This assignment I got to do one of my favorite things and go
out to eat. For this project I had the assignment to pick a place and review it
for the reader. I choose a local favorite Mexican food restaurant Chile Pepper.
To get started on the is paper of course I had to go and eat at the restaurant.
I took pictures while there and talked to some other people that were eating
there. For this project I walked into the restaurant and took everything in as
if it was my first time walking in. I wanted to absorb all the details so I
could really have the reader feel like they were there. After talking to other
patrons and eating my dinner I went home to get started. My first draft I just
free wrote what the experience was, then I went back through to really get all
the details in it. This time I had to family members read the paper and tell me
things that needed to be fixed. After they were done I finished adding the
finishing touches to really make it a good review and add in my pictures. For
this project I learned how to really notice all the details about the subject
you are writing about. I also learned that I needed to work on putting in
commas in the right parts of the paper.
The Chile Pepper
Do you ever crave some real authentic Mexican food that
keeps you coming back for more? The Chile Pepper is a local business opened in
1954 by the Gutierrez family and still being ran by the same family for 61
years. (BG family, 2015)Chile Pepper has become
a place that people from Yuma come back to even after they have moved away. They have also become a top 10 burrito in America in many articles, including the Daily
Meal where it is ranked #8 and Fox news
ranks it a top burrito(fox news, 2014). It is open from 7am to 8pm
Monday-Saturday and serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. You can call in and pick
up your order to take home or they have the dine in setting.
As you walk into the newly renovated
restaurant, you see all the Hispanic décor that was made specifically for the
restaurant and the old sign from one of
their other restaurants La Casa Gutierrez. The walls are a beige color
and there are different pieces of furniture with items that have been made for
the restaurant and also chile pepper shirts you can buy. The staff are all very friendly and talking
with the customers as if they were old friends. I smell a wonderful scent that
I can only describe as the mixture of beans and meat cooking in the back. I finish looking at the menu that doesn’t seem to have lots
to choose from but, the staff is welcome to answer any questions you have and
give recommendations on what to get. To
get the full taste of the food they offer we ordered the award winning bean and
cheese, the cheese tortilla, rolled tacos, machaca burrito, and a tall glass of
horchata.
As we get the food you can tell it is not really a restaurant
but a nicer fast food place. Our food is handed to us on a tray like the ones
from school. Everything is wrapped up and on the tray with no plates. I tried
the bean and cheese burrito first and can see why it is voted so highly. You
can taste that the tortillas are made fresh and the beans are smooth and taste
amazing with the mixture of the cheese. Next was the machaca burrito, the taste
of the meat was good but, one thing that I was put off by was that the juices
make the tortilla soggy and makes a mess. The cheese tortilla was delicious it
had a good amount of cheese and you could taste the butter on the outside and of course the homemade tortilla. The
rolled tacos tasted homemade as well and were very crunchy. With all of the
food you have their homemade salsa. It is not a chunky salsa and is what I
consider to medium spiciness. The
horchata is a weird drink that’s made of rice milk, to me its tastes like sweet
cinnamon milk. Not a good combination in my opinion with the food and hot
sauce, but again something good that this restaurant serves
Esmeralda was sitting
at the table next to me ,and said that her family eats here at least once a
week sometimes more. She was having
rolled tacos and a machaca burrito, which she said “is the one of best places
in town for the machaca”.(Esmeralda, 2015) Her husband,
Albert, was eating Red Chile dinner with a cheese tortilla. He said” the red
chile reminds of his grandmas food”.(Albert 2015)
At the table on the other side of me I overheard a gentleman
talking to his family. Jim said he was visiting from out of town but used to
live here. He said that they are in town for a week and are leaving tomorrow
but they have ate there four times during their trip. He has his family that
lives in town freeze the bean and cheese burritos and ship them to him every
couple of months. He said” It is hard to find authentic Mexican food like this.”(Jim, 2015)
Overall I think that The chile pepper is a great place to
eat if you are wanting real authentic Mexican food. I enjoyed all of their food
and can’t wait to come back and continue
trying more of the delicious food. I think on my next trip I will get the red
chile dinner and maybe even a tostada.
Works sited
Esmeralda, interview June 2015
Alberto, interview June 2015
Jim, interview June 2015
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