Taco Del Mar... something or other burrito... I lost the receipt.

So, it was really hot, and I had been walking all day. I'm guessing it fell out of the pocket of my overshirt when I took it off, but I have no real way of knowing. What matters here, is that however it happened, I lost the receipt. So, I have no idea what it's called, but I got some kind of combo, with a burrito, a soda, and chips for seven dollars and some cents. I don't remember how many. Professional.

It's a mission style burrito, so the tortilla (in this case, a pretty good spinach tortilla) is steamed on that press-thing they use. I had lettuce, tomatoes, rice, beans, guacamole, and some grilled peppers and onions on it, and I was very pleased. The vegetables were all fresh, though there was a bit more lettuce than I'd like. Much like unmelted cheese, excessive lettuce is becoming an epidemic.

I've been hearing more and more about this 2012 business all the time. I don't see how an ancient calendar ending is such a huge deal. We only make our calendars a year or so in advance, so I'd just assume the Myans got to around 2012 and figured they could take a break for a few thousand years. And really, if you honestly believe the world is gonna end in three years, why do you go to work? I would plot out a three year plan to not work at all and accumulate as much debt as possible, all from the top of a giant pile of drugs and hookers. Why not? The world is ending, might as well get the most out of it.

Included in the meal is a decent heap of chips. They're nothing special, but they get the job done. The salsa is in the same boat; it's not outstanding, but it doesn't suck. I guess I'd be happier about the chips if I didn't have to pay extra for them. At other places, I've gotten better chips and salsa just for showing up. Again, they aren't bad, just not worth extra money.

I was listening to Bill O'Reilly today. I think he spends twice as much time talking about how awesome his coverage is than he does actually covering shit. I understand that he thinks the mainstream media is too liberal... I'm not even gonna disagree. I just don't think it's fair to call what he's doing objective. He often refers to the people who agree with him as "Clear-Thinking Americans", and those who disagree as "looneys". That's not objective. I'm not saying he has to be objective, at all. You can have a conservative news station, that's totally alright. Just don't lie to me and tell me it's Fair and Balanced.

The guts of this burrito are fairly solid. There's a good mix of everything in it, and the vegetables are grilled well. For the price, it's a decent deal. Not amazing, by any means, but decent. This is and odd burrito for sure. I worry that my review makes it seem medicore, or maybe on the good side of mediocrity. That's not really fair. It's really on the mediocre side of goodness. The foil wrapped around it serves to hold the whole thing together, and does a fantastic job of doing so. This needed to be stated somewhere in the review, so I put it here.

I like finding small things of value to me that I've misplaced and forgotten. For example; money, pocket knives, pot, fancy pens, and special rocks. It's like stealing from your past self.

There's so little more I can really say about this burrito. It's not great, it's not terrible. If you're at a Taco Del Mar, and you don't know what to order, you could order this. At least, you could if I hadn't lost the reciept.

Breakfast Burrito my little brother made a few minutes ago

So, my little brother Ivan made some breakfast burritos, and I figured I might as well review that shit. It's a flour tortilla, wrapped around eggs, potatoes, cheese, and salsa. Not a lot to it, but really damn good. Also, free, which is awesome. The location is superb, as it happens to be several feet from the couch I slept on last night. Can't really get more convenient than that.

Ivan, while the youngest, has been the biggest for quite a while. Once, my sister called him a baby, and he broke her nose with a plastic watergun. Another time, I pissed him off somehow (I don't recall what I did or said, but it was probably meant to piss him off) and he stabbed me in the shoulder with a corn-on-the-cob holder. He once mistook a big pile of dirt for the Matterhorn.

The burrito really is fantastic. The potatoes (Thinly sliced Baby Reds) are perfect. The eggs are scrambled-ish. This is really Ivan's specialty. As a kid, it was pretty much the only thing he knew how to make on his own, so he ate scrambled eggs all the damn time. It was pretty much scambled eggs or tuna sandwiches, for years. This burrito is a nice change of pace. The cheese is melty as Hell, which is great, because I've been noticing a bit of an epidemic of unmleted cheese in Mexican food lately. Something should be done about this.

Ivan got a facebook account last night. He was quite resistant to the idea before, but our sister made one for him, and he's been taking little tests all morning. He seriously just said "Oh Hell yeah, I'm Hitler!" after taking some test. I didn't ask which test it was.

I'm really impressed by the breakfast burrito. There's so little involved, but it's tasty as Hell. I threw a little La Victoria green hot sauce in that bitch, and made it even better. Now that I'm done eating, I think a little fresh pepper would've been nice. perhaps next time.

Muchas Gracias Veggie Burrito.

I'm visiting friends down in Eugene, and got to wandering the other night. Fortunately, I found a Muchas Gracias. I'm not sure if every Muchas Gracias is open 24 hours, but every one I've been to is. It was pretty late, and rather hazy, but I asked for a veggie burrito. According to the receipt, I got a Bean burrito with extra lettuce and extra salsa. I don't care what it was called, it was delicious.
White the presentation is a bit lacking, the food itself is awesome. It's big enough for the $4.60 price, and it's crazy filling.
It's full of rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cheese, and salsa, with pretty good ratios. A bit heavy on the lettuce, but not unforgivable.


My brother and I watched a marathon of deadliest Warrior yesterday. I had never seen it before. Basically, they have two warriors from bits of history, and argue about who would win in a fight. They do tests, then run some computer simulation that's supposed to figure it out. Every episode was a bigger let down then the last. They spent the whole time testing weapons and armour and shit, then they finish it with a really lame dramatization of what would happen. The weapon tests are the best part of the show, because the use those fancy ballistic gel torsos with fake bones in them. They also use dead pigs. Like a lot of dead pigs. I probably saw dead ten pigs get cut in half yesterday. That's just cut in half.... there were even more just getting cut up a bunch. They even tested a katana by seeing how many dead pigs it could chop through.... they just had a big stack of dead pigs for the guy to chop into. I think he got through like two and a half of them, which was impressive, but gross.

The lettuce is crisp, the tomatoes are fresh, as are the onions. The rice is pretty good, and goes well with the beans. There's guacamole which tastes pretty fresh, and the salsa is great. The tortilla has a slight flakiness to it. The restaurant has a lot of hipsters in it. Like a LOT, and I was there at 2:30 in the morning. This is probably just because I'm in Eugene. They don't give you any chips, but I got a cup of water, which was pretty good.


My brother is watching the wide receiver for the Denver Broncos respond to accusations that he's been beating his wife or girlfriend or something. I love watching athletes speak publicly, because it's so clear that's not what they get paid to do. The pause between a question and an answer is gigantic, and the answer is always so clumsy. Now he's just staring down at his notes. This guy is good.

This is a tricky burrito to review. There's nothing in it that's particularly outstanding, it's just all around really good. It's like a meal just conveniently wrapped up, as a little food unit. I guess any burrito could be described that way, but it feels more appropriate here. It's a solid, reliable burrito. I guess potatoes might be nice in there.