Berlin, City of...Burritos?

We visited the beautiful city of Berlin last weekend, and a friend (and former student) of ours who lives outside of the city knows how much I love my Mexican food. I haven't had any good Mexican food in eight long months because I've found it's just not worth it to try in Europe. The biggest problem is cheese--it's hard to find the right cheeses to go with Mexican food here, and Emmentaler just doesn't cut it. Even homemade Mexican is difficult; my mom brought me several cans of green enchilada sauce at Christmas, but when I made the enchiladas with Gouda, it just didn't taste right.

So back to Berlin...Katie told me about a place where you can get "real burritos," and so we tried it. And guess what? They were "real California burritos!" Woohoo! So, if you're ever in Berlin and are craving one of those good ol' gigantic burritos from home, go to D0lores on Rosa-Luxemburg Strasse near Alexanderplatz! (And make sure to try their "lemonades." That day they had lime/cinnamon and strawberry/tamarind lemonades. Mmmmm...)

My burrito had lime-flavored chicken, "Spanish" rice, pinto beans, real monterey jack cheese!, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, and lettuce, all on a real flour tortilla...yum!