Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Campus Eats

When I reported about wanting to try out the local cuisine I was
obviously referring to the local mom and pop burrito shack.
Naturally, this was an easy choice given my "history".

My review of Rolling Stone Burrito follows:

Apparently this was a relatively new establishment and you could tell
the owners got the idea from Chipotle. I even saw a Chipotle sticker
at the ordering counter. I had the "Cool Buzz" - ground beef, rice,
black beans, cheese, lettuce/spinach with a creamy cool chipotle
sauce. It was pretty good, but not any better than something you
would get at Cal Tor/Chipotle/etc. Usually i never order ground beef,
but on this day i decided to take the plunge. And while i wasn't
disappointed, I'm fairly certain I'll stick to steak and chicken when I have these rice-based burritos. The way I see it ground beef works better with the old fashioned refried bean burritos and your typical enchilada.

The cheese tasted a bit like blue cheese which made for an interesting  combo with the Chipotle sauce. And one plus was that they served Cheerwine and RC Cola out of the fountain. Bravo!

One distinct negative was that the salsa served with my side of chips was not very good. Too tomato based. That is all.

Cullasaja Falls

Pictured here is AI posing in front of the long cascading waterfall
totaling 200' feet in height located in the Cullasaja River Gorge.
Not pictured to the left is a huge cliff along the side of the gorge
where rockclimbers scale the walls to get down to the crick. The only
way down.

Accomodations with contingencies

Saw this gem in the backwoods near Highlands, NC. An incredibly ritzy
retirement/tourist community.