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Post by The Great Aztec Joe on Aug 30, 2010 7:09:19 GMT -8
I have decided to crown the PRIMO fast food of the world.
It is, a Beef Carne Asado Burrito with Guacamole and a thin slither of sour creme right down the middle along with refried beans and salsa.
I always order an extra packet of Jalapeno peppers and carrots. In the US, Tapatio Hot Sauce is the preferred brand, but there are other real Mexican hot sauces that will suffice to give the fantastic smokey hot pepper flavor. Remember it is about flavor, not about hot.
ABSOLUTELY No rice is allowed as a filler. Any restaurant that tries to put rice in a Burrito needs to be shut down and the employees incarcerated. Rice, even if it is quality Spanish Rice, is never to be put into a burrito. The saffron flavor of Spanish Rice is to be enjoyed all by itself, and is to NEVER be mixed in with any other food.
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Aug 30, 2010 20:16:06 GMT -8
I have decided to crown the PRIMO fast food of the world. It is, a Beef Carne Asado Burrito with Guacamole and a thin slither of sour creme right down the middle along with refried beans and salsa. I always order an extra packet of Jalapeno peppers and carrots. In the US, Tapatio Hot Sauce is the preferred brand, but there are other real Mexican hot sauces that will suffice to give the fantastic smokey hot pepper flavor. Remember it is about flavor, not about hot. ABSOLUTELY No rice is allowed as a filler. Any restaurant that tries to put rice in a Burrito needs to be shut down and the employees incarcerated. Rice, even if it is quality Spanish Rice, is never to be put into a burrito. The saffron flavor of Spanish Rice is to be enjoyed all by itself, and is to NEVER be mixed in with any other food. Tapatio??? Blech. Salsa Huichol, baby. Was camping at Bahia San Luis Gonzaga (that's in Baja, Joe). There's a little restaurant there (also a little hotel and an airstrip) and I hit the restaurant for some tacos. The girl who waited on me brought me Salsa Huichol and when the owner, her father maybe, noticed she'd given me that, he reamed her out something fierce, clearly unhappy that she'd given a Gringo the good stuff. She apologized to me as she took the Huichol back and brought me some crap Gringo salsa. Might have been Tapatio, but I think it was the one with the wooden top. =Bob
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Post by joshjones1 on Aug 30, 2010 20:39:56 GMT -8
I have decided to crown the PRIMO fast food of the world. It is, a Beef Carne Asado Burrito with Guacamole and a thin slither of sour creme right down the middle along with refried beans and salsa. I always order an extra packet of Jalapeno peppers and carrots. In the US, Tapatio Hot Sauce is the preferred brand, but there are other real Mexican hot sauces that will suffice to give the fantastic smokey hot pepper flavor. Remember it is about flavor, not about hot. ABSOLUTELY No rice is allowed as a filler. Any restaurant that tries to put rice in a Burrito needs to be shut down and the employees incarcerated. Rice, even if it is quality Spanish Rice, is never to be put into a burrito. The saffron flavor of Spanish Rice is to be enjoyed all by itself, and is to NEVER be mixed in with any other food. Tapatio??? Blech. Salsa Huichol, baby. Was camping at Bahia San Luis Gonzaga (that's in Baja, Joe). There's a little restaurant there (also a little hotel and an airstrip) and I hit the restaurant for some tacos. The girl who waited on me brought me Salsa Huichol and when the owner, her father maybe, noticed she'd given me that, he reamed her out something fierce, clearly unhappy that she'd given a Gringo the good stuff. She apologized to me as she took the Huichol back and brought me some crap Gringo salsa. Might have been Tapatio, but I think it was the one with the wooden top. =Bob The wooden top is cholula isnt it? Call me gringo all you want, but give me Franks Red Hot any day....on pizza, wings, tacos, burritos...whatever!! Tang and flavor...not just heat.
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Post by aztecwin on Aug 31, 2010 12:06:16 GMT -8
I like the Burrito as Joe describes it. I also like Tapatio and most any spicy sause or salsa. I do not mind if there is some rice in the burrito, but then I don't know much about Mexican food except I like it. I also like the red pepper sauce that the Vietnamese use.
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Post by bio71 on Aug 31, 2010 12:25:39 GMT -8
TGAJ,
Where do you purchase your burritos?
