Big Fat Burritos! ⋆⋆⋆⋆

This review is a given. I mean who can really say no to a burrito? Let alone a company serving up BIG FAT ONES! Roll me up a fatty than for this weeks review!

The packaged prodigy, that is the burrito, is a special food dear to my heart. To me this food has sentimental comfort value that few can understand. You see, going to the movies is still surprisingly popular. And the only thing that makes watching pixilated images from a Solaria 4230 4K projector on a >100-inch screen is eating food while doing so. However, I can't stand paying the ridiculous prices at the concession stand, having already paid a ridiculous ticket price for the movie; and popcorn has never been more of a diet sabotage. There was only one thing to do. Sneak burritos into the theatre! It was perfect. Its natural concealed packaging made it easy to pocket a whole meal into the theatre. The comfort feeling i get out of a firm packed, tortilla wrapped, carb stacked burrito is next to none. I know there are others out there that share this feeling. So, what does that mean?

Am I biased towards burritos? ABSOLUTELY! I honestly have only found 1 burrito in my hundreds consumed that I found to be.... "disheartening". One outing I decided to get bold and try a smothered salmon burrito. Maybe it was the establishment. Maybe it was the execution. Maybe the ingredients. Whatever it was it just fell short. But you got to go and try new things once and a while. Be adventurous! One day, change that chicken option you've ordered a thousand times and try it with salmon! Or shrimp! Or...TOFU. Despite what I just said, it could be the best food swap you ever did! Or not! Anyways I'm getting side tracked. How was this Burrito?!

It was GOOD! Shocking...I know. Well, here's the thing. They were rated one of the better Burrito shops set up in Toronto. Holding some records throughout the years (mostly 2008) and recently in 2014. Some good press on them. But for me, it wasn't the best burrito I’ve ever had. Not even 2nd or 3rd. However it was certainly better than some I have had. Mostly that was due to their commitment to size! This thing rolled out like it had just consumed another burrito. You're gonna please a big guy like me with a big burrito like that. Everything inside the burrito tasted great too! It has great tasting chicken and beans (which they state are vegetarian. I get why they said that, but to capatolize on a joke here they could have also included obvious captions like "free range beans raised naturally and without antibiotics"). The ingredients were all good quality., and it being grilled/pressed always makes does a burrito good. So what was missing? Well, that's exactly it. I would have really enjoyed a little bit MORE variety to include inside my burrito. Some people I know are super fine, even happier, with less. Beans, cheese, and meat and they’re good to go. For me, I like the expansive selection of options I can put in my burrito. For the most part, its the deciding factor to what puts a burrito place to the top of my list. Big Fat Burrito had the basics (Lettuce, tomato, beans, cheese, rice, green peppers, guacamole, salsa, sour cream, burrito sauce, hot sauce, jalapenos). I've enjoyed having the selection of red onions, pico de gallo, corn, noodles (Yes noodles!) at other locations. Do not get me wrong, a burrito is a burrito, no matter how its rolled. There all going to be accepted and loved by me! But as far as Big Fat Burrito, though it did size up and taste great, it couldn't replace my favourite burrito locations!

For those curious what my favourite are, here's my breakdown:

1. Fat Basstard Burrito

2. Mucho Burrito

3. El Sombreo

4. Big Fat Burrito

5. Burrito Boyz

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Still measuring up with 4/5 stars! Good stuff Big Fat Burrito!

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