Wrap, Burrito or Egg Roll?

...quick check. I looked at a few menus (no mention) and I honestly can never remember seeing them on a Chinese menu when I used to go to restaurants (pre Covid). I think they are American Chinese so not a traditional Chinese thing in China or the UK.
 
I like burritos, I like egg rolls, but I generally don’t like wraps, and around here, it’s been the trend to wrap anything and everything in a 🤬 flour tortilla and call it a wrap. I’m half-expecting to find a chicken noodle soup wrap one of these days.
 
Morning Glory said:
Increasingly, the trend is happening here. I personally don't like wraps of any sort (too much bread stuff, too informal and/or too messy to eat).
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I like very thin wraps, like flour tortillas. Not my 1st choice generally but I'll eat them.
 
kaneohegirlinaz said:
Ooh, Chimichanga!!!
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Yeah, delicious, depending on who is making it. There is one restaurant here that makes them well with thin, crispy shell and delicious filings, but I have been to a few where they were pasty, soggy, thick pieces of dough wrapper, more dough than contents (and the contents were bland). Bleck.
 
Where I live, these two words have very different meanings and if you ask for one and someone gives you the other, you're going to be disappointed. A "wrap" around here is a variation of a typical deli sandwich, only instead of being between slices of bread, its wrapped up in some kind of flatbread. You can pretty much take any sandwich and convert it to a wrap just by changing what kind of starch is used to hold it together. Just like a sandwich, its fillings may be hot or cold.

A "burrito" on the other hand is very specifically something Mexican or Tex-Mex. It's typically folded (rather than wrapped) and so it's closed on all sides. If you cut one in half, yes one side is open, but its still a different shape versus a rolled wrap.
 
I make breakfast "burritos" occasionally that have absolutely nothing Tex-Mex inside (eggs, cheese, bacon). The only thing that makes them a burrito is the flour tortilla. I know some people like to put salsa inside but I don't like tomato products with eggs.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
I make breakfast "burritos" occasionally that have absolutely nothing Tex-Mex inside (eggs, cheese, bacon). The only thing that makes them a burrito is the flour tortilla. I know some people like to put salsa inside but I don't like tomato products with eggs.
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I make those a lot, though I do include the salsa. I love tomatoes and eggs!
 
JAS_OH1 said:
I make breakfast "burritos" occasionally that have absolutely nothing Tex-Mex inside (eggs, cheese, bacon). The only thing that makes them a burrito is the flour tortilla. I know some people like to put salsa inside but I don't like tomato products with eggs.
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If you go to a real taqueria down here, or in the Southwest, you can get some good Mexican breakfast burritos. Instead of breakfast sausage, they will often have chorizo (Mexican type) or Machaca, a seasoned pork or beef mixture that is often accompanied by eggs in some form. If you go to a good taqueria, they may or may not speak English, but the food will be good.

CD
 
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