Turkish Fast Food? I'll Take Your Order

I've just added a new skill to my resume that will have employers drooling over me. Forget internships in the city and software programming: I can cook! And not just any food. I can cook Turkish fast food.

Bomba! It's known as the bomb, probably because it's about ready to explode with all of the yummy stuff packed on the inside. While a friend and I were waiting in a tiny kofte place in Canakkale (my new home for a few days), the owner asked if we wanted to cook our own orders. Unwilling to pass up my shot at Turkey's next Top Chef, I stepped up to the grill and accepted the challenge. Five minutes later, I was victorious.

"How do I become a master at Turkish fast food?", you ask yourself. As a preview to my highly-anticipated cookbook Rolling with Chef Roland (in stores in 2020?), I'm giving you the recipe, so that you too can reach culinary brilliance.

Bomba! (the exclamation point is mine)
Ingredients: sliced Turkish sausage, one egg, one slice of cheese, onions, sliced tomatoes, chopped lettuce, half a loaf of bread sliced down the middle (the kind used for hoagies), ketchup, mayonnaise

Step 1. On a well-oiled griddle (make sure it's very, very well-oiled; you should be able to see the pimples in your reflection), crack and fry the egg.

Step 2. On your panini grill (don't have one? the griddle works, too), warm the bread.

Step 2. Separately, but on the same griddle, cook the sliced Turkish sausages. Those of you not in Turkey (shame on you) can settle for pepperoni.

Step 3. When the egg is almost set, plunk the cheese on it. Flip the sausages, grill them some more, and add them on top.

Step 4. Use a spatula to flip the delicious concoction. Let it cook for the briefest of seconds.

Step 5. With the bread in one hand, use the other to pick up the bomb (careful it's hot!) and drop it onto the bread.

Step 6. Add tomatoes, lettuce, and onions to taste. Same with ketchup and mayonnaise.

Step 7. Close the bread, and you're done!

Congratulations, you've just cooked up your first bomba. Take a huge bite to reward yourself. You've earned it! Just make sure it doesn't up blow up in your face.