taco bell or miggy's?

i first learned about taco bell during my college days when one of our case studies in a management subject is about the success of the company and i remember hearing one classmate comment that taco bell is really good. being a semi-adventurous food lover who wants to try out anything new, imagine my excitement when i saw the "taco bell soon to open" banner in one of the malls here. b and i were probably the first ones to try out the place and it was one of the biggest disappointments i had in food. i swear i make better tacos and nachos than theirs. i wonder what's all the hype about it?

just this week i decided to give taco bell another try, this time ordering their burrito.

i am aware that a burrito is usually filled with just meat and possibly salsa but i didn't expect it to taste like liver spread wrapped in tortilla. don't get the impression that i don't like liver spread. i do like reno liver spread for my bread but this taco bell recipe just didn't work for me. i almost didn't wanna taste another burrito ever again but my b convinced me that there's this miggy's burrito that he really loved from his younger years.

good thing we found a miggy's stall in bf resort in which we decided to have for dinner a few hours ago. b ordered their super burrito which is filled with beef, rice and cheese drizzled with garlic mayo and hot sauce. since i despise onions, we asked the server not to mix the salsa in the burrito.

although i somehow had a difficulty separating the onions from the salsa, the first bite took me away. the super burrito is a burst of flavor with the taste of beef almost empowering the rest of the filling.

the meat is very similar to that of a shawarma. in fact, if not for the rice, i would definitely call it a shawarma sans the cabbage and cucumber. so yeah, it's good. really good. it surely made the mark of the burrito i had in mind. so much so that we'll be going back tomorrow bringing with me my own salsa w/out onions for the filling.

so, taco bell or miggy's? fastfood joint in a mall or mini eatery in the street? special or plain packaging? liver spread or real burrito? for me, miggy's is definitely it!

taco bell southmall
upper ground level
near main entrance

miggy's bf resort
along JB Tan Ave.
left side if you're from casimiro