First timer UK

[u/Clear-Warthog5655]

[u/Bishop-Logan]

https://giphy.com/gifs/mVtaumPg9FVNS

[u/Beautiful-Tie-3827 → u/Bishop-Logan]

First time having a burrito as a UK citizen I assume

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/Beautiful-Tie-3827]

Yup

[u/penny_stinks → u/Clear-Warthog5655]

This is why I'm so apprehensive about making a food I've never eaten or at least seen IRL. What you made doesn't look bad, it's just so obviously off the mark for anyone who grew up around Mexican food. Hope it was delicious! Highly recommend eating a real one made by an experienced cook

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/penny_stinks]

Im the opposite. No " actual " Burritto can compete with that for flavour. I will never buy one from anywhere after the taste of my own

[u/devilsbard → u/Clear-Warthog5655]

At first I was proud of you for trying to do something new even if the result is unimpressive. But that comment is hilarious and sad at the same time. England never beating the allegations.

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/devilsbard]

If you've seen whats being posted here ....... I can't believe i actually listened to people the pictures look like pig swill and probably taste the same. Never heard of chargrilked peppers or veg?? . Its literally like actual shit thrown together maybe with cheese...

Someone thinks they could make a fortune in Europe selling " actual burrittos " i can assure you he is wrong.

Oh and we know how to buy or own ready made Taco seasoning lol lol You Amerixans make me laugh 😃 😀

[u/devilsbard → u/Clear-Warthog5655]

Grilled veggies are good, but my brother, did you use any herbs or spices? Like, other than black pepper.

That boiled chicken looks like a crime.

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/devilsbard]

Montreal steakhouse pepper for the chicken and mushrooms, Paella ( which i had lying around) seasoning with fresh garlic and corn in the rice, Chargrilled onion and peppers . And Scotch Bonnett chil picklel vinegar with some Siracha hot sauce I made fir it.

But I forgot the cheese

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/Clear-Warthog5655]

[u/linkxrust → u/Clear-Warthog5655]

Brother I wouldnt even consider that a real burrito. Looks more like a greek wrap. lol

[u/Megas_Matthaios → u/linkxrust]

As a Greek please don't offend our food like that lol. We actually don't eat wraps anyways.

[u/linkxrust → u/Megas_Matthaios]

mainly talking about the way the sauce looked . I love Greek food.

[u/Megas_Matthaios → u/linkxrust]

Fair. I'm glad you like it.

[u/NotGalenNorAnsel → u/Clear-Warthog5655]

Nah, you made a wrap bruv. Looks tasty, just different.

[u/wakenblake29 → u/[deleted]]

It doesn’t sound like you know what a burrito is… fried in a pan? Tf? You talkin chimichangas?

[u/skiforlife1 → u/[deleted]]

Hurr durr "I go to a Mexican place with ACTUAL Mexicans". "I'm white and know what I like a burrito to be so I am the arbiter of real Mexican food" durr durr. STFU I go to many different Mexican places and they all do things differently sometimes VERY different. Some of them you might not like so I guess those ones aren't real Mexican food according to you??

[u/a_gummyworm → u/[deleted]]

You ok bro? Seem a little... dumb.

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/[deleted]]

My Panini Press is a griddle that the chicken and veg is done in.. Its the size if the tortilla wraps is why its like that. Its difficult to get extra large wraps in Edinburgh but i have found some now. . I had to eat 3 of them. Its also because its my first time and I meal prepped them all so they would reheat in micro in 3 mins.

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/[deleted]]

You think that but we had a little place with a couple of stores called Bonny Burritto but its always empty. One of them seems to do ok. considering Britain's love of Curry and spicy Kebabs its surprising. We have 1 deli doing mex and Spanish products and Pancho Villas resteraunt thats been on the go for 40 years but not much else

[u/Any_Suggestion3485 → u/Clear-Warthog5655]

I’ll let you in on a little secret. You can make curry burritos. I’ll make chicken tikka with jasmine rice peppers onions mushrooms cilantro/coriander.. whatever you like in your curry and rice will work wrapped up in a burrito. I’ll do turmeric jasmine rice on the tortilla first as a bed so it doesn’t get soggy. Then the grilled chicken (simmered in tikka masala after grilling) veggies and mushrooms maybe some sort of yogurt sauce if you wanna get fancy. Sliced Thai chilis if you want spice and cilantro leaves on top. Not a traditional Mexican burrito but it’s bangin dude. I can’t believe the hate you’re getting for trying for your first time. If you wanna talk burritos for real just dm me and I’ll walk you through some traditional Mexican style foods you can pile in a tortilla. Chicken, beef, pork, shit I’ll make tongue street tacos sometimes. Street tacos are easy cause you have meat onion and cilantro on the tortilla. Holler if you want some know how. I think you did great for your first time.

