Sponges Cafe opened during the pandemic 2020 we just selling sponge cake coffee Tea and that's all what we do for living I've been baking for the last 32 years In Chinatown baxter is my home that's Good that's where all my customers see Me grow up i know Fernando over 10 years Already now he got his own business best Punch cakes in the world This is light and fluffy it always melts In my mouth what can I say everybody Welcome to sponges Fresh coffee early morning everybody Drink coffee over here they need it they Need Energy first cup of Coffee i'm born in Mexico One day when I was around six seven Years old I see my grandmother make a Big sponge cake from Mexico they calling Mammon and I say "Oh can I help?" And Say "Yeah." So she gave me the bowl and I started mix it up i didn't pay Attention to all that stuff until I I Starting with sponges cafe I find the way how to mix the Asian Style and the Mexican style to make a Full flavor the loss muerto stay of the Bed we miss few bucks original first and Later we starting with the Flavors over here you need to compete With the machine that's it she's the Fast one The first bunch is coming out the first
One when you bake it they catching air And you don't hitting them they want to Be flat they don't got to stay like Fluffy every baker they know That he's the one who decoration the Sponges outside How many do you make daily daily oh on Summer around 1,500 winter around like 3 to 4,000 Maybe a day that's good Numbers 3:25 thank you so much take it 540 550 they come very early cuz they Know we open at 6 we open at 600 yeah Officially but when they see it's open They just come and eat and we we take it There we help them Morning My name is Sassini i help mean Everything to the spongy car Hello Morning small coffee yes Thank you so much see you later see you Thank you so much have a nice day i love To talk sometime fernando like "Hey come On it's fast." Cuz I like to say hi you Know before they go to work everything Good yes of course like a family every Day we see each other more than family You know love you bye-bye 85 years old yeah 80 83 83 wow very Strong I come to buy coffee every day for my uh Son thank you so much have a nice day Thank you thank you
I create my own flavors by myself Everything I create Myself a lot of bosses they just pay the People but they never do the Job thank you Bye-bye the most popular is capuccino Pandan tai tea my favorite capabushino And pandan Cocon when I come to America I was 14 Years one of my neighbors he recommend Me with Mr tensson and Cham and that's Where my life is come to change a lot He's the previous owner from the Original store he open his store early 80s when I started working with Mr i was 16 years old Two dozen Cake when I starting working with him I See how he working in the kitchen and I Look at him like I say one day I want to Be like Him this way that's fine that's fine He say "Oh don't worry the customers Will be teaching you." Hi Juice i still learning i never finished To learn yet this is my school and I was So shocked that she speaks Chinese Okay byebye byebye hi how many languages That total spanish Polish English French Mandaring and Cantonese it is six on my brain on my Tiny brain During the pandemic is hard
He get unemployed i get unemployed so we Just think about what we going to do Next I see my customers my neighbors they see Me walking in the street they always Told me "Fernando why you don't open Your own shop you open we support you We don't have a bunch of money but I Believe in him he work hard because he Love to do This i never see the fears before we Starting sponges because trust myself And I trust my wife because she always Support me Tell me about where you grew up a little Bit about your childhood before you Moved here Okay we go up okay i'm born in Mexico i come from a big family Like I think 13 members from my own Family brothers and sisters i grew up in A poor family and we always working hard Helping my Mother it's hard sorry We saw how my mother suffered through Raising 13 Kids sometimes one egg we got a split With two kids that's why I very Appreciate the little things what I have And I make it i do one myself That's it you got it thank you so much All right take care Three purple yam three purple Yam two chocolate two banana
Thank you so much the last flavor pandan Coconut fresh Pand coconut you see that color the Light green that's from the fresh Pendant oh yeah oh yeah Original like the cake only original and Maybe two two favor that's it he said he Don't want to do too much but now 14 Favor i've only tried original i always Get the chocolate i got a holiday sponge So it's their original flavor but with Like sprinkles on top and folded in very Moist very chewy Fernando she want to see you hi how are You she love the holidays she like Holiday yeah a lot of kids love holiday Bye-bye thank you what's your favorite Spongy uh my favorite spongy is the Pumpkin sponge do you come here every Morning uh-huh it's my favorite place Because there's not cuz there's not any Bakery that sells this good stuff i go Here to um eat breakfast every day 5 Days a week we've known Fernando Since this open since I've been going to PS130 most the kids from PS130 you know Them when he's 16 years old we always See a lot of kids coming to the to the Shop now they bring their own their own Kids to to sponges now yeah she moving There it's in the back How would you rate CJ as a helper on a One to 10 oh I don't know i could hold My own i would give myself at least like
A seven okay I give you seven and a half Shopping time we're going to three place To shop in Morning how are you how you doing in Chinatown i cannot hide in from nobody So everybody know my face chinatown and Little Italy this is the two Neighborhoods where I grew Up he's the one who always help me with A with a fresh you always get it the Best for me this is all what we have it We got to take it better than Nothing good enough See to our second location Hey okay now we go heavy heavy high Oh yeah man no not anymore ready to go We go to the tour spot it's right across The street how are you good you think Good yeah this is what we got it for the Banana chocolate Okay okay ready to go back to the Shop josa Do you want to see my parents now in Canada for a week so I will see Canada Okay i will see you before you go we see You when we come back yes all right you Ready for the trip monday monday we plan To go Shanghai Go hey have a good time all right you Too nice to see you right back okay Anytime enjoy yourself all right thank You heat heat Are you excited to see your Yes always Excited every day when I wake up to make
A sponge cake that's my motivation and My inspiration my customers yeah Everybody missed you so everybody too You hear the customer said "Oh I'm Worried i'm worried." I said "No worries Did not leave you anymore You feel refreshed and yeah refresh over There and come back jet black jet black 3 weeks too long for you too long or for Me for you for me yeah yes see you Tomorrow happy to have you back thank You so much Sponges is not just make a business just Giving you that blanket out of here it's Not like that way You got to put a extra love from your Heart you got to love what you doing That's very Important for Fernando he loved the cake For me I love to see his dream come true I feel like oh my god we did it He gave me a lot i always told him this Is your legacy it's not mine This is my home now sponges
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