I do wish you could give zero stars. This was the absolute worst attempt at making a meal I have ever seen. Now, granted, it was an airport restaurant in Mexico and Guy Fieri's to boot, but that just meant my expectations were already low. At 10AM they were no longer serving breakfast so I opted for the "veggie burger". The menu claims it was made from scratch which I think means it was made from whatever was leftover on the counter from the previous order. Sandwiched between two greasy buns was a nearly raw sticky mass of congealed grains, maybe egg yolk and perhaps some beans. It was hard to tell. On top of the gelatinous mess I witnessed two inches of shredded iceberg lettuce and on top of that, dried, cold, french fried onions. On the side, I recall there being a pickle. I most certainly remember some fried potato like objects on the plate as well. Nice and cold, just how I like my fries.
After removing the pile of cold deep fried shredded onion and all but 1/4 inch of the lettuce I reassembled my sandwich and took the first bite. I've been a vegetarian a LONG time, so I get it that there can be a lot of variation in what constitutes a good veggie burger. But this, THIS, was really different and in a horrible way. When I am cooking I make a point to "test taste" along the way if it is a new receipt to make sure that what I am feeding others is good and tasty. I don't always get it right, but I try. Whoever created this monstrosity (I am talking to you, Guy) might want to take that to heart and give it a try. I was so surprised at how bad it was I actually took another bite. Maybe I missed some subtlety and my unsophisticated palate was just not ready for it. And oh, that second bite, if anything ever drove the point home that I was eating terrible food it was that second bite. If taste could be described as a feeling I was eating something, somewhere between mourning, anxiety and depression.
I seldom send food back, but I did this time. And typically when I send something back I still pay for it. I am a grown up. You take your chances and sometimes you just "don't care for it", but this was such a culinary abomination, such a gastro - nuclear gut bomb I could not in good conscience pay for it. To add insult to injury, when I sent the food back nobody asked if I'd like to see the menu and try something different. That was probably all for the best.
So, long story long - avoid this place at all costs.
PS - my wife had the tortilla soup. She managed to finish it. She was very hungry and said it was "pretty meh". read more