toast. All you need is two slices of homemade bread, two tablespoons of peanut butter, four thick slices of banana and two ounces of bittersweet chocolate. The trick is to roughly chop some of the chocolate and shave the rest very finely. The shaved chocolate melts completely and the large pieces remain solid, providing a nice crunch.

Speaking of crunch, a couple of days after I took the photo above, I had another great idea: To make it even more delicious and interesting, try brushing the top with some melted butter before toasting and sprinkle crunchy fleur de sel right after.

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