"I'm hungry," I said to my co-worker right after one of our large task of the morning. Being hungry is nothing new, especially since I proclaim that I'm hungry at least 4 times while I'm at work.
"I know this place that sells burritos and they open at 7 AM," he said.
"All right... I'm so down," I said whilst dancing my happy dance. When you know you're going to fill your belly, I swear it makes you dance.
My co-worker and I drove to this little store called Horizon. We go through 2 doors and BA BAM! Enough cookies, pastries, and donuts to get your sugar rush and possibly give yourself diabetes. Nothing says you're Filipino more than being on the verge of shooting yourself up with glucose (diabetes runs high in the Filipino community from which I am a proud member).
My co-worker knew what he wanted and he knows my dietary restrictions (vegetarian and I like California Mexican food) and exclaimed, "You can get the papas con queso burrito... that means potatoes and cheese."
"I know what that means! 4 years of Spanish wasn't entirely lost on me," I said jokingly.
Maybe 4 years of Spanish was lost on me because I ordered in English... I didn't even have the guts to say 'please' and 'thank you' in Spanish.
The woman gave me my burrito, I ran to the company vehicle, took a bite of the $2.50 potatoes and cheese burrito and said to my co-worker, "Don't leave yet, I want another."
IT WAS THAT GOOD. Or I was that hungry and the burritos were that cheap.
I'm more enamored by the fact that they make their own tortillas but I've been told there are a number of El Paso restaurants that do, in fact, make their own tortillas.
I at least know what that means in Spanish - I have to go to more Mexican restaurants. read more