Saturday, September 4, 2010

papalote & mission pie

our excursion into the city started with the need to check out papalote. it was featured on the throwdown with bobby flay. the throwdown featured a burrito called the triple threat. i didn't order this burrito cause it has shrimp in it and if i'd got it without shrimp it wouldn't be a legit triple threat. plus it was a $20 burrito so i wasn't gonna pay the full $20 and miss out on part of the ingredients. needless to say i can't fully say i've experienced this restaurant in all its glory. what i can say is that the salsa was outstanding. i believe they haded some type of a secret creamy ingredient that i couldn't put my finger on. whatever they used it made for a perfect base to such a tasty unique salsa. if they sold their salsa in the store i would purchase it all the time. unfortunately my burrito did not leave such a lasting impression. i ordered the carne asada burrito and felt that there was no flavor to their meat. i was soarly disappointed with my burrito and feel that if the meat wasn't seasoned or marinated that they needed to drive home the flavor in the other ingredients. sadly they did not. the beans and rice were tasteless and i had to add the little bit of remaining salsa to salvage the last bite of my burrito. i wouldn't recommend this place for a meal but i would suggest you stop off for a snack and order the chips and salsa. after our afternoon of walking we treated ourselves to a small slice of heaven mission pie. i started with a slice of banana cream pie. it was so delicious that i couldn't help myself and i left there with an entire pie. i know maybe i should've started with the entire pie so i could've eaten a slice from that but i didn't and i wasn't even ashamed to stand back in line and tell the same worker that i needed a whole pie to go. a huge thanks to our new friend who took us on a walking tour of sf and showed us a few new places in the city.

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