REVIEW: Burrito Boyz

As an avid watcher of the Food Network I love looking at Mexican food being made, when that overwhelming douchebag Guy Fieri goes to places that serve Mexican food on Diners Drive-Ins and Dives it all looks so good.  Besides the occasional jaunt to Taco Bell, and my review of Quesada Mexican Grill last year I rarely to never get Mexican food, and it seems in the last year or so burrito and taco joints have been opening up everywhere.  I've been aware of Burrito Boyz in Toronto for a couple of years, I've heard nothing but good things from Toronto people I follow on Twitter, it even got Jose Bautista's endorsement. I noticed there is one here in lovely downtown Hamilton so I walked down through the usual crowd of crackheads and reprobates (note: to be fair downtown Hamilton is a lot nicer than it was when I was a kid) to check it out.... it was certainly a lot better than Taco Bell (although I still do love me some Taco Bell).  By the way... doesn't that logo look like he's holding a big doobie instead of a burrito??

I went at lunch time so there was a big crowd of people standing around waiting, I wasn't sure of what the ordering procedure was so I kind of stood there like a dumbass for a couple of minutes thinking I was in some sort of line, but no I was just in a crowd of people waiting for their order... turns out you have to go to the cash register.  You had a choice of quesadilla or burrito and there was a whack of meat to choose from.  You can even choose to mix two, because as former Blue Jay Travis Snider taught us a few years back....

I took Snider's advice and ordered Chicken and Steak.  My boy Tyler World Peace recommends the Chicken and Shrimp.... that's something to try for next time.  Unlike Quesada where it is kind of an assembly line procedure, they call you up right away and ask if you "want everything" overwhelmed by the choice of toppings I panicked and said yes, good thing I'm not picky at all, the only thing I don't like is peas...why do they call them peas when they taste like poo??  Anyways looking at the ingredients online it turns out I ordered refried beans, rice, cheese, lettuce, tomato, green onion, red onion, black beans, green pepper, jalapeno, cilantro, corn, guacamole, burrito sauce and sour cream.  They asked if I wanted it mild, medium or spicy... feeling a little adventurous I got spicy, so there was their XXX hot sauce on it.  Everything was really good but holy fuck was it ever spicy.  I crushed my Dr. Pepper half way through the burrito and I had to get a Vanilla Cone from McDonald's on the way home to put out the fire in my mouth (PS I noticed that McDonald's is selling Onion Rings now! I was too full to try it but that is something I need to check out) The price was reasonable, the price after tax for a burrito and a can of pop was a paltry $9, which is what you can expect from most fast food places, a fucking Cheesy Gordita Crunch and Fries Supreme from Taco Bell will set you back $9 and this was way better.  There is Burrito Boyz all over the GTA, and there is one on Central Ave for all my friends in London. I would recommend it if you're in the mood for some Mexican food that's a step up from Taco Bell.

  Now that I am back in Hamilton and have quite a bit of free time on my hand I am willing to try any other place in town.  Send me some recommendations in the comments or hit me up on Twitter @HDH2112 

Big Brother Canada 2 Final Thoughts

The Goofy Newfie Jon is your winner of Big Brother Canada 2, winning a hundo grand, some shit from the Brick and a lifetime supply of Twistos.  Even though I had picked Neda to win, and I think she deserved to win, I am happy that Jon won.  I was actually a little surprised that he ended up cutting Neda and taking Slobrina to the final 2, it was obviously the right move but I thought he would've been loyal to Neda to the end.  Neda was obviously pissed but she would have done the exact same thing, and even said so herself.  It's a shame that Neda walks away with nothing and fucking Slobrina aka Slob aka Saburrito gets $20K.  I begrudgingly give her some credit to making it to the end, but that's only because everyone else thought they could beat her in final 2 and kept stringing her along.... and Jon's 6-1 victory proved that (only fellow Gremlin Rachelle voted for Slob).  I am happy that she will never be on my TV again.  If Jon had taken Neda to final 2 I think she would've won by a big margin.  They actually asked the Jury on some god awful morning show who they would've voted for between Jon and Neda and the majority put up their hand for Neda, so it looks like Jon made the right call! PS I can't believe both Jon and Neda had to ask Arisa Cox to repeat the question so many times in the third part of the HOH competition.  There is no way Julie Chen would have tolerated such shenanigans and she would not have repeated the question - don't fuck with the Chenbot.

