A lot of people said they enjoyed the post about our $27 burritos at Pablo's last Fall, and I think pretty much everyone agreed with my statement that from then on we'd stick to making our own Tex-Mex at home. Well, I've decided to show you what a typical dinner at our own personal "burrito joint" looks like, as well as what it costs.
The picture shows you what it looks like - it's a lot of food, but good stuff! We each had two small fajita burritos with rice, beans and cheese, and tonight the choice of meat was beef. It was marinated in a tomato and jalapeno salsa that our friends sent us (thanks a bunch Tim & Erica!), and the cheese is cheddar that we grated ourselves (no Monterey Jack to be found here). The rice, believe it or not, is Uncle Ben's 2-minute microwaveable Mexican rice, and it's really pretty good! Finally, we sometime splurge for the refried beans they sell in the international section of our grocery store, but they're absurdely expensive - close to €4 for one can! Instead, we usually settle for dark kidney beans - a little odd, but we haven't found any black or pinto beans, and they actually aren't too bad with it. Here's what it all costs...
Beef: €3.50 - $5.25
Beans: €.64 - $.96
Rice: €1.68 - $2.52
Tortillas: €1.73 - $2.59
Cheese: €1.33 - $1.99
Pepper & onion: €.50 - $.75
Salsa: free!
Grand total for the whole meal: €9.37, or $14.06. Not as cheap as it would be in the States of course, because the rice, cheese and tortillas are all imported, but way better than Pablo could ever manage. Boy, they must be RAKING in the profits at that place!!
3 comments:
Fun post! I'll offer my estimations of the Swiss equivalent:
(1 Swiss franc = around 90 cents US)
Beef: 7-8 francs
Beans: 4 francs for refried
Rice: 2 francs for a big ole box
Tortillas: 4-5 francs for 6 (ouch!)
Cheese: 4 francs for cheddar
Pepper & onion: same - love the cheap prpoduce
Salsa: I envy your salsa! I make pico. 4-5 francs
Hope you're having a good day! (Your burritos look like heaven!)
Cali Prices:
Beef: $4.09 for 1 lb.
Refried Beans: $0.85
Rice: $0.99
Tomato Sauce (for rice): $0.80
Tortillas: $1.49 (14 BIG burrito size)
Cheese: $2.50 (monterrey Jack! :) )
Pepper & onion: $1.75
Salsa: free! (When Stolen from Roberto's) or $1.99
Remember-should you return to cali? $2.99 for the biggest greasiest Carne Asada Burrito WITH cheese, 24-hours a day. Yeah, I'm not teasin'... :)
Miss ya sis!
So cool of you two to post your equivalents on here - thanks for taking the time to do that! :-)
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