Couldn't Get It Up...

(CGIU posts are designed to point out the restaurants that failed to satisfy me during my visit, thus, I think the title serves correct)

It's funny, I was just thinking these posts are probably getting boring. I figured I could only talk about delicious food for so long before it became a "same sh**, different day" situation. In the event that this true, today's post will be brand new sh** on a totally different day, thus the "couldn't get it up" category. Today's failure of a meal came from Mixtec Mexican Restaurant in Adams Morgan.

Looks good right? Blah.

I've been meaning to try MixTech for awhile now since they advertise themselves with actual pictures of the food looking all delicious. And I won't take that away from them, the food did look delicious. The taste? Not so much. In fact, not at ALL. But I won't start there, let's start at the beginning so you can really understand my disappointment.

We get to the restaurant where my friend Brandon and I literally walk into a room full of people eating. No person smiling, saying "welcome to MixTech". No stand with the sign that says "Please wait to be seated" or "Seat Yourself". No scarecrow substitute. Nothing. Just blatant disrespect. But I'll take it, I'll be nice. I walk over to the kitchen area and ask the first chick I see, "do we just sit down or...?" She tells me to sit and someone will be over. We do and we are left reading the menu for like 15, 20 mins. When my waitress comes to the table, it's the same chick I just spoke to in the kitchen and she goes "you ready?" (BEAT) You ready? YOU READY?! Have some courtesy and introduce yourself! "Hi, my name is Rrrosa and I'll be your waitress this evening!" No? Okay. We tell her we're not quite ready yet and she takes off. No "how are you?", no taking of drink orders, just no air of "my job is waiting tables and these people will probably tip me based on my performance tonight". Apparently Rosa didn't get the memo. Long story short, she finally brings us our food and the piss poor excuse for chips and salsa (looked like they shook all the flavor off of some Doritos chips and stole some day old pico de gallo from Busboys and Poets). I ordered a Yul Brynner burrito (the menu claims he like it) and Brandon had chicken tacos and they were both completely tasteless. Like TASTELESS.

It's Mexico, they have seasonings right? Somehow Taco bell is getting a hold of some, I'm not sure where Mixtec got left out.

At this point, I am the embodiment of "disappointment" At home, there's a restaurant near me in Dearborn Heights (Detroit) called Mexican Fiesta. Lucky for me, this place is one of the best Mexican restaurants in the city. They make their own chips and they're served hot out the grease with salsa. Did I mention they're hot? It's delicious. Seriously (in fact, post on them coming soon). But Mixtec? IT ALL TASTED LIKE MULTIPLE PILES OF NOTHING. In fact, without any intent of being malicious, I can comfortably say that Mixtec was the worst restaurant I've ever been to in my life. It blew me that I was loading my fork with delicious LOOKING food and tasting none of it. I should've eaten styrofoam, I'm sure it would have been cheaper. There's nothing worse than getting full off of nasty food. Don't ever, I mean EVER be fooled into going to MixTec in Adams's Morgan. There's nothing worse than EXPECTING highly of something and it being lower than your previously expected low! Not even in the ball park of what you expected. AND the service was bad. It was ALL AROUND BAD! That was like buying tickets to see Kanye West and you get there and Webbie's on stage. Singing some old song that was hot for a minute like 2 YEARS ago. You'd be pissed, right? In all, don't allow yourself to be fooled by the smiling white people in the window, it tastes like shit. Probably worst.