Burritos are Magical

There isn’t any reason not to like burritos, but for truth’s sake, I could only hate the fact that I hadn’t met it any sooner. 

I was six when I had my first burrito. At this age, I couldn’t care for meals that had rice in them nor beans! I loved cake and so much of the sweet stuff that I’d barely eat anything that my mother would feed me, but then, there it was. A “meat-lovers” burrito full of juicy chunks of chicken and beef, a cornucopia of savory fillings, and some of the best homemade guacamole I’ve ever had in my entire life.

I was petrified at first, but then I took a bite and from then on, this six-year-old wanted more. 

Suffice to say, I did not get more. Being six and packing weight would tell you that I had to go through some of the worst weight transformations that changed my entire health lifestyle. I had to stop eating sweets or anything that had way too much fat in them, including meaty burritos.

Thirteen years later, I met this cool Korean dude who became one of my biggest best buddies in the world, and he brought me over to this place called Señor Kimchi which was pretty famous among POCs and their families. 

Mind you, I haven’t had burritos in over a decade, so this was obviously running through my mind right now: I Need To Have This Burrito.

Luckily, my best buddy told me that they were selling this really neat fusion burrito that had bulgogi beef in it and some kimchi on the side. I tried it out and for a while, I was pretty much enjoying myself until I actually got to the part of the burrito that had some of the beef and kimchi.

I felt like I was brought back to the night when I was six. I felt my youth rejuvenate and the angels sang for me as the prodigal son had finally returned. The king hath returned.

I had three more burritos after that and have been going back to the place every other week. It became my go-to-food for dates (some had my heart broken), my comfort food for my anxieties and all of that. 

Fast forward to 2021, I still love burritos and the way they make me feel so nostalgic and at least a bit happy of a childhood that had so much trauma to dig through. It became my comfort food, and to this day, I don’t really know what I would be eating on the low days. 

I guess burritos really are magical!