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Aug 31, 2010 13:45:21 GMT -8
Tapatio??? Blech. Salsa Huichol, baby. Was camping at Bahia San Luis Gonzaga (that's in Baja, Joe). There's a little restaurant there (also a little hotel and an airstrip) and I hit the restaurant for some tacos. The girl who waited on me brought me Salsa Huichol and when the owner, her father maybe, noticed she'd given me that, he reamed her out something fierce, clearly unhappy that she'd given a Gringo the good stuff. She apologized to me as she took the Huichol back and brought me some crap Gringo salsa. Might have been Tapatio, but I think it was the one with the wooden top. =Bob The wooden top is cholula isnt it? Call me gringo all you want, but give me Franks Red Hot any day....on pizza, wings, tacos, burritos...whatever!! Tang and flavor...not just heat. Huichol has both, but if I'm not mistaken, Franks is tabasco based, isn't it? Tabasco is good stuff, no doubt about it, just different from the Mexican stuff. =Bob
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Aug 31, 2010 13:45:55 GMT -8
Tapatio??? Blech. Salsa Huichol, baby. Was camping at Bahia San Luis Gonzaga (that's in Baja, Joe). There's a little restaurant there (also a little hotel and an airstrip) and I hit the restaurant for some tacos. The girl who waited on me brought me Salsa Huichol and when the owner, her father maybe, noticed she'd given me that, he reamed her out something fierce, clearly unhappy that she'd given a Gringo the good stuff. She apologized to me as she took the Huichol back and brought me some crap Gringo salsa. Might have been Tapatio, but I think it was the one with the wooden top. =Bob The wooden top is cholula isnt it? Yes it is. Thanks. =Bob
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Post by The Great Aztec Joe on Aug 31, 2010 14:32:20 GMT -8
Tapatio is American (MADE IN THE USA) from an old Mexican family recipe. They guy who started it up has to be a millionaire by now. It has fantastic flavor and just seems to compliment a Carne Asada Burrito. On fish I like something like Tabasco.
Somebody wanted to know where I buy my Carne Asada Burritos. There used to be a place on Miramar just up Commerce Street from where I worked for Pacific Bell at Trade Street. Their burritos were exactly as I described. They shut down some time ago and I do not know where to go now, but as soon as I get my waist measurement back to what it was in my prime I have promised myself that I am going to treat myself to a Carne Asada Burrito just like the old ones.
Now if anybody can recommend a place that does not (SACRILEGE) TRY TO PUT RICE IN A BURRITO! please let me know where it is at so I can celebrate when I have reached my goal.
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Aug 31, 2010 15:49:00 GMT -8
Tapatio is American (MADE IN THE USA) from an old Mexican family recipe. They guy who started it up has to be a millionaire by now. It has fantastic flavor and just seems to compliment a Carne Asada Burrito. On fish I like something like Tabasco. Somebody wanted to know where I buy my Carne Asada Burritos. There used to be a place on Miramar just up Commerce Street from where I worked for Pacific Bell at Trade Street. Their burritos were exactly as I described. They shut down some time ago and I do not know where to go now, but as soon as I get my waist measurement back to what it was in my prime I have promised myself that I am going to treat myself to a Carne Asada Burrito just like the old ones. Now if anybody can recommend a place that does not (SACRILEGE) TRY TO PUT RICE IN A BURRITO! please let me know where it is at so I can celebrate when I have reached my goal. Can't discuss whether or not they put rice in their burritos since when I go there I always get their tamales, but Villa del Mar is the best hole in the wall Mexican restaurant I've ever run into: forum.normalheights.org/index.php?topic=619.0I suspect you can order them without the rice. =Bob
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Aug 31, 2010 15:50:24 GMT -8
BTW, if you want to lose the love handles, lose the guac and sour cream.
=Bob
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Post by joshjones1 on Aug 31, 2010 17:16:41 GMT -8
Tapatio is American (MADE IN THE USA) from an old Mexican family recipe. They guy who started it up has to be a millionaire by now. It has fantastic flavor and just seems to compliment a Carne Asada Burrito. On fish I like something like Tabasco. Somebody wanted to know where I buy my Carne Asada Burritos. There used to be a place on Miramar just up Commerce Street from where I worked for Pacific Bell at Trade Street. Their burritos were exactly as I described. They shut down some time ago and I do not know where to go now, but as soon as I get my waist measurement back to what it was in my prime I have promised myself that I am going to treat myself to a Carne Asada Burrito just like the old ones. Now if anybody can recommend a place that does not (SACRILEGE) TRY TO PUT RICE IN A BURRITO! please let me know where it is at so I can celebrate when I have reached my goal. Dude, you can order the burrito any way you want. No rice.
