Forget your New Year's diet in the [Bad Food] thread

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CONSUME AND BE NOURISHED THEREBY

Librarian's ghost

I ate Nacho Fries over the weekend. Still good.

MichaelLC

Did they have Heinz caviar? Because if not...

https://twitter.com/HeinzKetchup_US/status/1088406059713126403?s=20

Xaquin

I ate Chipotle yesterday for dinner

I am strongly considering eating Chipotle for dinner tonight

White Rice (no cilantro)
Fajita Veggies
Black Beans
Chorizo
Hot Salsa
Sour Cream
Cheese
Guac

mmmmm

3cl1ps3

Starting the thread off right.

see317

Xaquin wrote: »

I ate Chipotle yesterday for dinner

I am strongly considering eating Chipotle for dinner tonight

White Rice (no cilantro)
Fajita Veggies
Black Beans
Chorizo
Hot Salsa
Sour Cream
Cheese
Guac

mmmmm

Chipotle is okay, but I think I prefer Qdoba for large burritos.

Xaquin

see317 wrote: »

Xaquin wrote: »

I ate Chipotle yesterday for dinner

I am strongly considering eating Chipotle for dinner tonight

White Rice (no cilantro)
Fajita Veggies
Black Beans
Chorizo
Hot Salsa
Sour Cream
Cheese
Guac

mmmmm

Chipotle is okay, but I think I prefer Qdoba for large burritos.

we had one here but it closed in about a month and I never got to try it out. I just figured it must have been bad =p

Butler For Life #1

I like Moe's

Fresh pressed tortillas, heck yeah

Veldrin

MichaelLC wrote: »

Did they have Heinz caviar? Because if not...

https://twitter.com/HeinzKetchup_US/status/1088406059713126403?s=20

oh I hate this

3cl1ps3

Butler For Life #1 wrote: »

I like Moe's

Fresh pressed tortillas, heck yeah

Moe's is my preferred chain TexMex as well.

Taco Bell is not included in that consideration IMO because it's its own weird, delicious thing.

rhylith

We’ve basically got chipotle or freebirds here and I typically go with chipotle.

Freebirds has more topping options but they’re blander and not quite as good usually.

Xaquin

3clipse wrote: »

Butler For Life #1 wrote: »

I like Moe's

Fresh pressed tortillas, heck yeah

Moe's is my preferred chain TexMex as well.

Taco Bell is not included in that consideration IMO because it's its own weird, delicious thing.

I have to say that after 22 years of loving Taco Bell, I had some a couple weeks ago and it just wasn't good. Not even bad good. It was just a plain flavorless mass. I'll give it a month and try again.

QuantumTurk

Veldrin wrote: »

MichaelLC wrote: »

Did they have Heinz caviar? Because if not...

https://twitter.com/HeinzKetchup_US/status/1088406059713126403?s=20

oh I hate this

The BEST case scenario here is using those in a dish that would already use ketchup, for a textural element. But I don't hardly ever want a "burst" of ketchup on anything.

Janson

Mori worked as a cook at a Freebirds in San Jose (they paid everyone minimum wage with no extras and eventually shut down and withdrew from the Bay Area citing expenses) while I was pregnant and I made the poor guy shower immediately after every shift because just being in the same room as him made me vomit.

rhylith

Oh noooooo

LuvTheMonkey

That's just spherified ketchup, you could make that at home with some stuff you can buy on Amazon.

Pinfeldorf

Alternatively, tapioca maltodextrin with ketchup is really fuckin weird in a different way. Dry ketchup!

jgeis

Qdoba, Chipotle, Moe's, etc, are pretty poorly positioned in a place like LA. If I want a really cheap burrito I go to Taco Bell, but if I'm going to spend $6+ on a single burrito I have dozens of local Mexican joints that make a way better burrito than any of the chains. There's just no reason to go to a chain like Chipotle.

BahamutZERO

Even in deep norcal there's tons of mexican restaurants. It's great.

Shorty

@Rorshach Kringle I ate a turnpike cheesesteak with whiz and it was excellent

Tynnan

Pinfeldorf wrote: »

Alternatively, tapioca maltodextrin with ketchup is really fuckin weird in a different way. Dry ketchup!

