Jeez, blogging is hard. You turn around and a week has gone by since your last post.
Anyway, after slapping me around a bit for not writing enough, Burritoeater put his money where, um, my mouth is and took me out to La Corneta down in Glen Park. What a guy!
The LineI'm not exaggerating when I say there were minimally 40 people in line, all of whom were ordering for at least six of their friends who were table squatting. During the 40 minutes that elapsed while we waited, I waffled about what I always waffle about: what does the vegetarian order?
Present were the usual three options: a regular burrito without meat, chile relleno, or suspect tofu. Eating another burrito sin carne may make me die of boredom. The chile relleno came highly recommended, but Jesus Cristo the chiles were the size of (American) footballs! Honestly, I'm no Dan Johnson - I'm not a running fanatic, nor do I play professional baseball for the A's - so I can't consume that much fried cheese without my ass ballooning out of control. And, really, no one wants that.
So, that left me with tofu. I've never been a fan of tofu in burritos, conceptually speaking. The one exception is Papalote's marinated tofu slab and that only passes because they grill the tofu on the spot. But Corneta's tofu was your run-o-the-mill taqueria variety, wiling away the day soaking in the same marinade as the spicy pollo.
As pessimistic as I was, the tofu was the least of three evils, so I went for it. And...Not half bad! I'll post the review later, but suffice to say here that it was an 8.
So, I decided that's what I need: an angle. A new quest for the best tofu burritos (besides Papalote). It's begun, and I have a little data to report. Next time.
Update. The review. Happy now?
Anyway, after slapping me around a bit for not writing enough, Burritoeater put his money where, um, my mouth is and took me out to La Corneta down in Glen Park. What a guy!
The Line
Present were the usual three options: a regular burrito without meat, chile relleno, or suspect tofu. Eating another burrito sin carne may make me die of boredom. The chile relleno came highly recommended, but Jesus Cristo the chiles were the size of (American) footballs! Honestly, I'm no Dan Johnson - I'm not a running fanatic, nor do I play professional baseball for the A's - so I can't consume that much fried cheese without my ass ballooning out of control. And, really, no one wants that.
So, that left me with tofu. I've never been a fan of tofu in burritos, conceptually speaking. The one exception is Papalote's marinated tofu slab and that only passes because they grill the tofu on the spot. But Corneta's tofu was your run-o-the-mill taqueria variety, wiling away the day soaking in the same marinade as the spicy pollo.
As pessimistic as I was, the tofu was the least of three evils, so I went for it. And...Not half bad! I'll post the review later, but suffice to say here that it was an 8.
So, I decided that's what I need: an angle. A new quest for the best tofu burritos (besides Papalote). It's begun, and I have a little data to report. Next time.
Update. The review. Happy now?
