El Gallito, Capitol Hill
I honestly wanted to like it.
When we first moved here and I saw we were but 3 blocks away from a Mexican restaurant, I was excited. But then we read some not exactly stellar reviews and coupled with the fact that Washington state had not yet passed the indoor smoking ban, we decided to hold off. However, we are about ready to move away and we thought we could give El Gallito a try. Maybe we were too quick to judge based on a few internet crituques. Maybe it was secretly Very Good. Maybe we would become regulars, having initially shunned this controversial eatery without even giving it a chance.
I am hard pressed to think of worse food I’ve had in my life. Daniel Spils comments about “tough meals” had at this eatery, which is an understatement. I cannot believe I actually paid money to eat this food. In fact, it was so bad, they should have paid ME to consume it.
I am not sure what they put in the salsa. Maybe it was guar gum. I am not really sure what guar gum is, but it seems to intuitively be similar to the consistency of their disgusting salsa. Today I had lunch at Taco Bell with my mom when we took a break from house painting. I find Taco Bell to be barely edible, but I will say that I would take their single serving “Fire” Sauce packet anyday over the El Gallito salsa.
over 5 years ago
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