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| - It is a shame that I cannot award negative stars to this restaurant. I moved to Toronto from Houston a few years ago and have not found an authentic Mexican place yet. Chimichangas was no different. I had high hopes going in, as it looked reminiscent of a taqueria, but the experience took a turn for the worse immediately after setting foot inside.
We were ignored by the staff until we finally just grabbed menus and found a seat on our own. The place was pretty empty, so it wasn't hard to find a table. I ordered a mojito and my spouse ordered a coke to start. When they brought out the mojito along with some chips and "salsa", I was a little disgusted to find that the mojito was FULL of what appeared to be 20 or so mint leaves that had been run through a food processor. There was no way to drink this without getting a mouth full of bitter, mouth coating mint bits. I called the waiter over and expressed my distaste for the drink and sent it back for a water instead.
Then the food came. I ordered tortilla soup, my spouse ordered something like a shrimp taco. The tortilla soup was a thick cream tomato base that tasted and felt precisely like the sauce in Chef Boyardee ravioli. There were no veggies or beans in the soup, it was just broth. Thoroughly disgusted and very disappointed with everything (the chips were like thick, greasy corn wads and the salsa reminded me of watered down ketchup), I also quietly sent the soup back and decided to just forgo the entire meal in favour of picking up something on my way home.
This is where things got really awkward. The owner, a bleach blonde, orange-glo tanned California guy wanders up to my table and says "I hear you don't like my food". He then proceeded to ask me where I was from and tell me that this is "California-Mexican, not Houston-Mexican" food and that EVERYBODY loves his versions of traditional Mexican fare. He tried to talk me into ordering something else from the menu, but I refused and felt very uneasy at being confronted like this in ear shot of the other customers. He then conceded that he would take the drink off our tab and tossed the bill at us. We paid in cash for my spouses food, which he did eat nearly half of, and left.
I have never been more insulted and affronted by a dining experience. Is this place still in business? Because it really ought to disappear before more people suffer through this experience.
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