I was out for a walk a few weeks back. I needed to pick up a few things before heading home. I decided to stop into Laurel Lane Liquor. (I wasn’t buying booze!) I gathered up the few things I was after, including a Don Miguel breakfast burrito. I picked up the burrito so I’d have something to eat later that night at work.

As you can probably tell from the above photo, I chose the breakfast burrito. The packaging is simple, but the heating instructions are impossibly small to read. (They’re at the very bottom of the package in the photo on the left. But hey, it’s not like it’s all that complex to microwave a burrito.) As I was unwrapping the burrito from its paper sheath, the ‘rito started falling apart. Not sure if the burrito wasn’t structurally sound, or if my eagerness to experience its breakfasty goodness was too much. Regardless, I managed to get all of the burrito onto the paper plate. It was now ready for cooking. I placed it inside the microwave and decided on 2.5 minutes as a good warming period for the liquor store burrito.

(Before I continue with the review, I urge everyone to check out the official Don Miguel website. I’m not certain what’s going on in the animated Flash intro, but… mariachi!)

After a healthy dose of radiation, the burrito came out of the microwave nice and hot. You can see in the following photo how it had started falling apart during unwrapping.

I decided to rip it apart the rest of the way to make it easier to eat. The burrito was filled with the usual breakfast fillings: Eggs, cheese, sausage (maybe potatoes?).

There was also a slight hint of pepper. Nothing too strong, though. (However, it’s that kind of peppery flavor. You know, the kind you tend to find in things like liquor store burritos.) Overall, not a bad-tasting little burrito. It’s got nothing on the breakfast ‘ritos from Higera Street Cafe. But, for something out of the liquor store cooler - not bad.

What was bad is how it affected my digestive tract later that day. I’ll spare the details. Suffice it to say, in this regard, Don Miguel’s Mexican cuisine is truly authentic.

(Photos also available through Flickr.)