I was ecstatic to participate in the Scharffen Berger Bakery Crawl recently. They took a group of about 30 food bloggers in a cable car trolley to 4 different bakeries in San Francisco. And it ended with a cooking demo by Top Chef Just Desserts winner, Yigit Pura!
The purpose of this event was to promote Elevate a Classic Dessert with Scharffen Berger Chocolate contest.
I didn’t want to go alone so I asked Joanne Boston of Taking Over the World One Bite at a Time to join me. And together we ate our way through San Francisco, one rich chocolate bite at a time!
We met up with other food bloggers at the Scharffen Berger shop at the Ferry Building Marketplace in SF’s Embarcadero. (BTW: If you want to get with the San Francisco lingo, never ever refer to it as “San Fran”. That means y0u aren’t from here! San Franciscans refer to San Francisco as “the city” or “SF”).
Then we loaded into a cable car trolley. Even though I have lived in San Francisco my entire life, I have never been on a cable car trolley. It’s a touristy thing to do. But I’ve secretly always wanted to.
The funny thing is every time we stopped, a tourist would try to board the cable car trolley! It was like that episode of The Office where Michael Scott was driving the Korean church van for the Michael Scott Paper Company. And every time they made a stop, a Korean lady would get in, thinking it was going to church.
Like I said, this cable car trolley is known to tourists as it’s a popular way to see the city.
On the Friday that we rode on the trolley bakery tour, it was fleet week and the Blue Angels were zooming around the city. It was fun to catch glimpses of them during our ride on a gorgeous day in San Francisco.
The bakery crawl destinations were Anthony’s Cookies, Citizen Cake, Kara’s Cupcakes, and Miette. Each bakery designed a special dessert using Scharffen Berger chocolate and we got to Continue reading →
