Beef Burrito Special

It’s about 8:05PM when I stepped into the restaurant and I was certainly surprise to see so many faces. I walked up to the counter and no one was there. Then ten seconds after I could see Wayne the waiter approaching the register. We had our usual greeting and short informal dialogue (in Spanish) about occurrences during the week.

For the first time in four weeks I came in knowing what I wanted to order. I was going to have the famous burrito I saw everyone ordering during last week’s field visit. I also had a change in drink this week; rather than ordering the usual tamarind juice I decided to leave my comfort zone and try the Horchata.

I retreated to one of the empty tables in the northeastern corner of the building and immediately began my observations. On the table directly on front of me was a couple, both of Hispanic descent wearing black leather jackets. They seemed fund of body art as both had plenty visible tattoos. As of now I’ll refer to them as the ‘biker couple’. The biker couple was busy munching away on their plates. The guy was having an enchilada; I couldn’t make out if it was beef or chicken and his partner was having beef taco.

Wayne the waiter called me to pick up my order and I walked past a family of five. The family consisted of mom, dad, the eldest child who was a boy and two younger girls. The eldest son seems to be around 8 years old and the two girls five and four years old respectively.    This family seemed to be having the most fun in the restaurant. They were in good spirits sharing both jokes and also food with each other. Their table was filled with a variety of different dishes and drinks.

While at the counter picking up my food ‘Wayne the waiter’ was conversing with a customer who I assume is audibly impaired because they communicated using signs. I also assume that this customer is a friend of Wayne because they seem to understand each other really well despite the circumstance.

I retreated to my table with my burrito ready to begin my man vs. food war. Before taking a bit I decide to open up my burrito to share with you guys what were the ingredients in case one of you blog readers decide on making some homemade sometime. The burrito consisted of flour tortilla and on the inside was diced beef, beans and shredded cheese. There was also a vegetable sauce consisting of onions, tomato, cilantro and lettuce on top of all the other mentioned ingredients. For the record this burrito isn’t one of the best I’ve had but it’s certainly in the top five.   

There were two other occupied tables in the restaurant. One with a caucasian guy in his thirty’s sitting alone; and another with a Hispanic couple probably in their early twenties. The television was on but there was no music. The drive thru was also in full swing. I counted an average of one car every eight minutes.

I emptied my trey and proceeded to the counter for my bill. It came up to $8.17. I certainly believe it was worth it and stepped out happily with a stuffed tummy.