From Lentil Soup to the Theater

Around 4:00 I started chopping up veggies for Lentil Soup. The prep could have not have been easier - I threw everything in the pot and let it simmer for 1 hour+

Earlier in the day my brother offered Plus One and I theater tickets they weren't going to use for a 7:30 show. I figured we'd eat and the head downtown later.

Around 5:45, I poured the finished soup into bowls for Plus One and I, we sat down, looked at each other and I asked "Do you want burritos instead?"

The soup was delicious. I know because I did have one bite right before I served it. But I just needed a burrito! So we put the soup in the fridge, threw on some jeans and headed out the door with the tickets.

It hasn't rained much since we moved, and it hadn't rained in SF for months prior, so the downpour was almost a relief. Something different.

We found parking halfway between the theater and Carmelita Burrita (that's how they spell it) - the city's ONLY taqueria. I was a bit thrown off by the menu. I hate when East Coast or otherwise joints put sprouts and whole wheat in something and call it "Californian" But we shrugged and ordered as close we could to a chicken burrito for him and a vegetarian (read: not veggie burrrito) for me.

The first bites were good but the whole thing was just wrong. The rice was overly seasoned, the lettuce was dark romaine and barely chopped, the salsa was too spaghetti-sauce'ish and drippy, the cheese was cheddar and they had added something called a ranch sauce which I couldn't detect unless it was the unnecessary spice I felt halfway through. The only normal things about the burrito were the black beans and the tortilla itself (which they microwaved??) I won't say I was disappointed, because I had reasonable expectations for a burrito in this neck of the woods. It sure wasn't El Toro, La Taqueria, or Papalote! And it sure wasn't Chipotle.

The show was good, if long. The SpitFire Grill/musical version. I had at least 20 personal interruptions when I thought maybe I should be job searching instead. This is indicative of how much time we've been spending on it.

We'll eat the Lentil soup for lunch tomorrow.