Mr. Holmes Bakehouse, San Francisco CA

 

If you’re looking to get baked in San Francisco then Mr. Holmes Bakehouse is the way to go. Featured on multiple media platforms, the famous cruffin is all you could ever hope for in a pastry. Mr. Holmes Bakehouse co-owner and pastry chef calls it the “unicorn of pastries” and trust me it lives up to that title. The flavor varies daily and remains a surprise to the customers until the doors open. You can be surprised by any flavored filling from s’mores, to peppermint, to caramel cream, to strawberry milkshake. They also only bake a number of cruffins a day, so if you snooze you lose. I went to this glorious foodie haven on the weekend (they opened at 8AM) and I got a strawberry milkshake cruffin! Words cannot express how damn good that pastry was; I recommend 10/10.

So you’re probably wondering ‘Rosy, what the heck is a cruffin?

Sit tight my friend and hold on to your seat because a cruffin is the perfect cross between a croissant and a muffin. In the shape of a muffin with the texture of a croissant, this pastry dominates the game.

I’m not going to sugar coat it any longer: this is the best place to get your sweet tooth on. They are “always looking for people committed to carbs”.

Until the next adventure.

Love, Rosy

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A Week in San Francisco CA

I was sitting in my friend Sam’s dorm room mid Spring Semester when the idea came to me of buying a plane ticket somewhere, anywhere. I had started college the previous summer and since then I hadn’t traveled anywhere other than back to my hometown.
So I brought up the idea to Sam (& Amanda, my friend back home) and within the week all three of us had purchased our tickets. We had a good three months to research the area and make an itinerary of some sorts (really just a map with the places we wanted to hit and a list of all the food places we were told not to miss). Before we knew it, it was summertime and we said goodbye to finals & hello to San Francisco, California!

What followed was a week of non-stop walking uphill, laughter, Uber, and FOOD! I knocked a few things of my Bucket List – drive through the Golden Gate Bridge, eat a cruffin at Mr. Holmes Bakehouse, see the Painted Ladies, take a trip to Alcatraz – and made memories that will last a lifetime (very cliché, but very true). My friends and I found a true gem along the way, the crème de la crème of authentic Mexican food in a small joint on Mission Street, the holy grail of burritos. I’m still dreaming about that place (and you can read all about it in my next post).

If you haven’t been to San Francisco then you should definitely add it to your Hitlist because I recommend 10/10. Beautiful city with beautiful people & a haven for foodies like my friends and me. Don’t forget to check out the travel video I made for this trip on my Youtube channel (youtube.com/rosyenroute) I’ll leave the link below.

A Week in San Francisco Travel Vid

Until the next adventure.

Love, Rosy