Wouldn’t you like to eat a pepper too?
I was thinking the other day that I’d do restaurant reviews on here, but I don’t go to restaurants all that often. (At least not ones that I’d necessarily want to review. I go to Friday’s, or Applebee’s, or Panera, big chains. I only have a few unique restaurants where I eat.)
This review is not about one of those restaurants. It’s about a chain. Sorry. And it’s not so much a review as a paragraph or two of gratuitous praise.
I’m speaking, of course, of Chipotle.
Love.
Most of the people I know could eat Chipotle absolutely any time. I have to be in the mood for it if I’m going to suggest going there or go out of my way to go there. On the other hand, even if I end up there when it wasn’t my first choice, I always leave happy.
I’ve grown attached to their burrito bols (no, that’s not a misspelling.) I usually get the chicken fajita (I like beans, but not in extreme quantity) bol. Medium salsa, the corn, not the green chili. Sour cream, lettuce, cheese, and a little guac. *Yes, I know it costs extra. No, I don’t care.
I didn’t realize until today just how much I loved that corn salsa. First of all, corn makes an excellent additive to Mexican food. I think it’s one of Mexican cuisine’s undersung flavors. I was surprised to find out that a lot of people don’t associate the two. I had someone give me a funny look because I put corn in my chilli. Don’t knock it. Corn brings a lot to the dish in terms of flavor and texture.
The salsa on the whole has a sweet, spicy flavor, and a very nice crunchy texture. To be honest, I don’t know what else goes in to it, but I intend to find out.
*Anyone who’s eaten there and ordered guac knows what I’m talking about.
To stick with the pepper theme of this entry, I was at Baker’s Square the other night and I tried their green chilli. It was excellent. More of a soup than a chilli, really, but delicious all the same. One unexpected ingredient: potatoes. Caught me totally off guard, but really good in the soup.
I’ve never been big on soups. I like soup a lot, but I don’t love it. Maybe I should add some sort of soup to my summer experiment list.
