I tend to dislike franchise restaurants and actively try to avoid them when I can. Although the lack of decent fast food joints has been slowly improving in the last few years, West Rouge still leaves much to be desired when it comes to variety.
Enter another Mucho Burrito location at the corner of Kingston and Rylander (just west of Port Union Rd). Hubby and I visited the resto over the Thanksgiving long weekend for a quick meal before running our errands. We were armed with coupons (otherwise I would not have gone there :p) for "buy 1 burrito and get the 2nd burrito equal or lesser value for free", we ordered 1 medio barbacoa (pulled beef) burrito with pico de gallo (your average salsa) smothered, 1 medio carne asada (marinaded steak) with pico de gallo and guacamole and a bottle of mango Jarrito (carbonated beverage). The bill came to little over $12 for the whole meal so it was a great start.
Let me just say, I think they could probably use less people on the burrito assembly line as there were 6-7 people, each adding 1 or 2 ingredients before passing the burrito down to the next eagerly waiting staff. Anyways....
My hubby's smothered barbacoa burrito came covered in a surprisingly pleasant chipotle tomato based sauce with black bean and corn kernels. They skimped on the sour cream topping but all in all, the burrito was a lot tastier than I had expected. Unlike traditional burritos where they use refried beans, they had used cooked pinto beans. Other toppings included, mexican (or not so mexican) rice, cooked veggies (stir-fried sweet peppers & onions), cheese...etc.
My carne asada with guac was equally decent although I prefer my guacamole chunkier. There is something very off-putting about smooth and pasty guacamole. :p My burrito was filled with pretty much the same fillings with the exception of pinto beans. I had asked for black bean which were supposed to be a little spicier.
The most surprising part of the meal was their hot sauces. I'm no pushover when it comes to spicy food but their mega hot was actually spicy! This definitely earned them an extra star from me.
The one negative point was the uneven distribution of the fillings in our burritos. The staff could take a little more care to distribute the fillings more evenly so every bite has a little bit of everything.
My first visit to Mucho Burrito was a pleasantly surprisingly one and I look forward to returning again next time I'm in the mood for something quick.