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Sept 1, 2010 15:06:21 GMT -8
Tapatio is American (MADE IN THE USA) from an old Mexican family recipe. They guy who started it up has to be a millionaire by now. It has fantastic flavor and just seems to compliment a Carne Asada Burrito. On fish I like something like Tabasco. Somebody wanted to know where I buy my Carne Asada Burritos. There used to be a place on Miramar just up Commerce Street from where I worked for Pacific Bell at Trade Street. Their burritos were exactly as I described. They shut down some time ago and I do not know where to go now, but as soon as I get my waist measurement back to what it was in my prime I have promised myself that I am going to treat myself to a Carne Asada Burrito just like the old ones. Now if anybody can recommend a place that does not (SACRILEGE) TRY TO PUT RICE IN A BURRITO! please let me know where it is at so I can celebrate when I have reached my goal. Dude, you can order the burrito any way you want. No rice. Josh, you may not know Mira Mesa very well. Ain't much in the way of decent Mexican holes in the wall up there. Used to be a Cotija Taco that was decent and a Robertos but I don't know if either are still there. Of course, if one wants real carne asada, one must go to Imperial Valley, although I did have some from some place in CV that came very close. =Bob
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Post by rolf tomato on Sept 1, 2010 19:33:06 GMT -8
Now if anybody can recommend a place that does not (SACRILEGE) TRY TO PUT RICE IN A BURRITO! please let me know where it is at so I can celebrate when I have reached my goal. There's taco shops on every corner down here in the south bay, and not a one of them puts rice in their carne asada burrito's. Guess that must be a "north of interstate 8" thing.
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Post by rolf tomato on Sept 1, 2010 19:39:00 GMT -8
Of course, if one wants real carne asada, one must go to Imperial Valley, although I did have some from some place in CV that came very close. =Bob Otay Farms on the southwest corner of Main and Broadway in Chula Vista has the best carne asada in San Diego. (best chorizo too). As an added bonus, ................ the store is owned by an Aztec family!
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Post by aztecwin on Sept 2, 2010 9:46:13 GMT -8
The Mexican head of maintenance at our Golf Course says that anyone who puts rice in a burrito is a freak. Show you what I know. If there is rice in it it might be some kind of wrap but not a Burrito.
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Post by joshjones1 on Sept 2, 2010 11:19:26 GMT -8
Agreed, Win. The best carne asada burrito here in North Orange County is "Pepe's", and they dont put rice in theirs.
I can't recall one doing it in a carne. I have had rice come in a chicken burrito, and it wasn't half bad.
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Sept 2, 2010 14:48:18 GMT -8
Now if anybody can recommend a place that does not (SACRILEGE) TRY TO PUT RICE IN A BURRITO! please let me know where it is at so I can celebrate when I have reached my goal. There's taco shops on every corner down here in the south bay, and not a one of them puts rice in their carne asada burrito's. Guess that must be a "north of interstate 8" thing. With Mira Mesa's large Asian population, maybe it's an Asian thing. =Bob
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Post by untitled on Sept 2, 2010 20:33:03 GMT -8
California Burrito, or better yet, a 'Sigma Nu' Burrito at Trujillos by state.
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Post by The Great Aztec Joe on Sept 3, 2010 6:07:42 GMT -8
BTW, if you want to lose the love handles, lose the guac and sour cream. =Bob It is the combination of the ingredients that makes the flavor fantastic. Your suggestion is like going out for a fine steak dinner but telling the restaurant that you want your beautifully grilled steak washed off with soap and water so it is not sizzling and dripping with juices just before they bring it to you. In other words, you do not mind a little dish soap flavor and a few bubbles on your steak Flavor is of the essence for Mexicans like me! It is the Carne Asada combined with perfect refried beans with a little quac and crema and salsa that combined makes for the perfect flavor combination.
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Post by The Great Aztec Joe on Sept 3, 2010 6:20:17 GMT -8
Dude, you can order the burrito any way you want. No rice. Ahhhh yes, Josh you can. You can also ask for blindfold while standing in front of the firing squad. Any hole in the wall restaurant can "PRETEND" to be a Mexican Restaurant. BUT, if a so called Mexican Restaurant puts rice in a burrito, it is NOT a Mexican Restaurant. It is a pretend Mexican Restaurant. If you happen upon one of those, the refried beans would taste like they just came out of a Smart and Final refried bean can, and the carne asada would taste like it had been prepared and marinated in a big professional cooking arena where flavor has been forgotten, and the salsa would have a metalic taste to it having come from a tin can, and the thin slather of cream would taste like American Manufacturing cream. Any "Mexican Restaurant" that would put rice in a burrito will have all of those additional problems. They should be firebombed after closing so they will not try to poison the American public. Most Americans do NOT have the slightest idea what real Mexican food tastes like. Sadly, Mexicans in Mexico are starting to encounter the same problems. Just like that commercial from years ago that asked, "Where is the Beef?" when it comes to Americanized "Mexican Food" I ask "Where the hell is the flavor?" To cook the food right, you need a little old withered and wrinkled Mexican grandmother type who cooks the refried beans for days, and prepares the Pico del Gallo every four or five hours, and uses a family recipe for the Carne Asada. Hell you know it is all real if she pats out the tortillas by hand all by herself. THEN you know it is all REAL!
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