Getting that Chunky Feeling at King Burritos

I don't understand how you can search for the best burrito by trying vegetarian burritos. That's like searching for the best New York pizza when you're on a gluten and dairy-free diet; it's a like asking a blind man to rate art galleries.

It's perfectly reasonable to search for the best vegetarian burritos, but that is not the same thing as finding the best burritos overall.

Maybe I'm just bitter because all the burritos in Toronto suck, as compared to where I grew up (in California, where burritos were invented). If you really want good burritos, go here: http://www.costena.com/ .

I might long for Mission style burritos too but I don't think it's fair of you to assume that meat burritos are better than veggie burritos. If someone else did this and all they compared was steak and chicken burritos wouldn't that pose the same problem?

Veggie burritos aren't necessarily better than normal burritos; they're just a different category. Your tagline should read "... where I attempt to discover Toronto's best veggie burritos."

It is not as if the meat burrito wouldn't just taste like the veggie burrito with meat in it.

The taste of meat never adds anything.

Actually, Ben, I beg to differ. You can rate the quality of the meat, you can see if the meat is ground or chopped. You can compare if it's nicely seasoned in a delicious sauce(like at Quesada)or just au jus or grilled (like at Burrito Boyz). A similar thing can be done with the chicken. There are a lot of things to taste and evaluate if you add one more variable (meat) to the search.
And yes, I agree that it should be titled "the search for the best veggie burrito in town".
For a good comparison of different fillings in the same burrito place, look at my review of Big Fat Burrito, we went and bought one burrito of each kind, and then dissected them (before eating them).

Aaron has it right. Proper carne asada burritos are made with flank steak, which is extensively marinated. Sour cream, rice, onions, beans and peppers all feature prominently, along with salsa and perhaps hot sauce. That's a burrito. I don't know what in the hell something stuffed with cauliflower and mushrooms is - I'd call it a "Cauliflower and Mushroom Wrap". For sure there's no place in California or Mexico where you can order "a burrito" and get anything which includes cauliflower and mushrooms.

I appreciate that some people are vegetarians. Eat whatever you want. But please understand that you are eating something that is quite different from what most of the world calls "a burrito".

As a side note, if anyone were to open a place that served true California burritos, all the rest of the burrito places in Toronto would go out of business. It would simply be impossible to eat a true California burrito and then return to what Toronto currently offers. I keep waiting for someone to do it.

I've been looking for Toronto's best burrito as well, although I've been focusing on steak burritos as per my preference. I think Tim's doing a good job here of going after the less conventional burrito types.

After all, if a burrito joint is able to produce a good veggie burrito by using quality ingredients and by paying attention to the texture of the veggies aren't they more likely to put the same kind of attention to detail into the standard chicken or steak items?

I've tried the steak burrito at King Burrito and it was GOOD. I liked it a lot more than Burrito Boyz or Burro Burrito with their excessive sauces and long wait time, but yeah, if you're going to compare everything to Taqueria Cancun then what would even be the point?

Well, in all honestly I think the best burritos are fish or shrimp burritos. Just like the best tacos are fish tacos. In seeking out the best burritos I try to find the fish ones but most of the burrito places in this city don't sell them...so veggie it is....But stay tuned for some more burrito reviews as I'll have some that aren't filled with mushrooms.

Burrito Boyz has both halibut burritos and shrimp burritos.
Fish tacos are only eaten in the northwest part of Mexico, the one that is close to California (specifically, they were invented in Ensenada, they're eaten with cabbage, not lettuce). That's why people who have been to California know them. No one else in Mexico eats them. The rest of the country eats beef or pork tacos. But if you really want to eat like the majority of Mexicans, eat rice and beans. People are so poor that's all they can afford.

Fish tacos in Ensenada are amazing. You stop by a roadside stand and they deep-fry up some angelitos or manta ray or whatever and it's phenomenal. I've never had anything nearly as good in the US or Canada. The fish tacos I had in San Diego last week were unremarkable. Although there is an excellent fish taco place in Seattle (http://www.aguaverde.com/), it's a very different style.

I've never seen the point of having a fish burrito --- all the dough and the other ingredients overwhelm the flavor of the fish. Better to keep it simple with fish.

Hi, I'm the manager/cook for Burrito King. Thanx for the good reviews. I have recently renewed the recipe for the veggie burrito. I myself think a burrito should have meat in it so I've been trying to make the veggie burrito taste as good, if not close to our good old fashioned shaved steak burrito. I fry a little bit of garlic and onions with some olive oil and add oven baked potatoes with some spices and fry it with the garlic/onion mix. And serve it with black refried beans for more flavor. It's really good. Also, the overhead for fish/shrimp is too high, that's why we don't have it. Our steak is grilled with lots of seasoning but our chicken is cooked traditionally in chipolti sauce. We actually use (Chicken Tinga) for our chicken in burritos. Come to our restaurant. So I can get a raise. :)Than I'll expand the menu.