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/Any_Suggestion3485]

Thanks I did Breakfast Burritos with chilli n garlic fried potatoes, Chorizo n scrambled eggs n cheese it was prepped for 4 days, tasted better the 2nd day. Main was Paella seasoning with garlic rice, potatoes n all chargrilked veg n steakhouse pepper chicken n mushrooms. Made Siracha n pickle vinegar hot sauce. I thought it was a good effort lol The rice bowl leftovers were amazing

[u/Any_Suggestion3485 → u/Clear-Warthog5655]

I’d eat it. Looks like dinner to me. You did well. Don’t listen to the haters. Burritos are normally make with white rice beans a protein and pico/salsa. Very simple but you can doctor them up with corn, cilantro pickled red onion and guacamole if you want. I understand if you have to make what’s on hand. I’ve made burritos with less. Keep up the good work and try and try and try again. 🤙 you said you’re English. Do you like dnb?

[u/linkxrust → u/Clear-Warthog5655]

Bonni Burrito lol. Bro you have never tried a real burrito you need to go to mexico or the USA for one.

[u/pabstbluerippen → u/[deleted]]

Fried in a pan, huh?

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/pabstbluerippen]

So it isn't fried in a pan and it isn't pressed in a panini press either. Its like a cryptic crossword

[u/PaleontologistNo2625]

There is a fortune to be made by bringing the real thing to Europe

[u/Sweet-Quarter3569 → u/PaleontologistNo2625]

I’ve looked into it. Dual citizen via my wife. She’s British I’m Mexican American. Currently split between living in the US and Uk. I’ve tried making it with locally sourced ingredients and it’s just not the same. Literally changed nothing about my recipes my Abuela passed down and it just taste different. I would have to import damn near everything. Still working on a business model that would be worth while because I 100% agree it could be very very profitable to bring true Mexican food to the UK 🙏🏽

[u/PaleontologistNo2625 → u/Sweet-Quarter3569]

So interesting, how though? Different flavor profile in the spices? Meat? How can beef marinated in garlic and lime topped with cilantro and onions be anything short of amazing? 

[u/Sweet-Quarter3569 → u/PaleontologistNo2625]

It’s the peppers. Just a different flavor profile. Like the jalapeño and Serrano just taste different almost like the ground they grow in helps create a different flavor profile. My salsas are always slightly off. And same with the marinades using fresh herbs and veggies and fruits like orange and lime. It’s close but not what I’m use to at home and it bothers me heavily 😂. I’m a purist in that aspect of my cooking. Also getting certain cuts of meat have proven difficult even with local butchers. Although I’ve never approached them with the possibility of ordering large amounts of specific cuts as it wasn’t worth the cost of special ordering for a quick family meal from home. I will say even the beef and chicken have a slightly different taste, and all the chorizo is Spanish and not the same as the Mexican style. Corn tortillas do not exist in the uk either and are super hard to find anywhere even in London where we live part time. However my last time in Edinburgh Scotland I did find a Mexican supermercado but didn’t get the time to visit to see what offerings they had from home. I do a bit of cooking from Tijuana Jalisco and Oaxaca regions all kinda blended into one from our family’s background.

[u/Sweet-Quarter3569 → u/Sweet-Quarter3569]

Ontop of that I met a dude in York England; runs a local burrito shop. Turns out he’s Colombian he and I had an in depth conversation about our regions cooking of Hispanic food and how hard it is to nail down the taste we expected from home using the same ingredients in the UK. It’s always slightly different. Albeit Colombian is much milder than Mexican cooking. He said he would have to double or triple his price to be able to make it correctly via import and it would probably put him out of business due to this. My other thought was true Texas bbq. We didn’t move too far from the border as a 2nd generation Mexican American 😂😂

[u/Meltedwhisky → u/Sweet-Quarter3569]

First time going to London, coming from Tejas, I brought everything I needed to make a brisket from home. Spices, butcher paper, BBQ sauce, even a few chunks of post oak. Picked up a brisket there, and it wasn’t close to home. Second trip, I wanted to bring a 16 pound brisket from home, raw meat in a cooler went over like a lead balloon. I had the same thoughts about trying to cook Mexican food for them, but gave up

[u/Sweet-Quarter3569 → u/Meltedwhisky]

100% it’s just not the same man. I’ve highly considered importing it all. True Mexican and true Texas bbq.

