Taste the Magic of Berkeley Social Club's French Toast

Ever wonder what the taste of heaven is like? Brace yourselves for an audacious, mouth-watering journey to the Berkeley Social Club, where the magic of French toast is celebrated like nowhere else! Your gastronomic guide, Verbal Kink, will take you on a culinary roller-coaster ride to discover the best French toast you've ever heard of - the Mascarpone Blueberry Stuffed Crunch French Toast. This dish, a tantalizing fusion of Korean-American flavors, is the brainchild of Stephen Hoyul Choi, owner of renowned establishments such as Sweet and Maple and Fred's Coffee Shop.

Hold on to your seats, because the ride doesn't stop at French toast! We'll also explore the Blackstone Benedict, a captivating concoction featuring Choi's famous Millionaire’s Bacon, a smoky, candy-like bacon that will make your taste buds dance with delight. This bacon, slow-baked for hours and generously encrusted with a mix of spices, perfectly complements the sweet French toast, creating a symphony of flavors that you can't resist. You might end up booking a flight to San Francisco just for a bite! So, food lover or kinkster, buckle up for this gastronomic adventure that will leave you craving for more!

Transcript

Verbal Kink: 0:21

Welcome to the Kinky Eater, where adult content creators talk about food, sex, kink and oralism. I'm your host, verbal Kink, and today, november 28th, is National French Toast Day. Let's go. One of my absolute favorite restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area is Berkeley Social Club. It's on University Avenue, it's about walking distance from UC Berkeley, it's basically on campus. I do love that whole entire downtown Berkeley area. It's great for eating, oh man.

Verbal Kink: 1:17

So Berkeley Social Club was brought to us from Stephen Hoyol Choi, owner of renowned San Francisco Restaurant Sweet and Maple, which is actually on Sutter Street in San Francisco and is the home of the Millionaires Bacon, the All World, all Pro Extraordinaire MVP Millionaires Bacon, and also the kitchen story on 16th Street in San Francisco and Fred's Place Coffee Shop in Sausalito, california, right there across the bridge, across the Golden Gate. So if you're ever in the San Francisco Bay Area, make sure you check out Stephen Choi's places. But if you only can go to one, I'd say go to Berkeley Social Club and get yourself some brunch. Oh man, talking about National French Toast Day, their French toast is, I would argue, the best French toast that I've ever, ever, ever had. Yeah, um, their French toast is called the Mars Capone, blueberry Stuffed Crunch French Toast and it is just to die for. I mean, even if you know this, this brunch menu, first let me tell you, is just unbelievable. There's just so many options. Berkeley Social Club is a Korean, american, fusion, korean inspired food. They do offer breakfast, lunch and dinner. Their brunch and breakfast is just unbelievably good. I love it.

Verbal Kink: 2:57

So this Mars Capone Blueberry Stuffed Crunch French Toast is really just two slices of fluffy Texas toast and it's stuffed with fresh blueberries and Mars Capone filling and then they crust the two pieces of bread with cereal flakes, they serve it with maple syrup, it's on the side and the whole thing is dusted with powdered sugar and it's, and usually they'll just throw a bunch of other berries on top Blueberries and strawberries and raspberries, and it's garnished with sprig of mint and it is just one of the most beautiful dishes I've ever seen. They played it on this sort of a pastel, very light, blue, grayish, round plate and it just contrasts so well with the white powdered sugar and the brown Mars Capone, blueberry Stuffed Crunch French Toast. It is just, it is just a marvel. And really if you order, like I was saying, if you order a whole bunch of other stuff on the menu for breakfast, or if you have a group of people and everybody you know sees the menu and you see all these sort of really good, good things, you can actually order this French toast for the table to share. I mean, it is a pretty big serving. It's not too sweet, but it is on the sweet side. So if you want to get something savory and then have this, as you know the opposite, to kind of just make it a good meal, oh man, it is just unbelievable. It is unbelievably good. It is my favorite. I get it every time I go there, no matter what I order.

Verbal Kink: 4:49

I love the Blackstone Benedict. The Blackstone Benedict actually comes with Choice Famous Millionaires Bacon. Yes, indeed, you gotta get this Millionaires Bacon. You can get it on the side too. So if you got the French toast, you can order the Millionaires Bacon on the side. But essentially this Millionaires Bacon is just thick cut bacon. It's rubbed generously I mean generously with dark brown sugar, red pepper flakes, black pepper and cayenne pepper, and then they slow bake this thing, these things, for three to four hours and it just results in a smoky, candy-like bacon that melts in your mouth and has that spicy heat and punch all together at the same time. I mean, it's just got unbelievable texture and the fat and saltiness and the heat Mix that with that French toast. Good God, I just want to go there now. I need to book a flight. Any of y'all want to meet me up there? Holy moly, I'll go there just to eat that brunch and I'll fly back. I don't even care, I'll just do that Anyway. So that is my very favorite and you've got to go try it Next time you're in the Bay Area and you can get over to the Oakland Berkeley side, the East Bay, check out Berkeley Social Club.

Verbal Kink: 6:30

It is awesome. There is street parking. There's a couple of parking lots available too, but the street parking is awesome. I think you can use Park Mobile. I don't know if it's Park Mobile, I can't remember if it's Park Mobile or some other app, but it is awesome. Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go. There you go. So yeah, that's it.

Verbal Kink: 7:28

The show is very short. Today it was just about French toast. If you've got any great examples of French toast, please don't hesitate to hit me up and let me know and share your story. You can write about it, share a picture. You can share an audio describing your experience about that French toast. You can reach me at thekinkyeater at gmailcom, or you can hit me up on thekinkyeatercom. I'm thekinkyeater at Blue Sky. I'm also a verbal kink on Twitter. So, yeah, feel free to share. I can put them on my list. There's maybe something to go try out myself. It can be anywhere, anywhere in the world. I do love to travel. So thanks for listening to the Kinkyeater. I hope you stick around for more. I appreciate you. Go feed yourself and feed others. Talk soon.