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I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been thinking about a Nieto\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s carne asada burrito for months. Which is odd considering that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve thinking for months about something I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never had<\/em>. Nieto\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s has won me over with rolled tacos, and their bean and cheese burrito<\/a>, so I had high expectations about the gold standard for SoCal Mex food – the carne asada burrito<\/em>. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6except that my current fave SD taco shop seems to be shrinking. A Peruvian restaurant, El AjiSeco, now splits the dining room with Nieto\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. The same archway separates the dining room from the counter, but now Nieto\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s patrons are relegated to the 5-6 tables just on the one side. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t speak for the deliciousness of El AjiSeco, but their menu<\/a> does look great. Still, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure when I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll ever get around to trying their food when I know delicious carne asada burritos are so close.<\/p>\n For my second visit to Nieto\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, I decided to try something different. San Diego and its Mexican food have a long history with the potato, but for whatever reason I usually avoid it. (Well, I know the reason actually \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the food I know is too good to mess with). I decided to try the San Diego Burrito<\/em>. It wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t so much of a mistake as it was just confusing. Five ingredients spell out the definition for this burrito: tortilla, cheese, chicken, sour cream and french fries. In other words: white, yellow, white, white and bland. Nothing stuck out as bad, just the combination did not offer any depth. Even pouring Nieto\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s delicious red sauce on the overwhelming whiteness did no good.<\/p>\n I left town again craving a carne asada burrito. This time however it was harder, since I knew the deliciousness I was leaving behind. Next time, I will probably try their torta (with carne asada), but really that burrito was great. Good ol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 fashioned San Diego Mexican food. Three simple ingredients, all done well. First thing I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m getting next time \u00e2\u20ac\u201c then I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll experiment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been thinking about a Nieto\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s carne asada burrito for months. Which is odd considering that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve thinking for months about something I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never had. Nieto\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s has won me over with rolled tacos, and their bean and cheese burrito, so I had high expectations about the gold standard for SoCal Mex food – the carne […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[30,32,31,33],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-san-diego","tag-carne-asada","tag-french-fries","tag-nietos","tag-potatoes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nSurprisingly, the carne asada burrito held up to expectations. Small, well cut, bite size bits of beef filled the tortilla to bursting. Guacamole and salsa fresca complemented the meat in good proportions. Every bite had depth, flavor and substance. The beef was well seasoned and the guacamole just chunky enough. That’s the reason why carne asada burritos are so popular: just use simple basic flavors that work well together. Get that right, with some spicy hot sauce, and you got yourself a recipe for success\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n