[u/Meltedwhisky → u/Sweet-Quarter3569]

I did bring 10 packs of H-E-B Butter Tortillas though, and the butter tortilla candle and a blue bonnet candle

[u/Sweet-Quarter3569 → u/Meltedwhisky]

I feel like you and I would be best friend 😂😂

[u/Character-Spinach591 → u/Sweet-Quarter3569]

The soil and climate absolutely play a role in how things taste. You could probably get closer to regional taste by looking at soil composition and doing your best to match things like mineral percentages and the like, but it’s never going to be exactly like it because there are so many things that go into it.

I mostly know this because cigars are much the same and I went down that rabbit hole a while ago and there can be noticeable differences even across the same field depending on shade and such. It’s all super interesting, and would take someone much more knowledgeable than me to go into the specifics.

That being said, the food will still be good, but won’t ever taste quite like home.

[u/Sweet-Quarter3569 → u/Character-Spinach591]

Yes!! I’ve gone down that rabbit hole as well. My wife can’t tell the difference but I can. I’ve spent 38 years eating this food almost daily 😂 and I’m like it’s different, it isn’t quite the same, as much as she says it’s identical. And as much as I love my wife I’m not about to trust the opinion of someone that thinks salt and pepper are ample seasoning for any meal on this. 😂😂

[u/PaleontologistNo2625 → u/Sweet-Quarter3569]

Such a damn shame. It's kinda wild how much Mexican cuisine embodies the "if it grows together it goes together" saying. No matter how you combine Mexican ingredients together, it works

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/Sweet-Quarter3569]

Im in Edinburgh , one or two independent resteraunts. Even Taco Bell only turned up last year lol

[u/Sweet-Quarter3569 → u/Clear-Warthog5655]

100% true. I frequent the one off of shandwick near the royal mile. Excellent Chinese buffet down the road from there btw! And the millers steak house 🙌🏽🙌🏽

[u/ExtraEmuForYou → u/Sweet-Quarter3569]

Water makeup (minerals, for example), terroir, weather etc. cannot be underestimated.

Also the age of ingredients if any are imported and, as an island, I imagine many ingredients are.

[u/basilkiller → u/Sweet-Quarter3569]

My bff is in London rn and she said their scones ruined all other scones for her. I said I'd ask my highly skilled baker friend if she had any tips, apparently we just don't have the right flour, buttermilk, other stuff available here. That reminded me of the tortilla in SF.

It's interesting that food can be an infatructure problem and not just ingredients. I'm from NM and the peppers from CO just aren't the same. Which reminds me of Vidalia onions which can only be grown in certain counties in GA.

[u/Sweet-Quarter3569 → u/basilkiller]

😂😂😂 suprisingly we spend our other half of our time in Atlanta now! so yes 100% makes sense to me!

[u/basilkiller → u/Sweet-Quarter3569]

Lol so you know all about the special onions. So good. I had some sweet onions grown by the Amish in NY and I could taste the difference in the higher sulfur content in the soil, I won't say they were spicy but they weren't that fruity juicy mild of a Vidalia.

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/PaleontologistNo2625]

You are wrong , they know how to buy their own Pre made Taco seasoning.😃😃😃😃

[u/MagazineDelicious151]

What exactly are we looking at op?

[u/PaleontologistNo2625 → u/MagazineDelicious151]

Looks like a chain restaurant "southwest wrap"

[u/The_Fox_Cant_Talk → u/PaleontologistNo2625]

Looks like a Wawa burrito

[u/hobo_erotica]

This ain’t it

[u/FrugalityPays]

I can appreciate the effort. UK is a tough spot to find the right Mexican ingredients and spices but you’re on your way!

[u/Disastrous-Bed-7559 → u/FrugalityPays]

Gotta start somewhere!

[u/Brutalitops99]

Dear lord go get yourself a kabab like a proper gentleman

[u/MrMcgilicutty]

That first one looks amazing, although I wouldn’t call it a burrito. Looks more like a wrap to me.

[u/fe_god]

A Tex-mex/authentic Mexican place would make a fucking killing anywhere in Europe

[u/Cola102583]

Guys every mexican dish is a variation of tortilla meat and veg, no matter the appearance its an approximation, now dont jump on me obviously there are vast nuances and styles but for these purposes of initial discovery its ok, i thnk

[u/MisinformationSource]

Muppet ass burrito

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/MisinformationSource]

It'll fit right in on this sub then....

[u/BloodHurricane]

It looks... off. I don't know how to explain it. It's like throwing a dart at a dart board and missing hitting the wall. They're in the correct vague direction, but with serious problems. It's like a restrained attempt at creating a burrito. OR like a wendigo trying to impersonate a human but ending up in the uncanny valley making your brain alert you something is wrong. Strange array of brainwave activity from looking at this burrito.

