Upon walking into Freeman on Thursday evening, I was expecting to make and enjoy a vegetarian stir-fry. With your own skillet, you can choose rice, noodles, vegetables, soy sauce, tofu, peanut sauce, Sriracha, and so much more to fill your plate with a fresh and unique mix. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the new create-your-own burrito bar!
The line features hot tortillas and crispy and salty tortilla chips to fill with all sorts of fresh ingredients. There is Spanish rice, spicy tofu, refried beans, and sauteed peppers and onions. The choices from the regular salad bar include black olives, spinach leaves, diced tomatoes, sprouts, chick peas, and shredded cheese. However, the best ingredients Freeman had to offer were guacamole and salsa. The salsa had the perfect amount of spice, and the guacamole was good, but personally, I like guacamole to be a bit more chunky and not so creamy. If you aren’t that great at folding a burrito, you can always make a salad instead and use tortilla chips for dipping.
I filled a tortilla with rice, spicy tofu, guacamole, sour cream, salsa, shredded cheese, and black olives, but I went a little overboard. I couldn’t get the tortilla to fold, so I opted for using tortilla chips. I’m not complaining – it was still delicious!
The burrito bar will be available every Tuesday and Thursday in November, but don’t worry, because you will have the chance to try stir-fry next month! And just a reminder, Freeman is only open until 6:30 for dinner, and it tends to get crowded, so make your way there early!
Need help folding the burrito? See this video.