[lang_en]Do you have a favorite food in your hometown that you just can’t get–or doesn’t taste the same–when you travel?

I just got back to San Francisco after 2 months traveling in Europe, mostly living in Brussels, and I indulged myself in a Mission style chile relleno super burrito. The Mission District is a mostly Mexican and Latino neighborhood, famous for really great burritos, which, it is claimed, were invented here.

A chile relleno burrito involves taking a chile relleno (a large mild pepper, stuffed with jack cheese, egg-battered and deep fried or baked), covering it in a house-made tomato, onion and chile sauce, heating that up, then stuffing it into a large tortilla filled with your choice of beans, rice, and “the works”–guacamole, salsa, sour cream, cheese, and lettuce-and extra hot sauce, if you are me. Costs $6.95.

The burrito I found in Brussels didn’t quite measure up. And cost 11 Euros. Which is insane.

Then again, now that I’m back in SF, I will miss speculoos! (that peculiar, “ginger-bread-like” Belgian cookie). Maybe I just like saying “speculoos.” Nah–I enjoy eating them, too!

~Wei Ming Dariotis[/lang_en][lang_zh]Do you have a favorite food in your hometown that you just can’t get–or doesn’t taste the same–when you travel?

I just got back to San Francisco after 2 months traveling in Europe, mostly living in Brussels, and I indulged myself in a Mission style chile relleno super burrito. The Mission District is a mostly Mexican and Latino neighborhood, famous for really great burritos, which, it is claimed, were invented here.

A chile relleno burrito involves taking a chile relleno (a large mild pepper, stuffed with jack cheese, egg-battered and deep fried or baked), covering it in a house-made tomato, onion and chile sauce, heating that up, then stuffing it into a large tortilla filled with your choice of beans, rice, and “the works”–guacamole, salsa, sour cream, cheese, and lettuce-and extra hot sauce, if you are me. It costs $6.95.

The burrito I found in Brussels didn’t quite measure up. And cost 11 Euros. Which is insane.

Then again, now that I’m back in SF, I will miss speculoos! (that peculiar, “ginger-bread-like” Belgian cookie).  Maybe I just like saying “speculoos.” Nah–I enjoy eating them, too!

~Wei Ming Dariotis[/lang_zh]