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| - um. gross.
i'm going to be fair and preface this with the fact that i live in san diego, like 40 minutes from the mexican border, so i have eaten my fair share of burritos. but that also means i know a good burrito when i eat one, and big fat burritos are, well...terrible. my friends that live in toronto are all in love with it, so when i visited it was the first place they wanted to take me. i have an open mind and love burritos, so i agreed. (and before you think i'm an american snobby snob, please note my dual citizenship and love of all things canadian. except, well, these burritos).
i ordered the veggie burrito, spicy. they told me i'd need a fork. a fork? why on earth would i need a fork with a burrito? i found out later it's cause the sauce they put in it makes the bottom of the rubbery tortilla fall apart. the beans taste worse than canned, non-fat Rosarita refried beans, really bland. The spice, it turns out, was supposed to come from jalapenos which were raw and definitely not spicy at all. The worst surprise were the chunks of raw green bell peppers. Those should never be in a burrito! And if they are, they should be sauteed with onions so they're soft and flavorful. Not the case here. The contents of a burrito are supposed to mingle inside the tortilla, each bite a delicious mixture of rice, meat/veggies, salsa, sour cream, guacamole...everything was separate chunks inside, if that makes sense, so one bite you get gross bland rice and some sauce, the next bite gross raw peppers and some sauce....it's just not right. And what is up with what looked like panini grill marks on my burrito?? The only place that that makes sense at is the grilled stuffed burrito at Taco Bell, and if that's where the inspiration for this came from, that's just sad.
i dont mean to sound like a burrito snob at all, and i understand that palates vary regionally and i'm spoiled with wonderful mexican food everywhere around me, but yeah...would definitely never care to eat here again. also, whoever labeled this place as "tex-mex" has never, ever, EVER had tex-mex.
some positives--the staff was really nice, and the restaurant set up was kinda cool.
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