On Jun 11, 12:30*am, sf > wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 23:26:41 -0700 (PDT), "
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> > wrote:
> > On Jun 10, 7:45*pm, "Bob Terwilliger" >
> > wrote:
> > > Meghan wrote:
> > > > The only thing I have gotten at a restaurant that I have wanted to make at
> > > > home was the corn cake I got at El Torito. It happened to be the only few
> > > > bites I liked from the whole dinner, so I have no plans to ever return to
> > > > the restaurant.
>
> > > One of my coworkers mentioned El Torito the other day, and brought up the
> > > fact that they're damn expensive for the mediocre food they serve. I'm in
> > > full agreement with that. I don't mind paying good money for good food, but
> > > El Torito's food just isn't good enough to justify their prices.
>
> > I hated it. Their beans had bits of peppers in them, so there was no
> > non-spicy version. I cannot eat spicy food, so I always get extra
> > beans instead of rice when I eat at a Mexican style restaurant. So, I
> > had double beans that were edible, but not enjoyable. I also tried to
> > order a burrito with beef inside and no sauce on top, just cheese. I
> > got a dry burrito with a couple shredded pieces of cheese. And there
> > were beans inside with the beef. The only enjoyable part of the meal
> > was the 3 bites of the corn cake thing. That was really good.
>
> Oh, my goodness. *My Son in Law can't take any sort of heat either,
> but he doesn't tempt fait by eating that kind of food.
>


I've always been able to order non-spicy food at mexican style
restaurants. I was really surprised that they had no options
available.