Gauntlet served.. and failed

Last friday after a hot and long day in los angeles, me and bro decided to check out el tepeyac cafe, a local neighborood hotspot located in a small town east of downtown los angeles. This place is definitely better than advertised.. more so, legendary. We had no idea what and where this place was until we saw it featured in an episode of travel channel's man v food show (uh huh).. so we told ourselves, we had to be there. Their home style, mexican cuisine creations are as authentic as it gets and their house specialty is the "manuel special" - a 5 pound wet burrito made of chile verde, rice, beans, guacamole and cheese. This gigante of a burrito feeds up to four people but we decided to give at crack on a 2-on-1 approach. .. after a few hours, we couldn't even get up our seats and there's still about 1/3 of the plate left. In the end, we felt that taking on this monster burrito is suicide and we ain't that crazy (yet).. as we raised the white flag, the server handed us a to-go box and a plastic bag..

I know.. what a shame.




by jseeliwag