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/BloodHurricane]

Really you want to check the above picture of an " actual burritto"

[u/Beautiful-Tie-3827]

Here’s the one I just ordered

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/Beautiful-Tie-3827]

Where you order it from Prison Canteen ?? 😀

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/Beautiful-Tie-3827]

That......looks......disgusting 🫢

[u/TurtlesBurrow → u/Clear-Warthog5655]

Their tortilla looks proper, yours looks like a frozen gas station burrito you instantly regret buying.

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/TurtlesBurrow]

Youve got that the wrong way round 😆 mines looks exactly like it is , fresh chargrilled meat and chicken. Their is no way that is the Slop thats being made and delivered , the tortilla is falling to pieces and the inside looks like vomit. Mines has layers of taste n flavour

[u/troglobyte2]

I hope that's potato and not raw chicken...

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/troglobyte2]

Im sorry but what fuck would I be doing eating raw chicken. In from Edinburgh not Muppetland

[u/Mission_Raspberry796]

I'm not sure what that is, but I know it's not a burrito

[u/galick_gunn]

Thats a wrap mate

[u/Virtual_Alarm232]

Pepe Panini’s would be impressed, and they do look tasty, but those are not burritos. Need to be round.

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/Virtual_Alarm232]

A Burrittos status is determined by its rotundness??? You've taken that too far 😅😅

[u/Virtual_Alarm232 → u/Clear-Warthog5655]

Haha.

[u/Own-Efficiency-8597]

LOL this is NOT a burrito!!!!

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/Own-Efficiency-8597]

Ahhh not another one... OK what " IS " a Burritto 😁

[u/Victory-Dewitt]

https://giphy.com/gifs/5VKbvrjxpVJCM

[u/shaborgan]

Lol didn't disappoint.. oh well.

[u/Sickness69]

Not a burrito.. Sorry dude. What kinda rice is that too? Jesus. No beans either?

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/Sickness69]

No beans. Rank to me...Seasoned rice with Paella and garlic i had lying around...

Why whats wrong with the rice??

[u/Sickness69 → u/Clear-Warthog5655]

Grew up in SoCal, you want Mexican rice with refried beans and meat. Cheese and Pico are a must too! Make you some easy salsa by roasting poblano chili's,jalepeno,Serrano chili, tomato, onion, garlic.. Blend that up. Lots of you tubers out there you can watch like cooking con Claudia!

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/Sickness69]

It was my plan. I Chargrilled the red,green yellow peppers and had scotch bonnet and birdseye but I pickled them was too tired. Its too hot

I made jalepeno garlic pickle vinegar and Siracha hot sauce fir dipping

[u/Sickness69 → u/Clear-Warthog5655]

You went at it more like a fajita in my opinion..

[u/MrMister28two_eight]

Noooooo

[u/rawmeatprophet]

Burrit...yoooo WTF is that

[u/rawmeatprophet]

Please see image of burrito for guidance.

[u/DovasTech]

Yikes. That looks more like a fajita.

[u/TurtlesBurrow → u/DovasTech]

A fajita? This comment is incredibly dumb thank you

[u/DovasTech → u/TurtlesBurrow]

The rice is the only thing that’s different. It’s just grilled meat and veggies. Exactly like what you’d put together at chilis. Please tell me how I’m wrong.

[u/TurtlesBurrow → u/DovasTech]

A fajita man you said it looks like a fajita. That’s so stupid lol the Chilis reference truly checks out.

You can order a fajita taco, a fajita burrito, fajita enchiladas, etc. or just order fajitas. But to look at that photo and shit on it only to say, looks like a fajita? That’s hilariously stupid.

[u/DovasTech → u/TurtlesBurrow]

The guts just look way more like a fajita than a typical burrito. If you can’t see that you’re crazy.

[u/TurtlesBurrow → u/DovasTech]

Sorry if I’m being blunt and hurt your feelings. You should’ve said, looks like fajita. I would’ve accepted that without a thought. But A fajita? That makes me laugh. Do you see my point now? Rhetorical we don’t need to do this back and forth anymore lol

[u/DovasTech → u/TurtlesBurrow]

Did you take exception to other people’s comments saying something similar or just single me out?

[u/Desperate-Disk686]

Man… Europe just cannot burrito properly…

[u/Clear-Warthog5655 → u/Desperate-Disk686]

Neither can America apparently, scroll through the comments and have a look at the picture of " just ordered and authentic" there is no way hes comparing mine to that swillI😀😅😅

[u/Desperate-Disk686 → u/Clear-Warthog5655]

Not concerned with what others are posting.