Well that wraps up Big Brother Canada 2, all in all I thought it was a pretty good season, as much as I hate the Twistos Twists they aren't going away anytime soon, and we'll have to live with it, but ultimately Canada being the HOH back in Week 5 significantly altered the course of the season, and I don't like outside influences affecting the show.  Thankfully because of Slobrina's sheer awfulness Canada's jury vote didn't matter in the end, but if it was a Jon-Neda final it could well have.  There was no dominating showmance this season which is always a good thing....other than the little fling between Asshole Andrew and Alison, by the way I got major douche chills when Andrew was eye-fucking Alison for across the studio in the show last night.  They haven't announced if there is going to be a Big Brother Canada 3, or have given any indication one way or another, but I think it'll be back.  I have no idea what the ratings are, but I am sure they are decent for a Canadian show that's not on a major network.  Who knows I may even apply to be a houseguest... I don't exactly have a ton on my plate these days!  I usually follow the houseguests on Twitter after the show (follow me too! @HDH2112).  Most I unfollow almost immediately because they just re-tweet compliments, or are completely insufferable like Alec and Liza are from BBCAN1, but I still keep tabs on them through Twitter and it's kind of a neat little fraternity they have, they seem to get together all the time and party, I am not quite sure how they can all afford flying around North America to do so.  Who knows what will end up of these houseguests from BBCAN2, but I think Jon's going to go back to his buddies on the East Coast that are seen in the video below:

My beloved Julie Chen and Big Brother 16 will be back on June 25th, which is just a month and a half away!  Once again I'll be giving my weekly thoughts on that season...let's hope they aren't a bunch of racists and generally awful people like they were last year.  Until then I think I may write something up on the Blue Jays, and if McDonald's comes out with something new I'll have a review on that..... but you won't likely hear much from this blog until BB16.

Big Brother Canada 2 Week 8 Thoughts

Ugh, in an entirely predictable yet unfortunate move Adel has been evicted from the Big Brother Canada house.  I do see the logic in getting Adel out, he is the stronger player blah blah blah, but for fucks sakes Slobrina is slipping through the cracks, and she could well end up in Final 2 or even worse can win the whole bloody game.  I have to hand it to Adel, he was pretty down and out in the first part of the game, everyone he aligned himself with were eliminated...Paul, Kyle, Ika... yet he survived to make Final 5.  I liked Adel, his "Wake Up Canada" catch phrase got kind of annoying, but ultimately Neda made the call for him to go and he is in the jury house.

I guess the inevitable is happening with the Jon/Neda partnership.  They have to look out for number one sooner or later and I guess that time is now.  They are both in a position that if they go to Final 2 together the votes could go either way, which is why unfortunately that beast Sabrina is still in this game.  I want either Jon or Neda to win this game, I picked Neda to win way back in Week 2 (go back and read my week 2 post it's there!) so I want to be right (it doesn't happen often), but I won't be heartbroken if Jon wins.

Other Random Thoughts:

There was this to haunt your dreams... 

Of course fucking Twistos was all over that POV competition.  How much did this company pay to have their lousy product plastered all over Big Brother Canada?  Maybe Twistos will replace slop next season.

On the whole family/friends thing, I may sound cold-hearted but enough is enough with the fucking dramatics surrounding this.  They do this on every single Big Brother, you are going to see everyone in two weeks! They've only been apart since the start of March but they act like they've been apart for years.  Obviously I have never been cut off from my family for a long time so I don't know how I'd react.  I don't know who they'd bring out for me...maybe my Mom?  It would probably be my cat actually.  Most of what they had to give up was kind of whack.  Adel by far had to give up the most having to stay awake for 36 hours and he only got to see one of his idiot buddies.  Heather has to stay away from the HOH room? That's just lame.

I guarantee there has been more cliffhanger HOH's on this season of BBCAN than any other Big Brother in any other country ever and it is getting really fucking annoying.  They're not being clever or cute with these, especially when it is just a "before or after" competition like tonight.  When it was 9:55 and fucking Arisa Cox was still lobbing her softball questions I knew we were in trouble.  You know they will spend the first 15 minutes of Sundays show going over the HOH when we already know what happens.  Which brings us to........................ 

Holy puking shitting fucking puking fuck Slobrina won HOH.  I saw this coming 1000 miles away when Neda stupidly insisted on keeping her around because she is bad at competitions, well even a blind squirrel gets a nut sometimes you can never tell what will happen in these competitions.  They should have got her out when they had the opportunity (she's been on the block 6 fucking times) and now she is in Final 3.  Who knows what she does, I assume she'll put up Heather and Jon but what the fuck do I know.  In the end I still don't think she wins the game, it'll be like VaGinaMarie going to Final 2 in BB15.  If Slobrina ends up winning the game I will lose all faith in Big Brother and shit my pants at the same time.