# I didn't get what I paid for! Or, that was \*not\* a burrito! (lame rant) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-what-i-paid-for-or-that-was-not-a-burrito-lame-rant/222985 "2004-01-06T12:22:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-what-i-paid-for-or-that-was-not-a-burrito-lame-rant/222985/21 "2004-01-07T12:25:04Z")
> [@](#): > > _Lynn Bodoni said_: > My day is not complete unless someone has damned me. Thank you. It’s about 5:20 AM here, so I have a good start on the day. Glad to be of service. How come you’re up so early?? Being up at 5.20 is worthy of a pit thread of its own! ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-what-i-paid-for-or-that-was-not-a-burrito-lame-rant/222985/22 "2004-01-07T17:13:43Z")
Man, the only thing worse than anticipating a burrito, paying for it, and getting crap, is seeing the word “Burrito” appear every time you open the BBQ Pit, and developing cravings for that irresistable delicacy that at first are possible to ignore, but after a day of having the word SCREAM at you all the time cause you to obsess at the very thought … I’m outta here. There’s got to be a Taco Bell around somewhere … ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-what-i-paid-for-or-that-was-not-a-burrito-lame-rant/222985/23 "2004-01-07T20:02:11Z")
I ordered sweet and sour chicken from a mall chinese food place. I got a paperplate with microwaved Chicken Nuggets (like straight from mcdonalds) and a few stipes of red sweet and sour sauce from a sqeeze bottle. nasty. ---
**Author:** ![Morrigoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Morrigoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrigoon)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-what-i-paid-for-or-that-was-not-a-burrito-lame-rant/222985/24 "2004-01-07T20:45:17Z")
Try eating turkey dogs on whole wheat (worse: Roman Meal) buns while Chano’s is lurking meanacingly near by. We get the seriously authentic stuff here in downtown L.A. Chano’s even serves menudo once a week (okay, ew.) ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-what-i-paid-for-or-that-was-not-a-burrito-lame-rant/222985/25 "2004-01-08T01:21:28Z")
Menudo I haven’t heard of… dare I ask? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-what-i-paid-for-or-that-was-not-a-burrito-lame-rant/222985/26 "2004-01-08T01:37:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by phraser \* > \*\*Menudo I haven’t heard of… dare I ask? \*\* [No.](http://www.vivacincodemayo.org/recipe.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-what-i-paid-for-or-that-was-not-a-burrito-lame-rant/222985/27 "2004-01-08T02:19:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by phraser \* > \*\*Menudo I haven’t heard of… dare I ask? \*\* [Good lord, no.](http://www.mcgillismusic.com/images/mdo%20DMS%20video.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-what-i-paid-for-or-that-was-not-a-burrito-lame-rant/222985/28 "2004-01-08T08:48:07Z")
Ok, the boy band scared me more than the tripe soup. Menudo the food sounds better than chitlin’s at least :eek: I’m sure if I were to be in Mexico on New Year’s Day I’d go a bowl of Menudo… just to make the cultural experience complete, you understand 😉 I’m sure the burritos would be a damn sight better there, too. ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-what-i-paid-for-or-that-was-not-a-burrito-lame-rant/222985/29 "2004-01-08T13:40:58Z")
I stand corrected, looks like the burrito was the highlight of your day. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-what-i-paid-for-or-that-was-not-a-burrito-lame-rant/222985/30 "2004-01-08T14:27:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by phraser \* > \*\ ***LlamaPoet** , I’m in Australia… > > The best Thai food I ever ate came from a restaurant called MaiTai. > > The best Chinese I ever ate came from Mama Vittoria’s Cafe. > > With those contrasts, I guess “Sinbad’s Kebab’s and Mexican” didn’t sound so scary.\*\* Wha… ? Adjusted for population size, there’s a greater level of Chinese and South-east Asian immigration to Australia than to the US. There’s a Chinese restaurant or two in every neighourhood, but you can’t find a decent takeaway place? Where are you living? I agree with you on the Mexican food though. ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-what-i-paid-for-or-that-was-not-a-burrito-lame-rant/222985/31 "2004-01-09T01:34:34Z")
I’m in Brisbane’s inner west, **Jervoise**. We have reasonable Thai, but for good Chinese I have to go into Fortitude Valley, which is a little far for takeaway… but the best chinese takeaway I ever ate was in a little town in western NSW, in a cafe called Mama Vittoria’s. I have no idea why it was called that (I think it was a hangover from the previous owner). Moving to Victoria soon, though. I heard that the food there was much better [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-get-what-i-paid-for-or-that-was-not-a-burrito-lame-rant/222985.md?page=1)