Maltodextrin is amazing in ways both wonderful and horrifying

Sterica

It’s Valentine’s season, in which I pay good money to eat sweetened chalk just because.

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Sterica wrote: »

It’s Valentine’s season, in which I pay good money to eat sweetened chalk just because.

don't forget incredibly low-grade chocolate!

Kaplar

Izzo's is my favorite tex mex burrito place. A medium burrito(which is still friggin huge)meal can run you about $15.

Polaritie

jgeis wrote: »

Qdoba, Chipotle, Moe's, etc, are pretty poorly positioned in a place like LA. If I want a really cheap burrito I go to Taco Bell, but if I'm going to spend $6+ on a single burrito I have dozens of local Mexican joints that make a way better burrito than any of the chains. There's just no reason to go to a chain like Chipotle.

Ex-mex is cheating though. Try somewhere in the rest of the country...

Rorshach Kringle

Shorty wrote: »

"Rorshach Kringle" I ate a turnpike cheesesteak with whiz and it was excellent

they are so goddamned good

i am so glad you finally took the plunge

jgeis

Polaritie wrote: »

jgeis wrote: »

Qdoba, Chipotle, Moe's, etc, are pretty poorly positioned in a place like LA. If I want a really cheap burrito I go to Taco Bell, but if I'm going to spend $6+ on a single burrito I have dozens of local Mexican joints that make a way better burrito than any of the chains. There's just no reason to go to a chain like Chipotle.

Ex-mex is cheating though. Try somewhere in the rest of the country...

I mean I grew up in a town of 2500 people in Michigan and had a better Mexican place than Chipotle, it's not impossible.

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Most towns probably have a proper Mexican place that's better than Chipotle. Pretty low bar.

Shorty

chipotle is fine

it's like taco bell, in that it's so far removed from the culinary tradition it is derived from that it seems pointless to compare them

nobody's eating at chipotle because they think it's good Mexican food, they're eating at chipotle because they want a giant fuck-off burrito for eight bucks and they want it three minutes from now

Polaritie

jgeis wrote: »

Polaritie wrote: »

jgeis wrote: »

Qdoba, Chipotle, Moe's, etc, are pretty poorly positioned in a place like LA. If I want a really cheap burrito I go to Taco Bell, but if I'm going to spend $6+ on a single burrito I have dozens of local Mexican joints that make a way better burrito than any of the chains. There's just no reason to go to a chain like Chipotle.

Ex-mex is cheating though. Try somewhere in the rest of the country...

I mean I grew up in a town of 2500 people in Michigan and had a better Mexican place than Chipotle, it's not impossible.

The operative word there was "dozens", which... I'm jealous.

I do know a couple good local places. But Taco Bell is like, 1/3 the drive as any of them.

jgeis

See I feel like Chipotle is at least trying to approximate a good burrito experience and given the cost I can't justify it. Like they trot out chorizo and sofrito as notable items, that to me makes them more direct competitors to the local Mexican joint.

Xaquin

They slather on sour cream and hot sauce like they have to get rid of it

love Chipotle

I think I may get some again tonight

Rorshach Kringle

if your town has a qdoba, you should never be spending time at chipotle

Xaquin

Rorshach Kringle wrote: »

if your town has a qdoba, you should never be spending time at chipotle

our qdoba closed in a month

Shorty

I go to chipotle occasionally because there is one directly across from the bar where I do playtests for my game and sometimes it just works out that it's the best food option available

Rorshach Kringle

Xaquin wrote: »

Rorshach Kringle wrote: »

if your town has a qdoba, you should never be spending time at chipotle

our qdoba closed in a month

my condolences

Mai-Kero

I miss Qdoba from my time in New England. We only have Chipotle and Moe's in Ohio and Moe's is better but it's no Qdoba. Near my house there's a Tex Mex place that makes a seafood chimichanga that weighs four pounds and is covered in like a quart of queso though so if I've got time I'm just doing that.

MichaelLC

We've got a great local chain place called Taco Burrito King.

They make a damn fine taco:

Xaquin

I had chipotle

I forgot the guacamole though

Shorty

chipotle got a lot better once they acknowledged they were being stupid by not having queso

Uriel

I just made my own version of klingon raktajino from ds9

Moka pot coffee with cinnamon cardemom sugar (and a splash of Jameson)