Well hello there! Let me take a minute to introduce myself,
I’m Senorita Cilantro! I’m so honored to be able to write this Nacho Talk guest
review, I hope you all enjoy!
Let me start off by giving you a little background; it’s a
beautiful spring night, you walk in to a local pub with some friends after a
hard day’s work, you sit down and see nachos and plenty of beers on the menu…
heaven right? That’s what I thought, until I took my first bite of the nachos
at Corrib Pub in Brookline. Now, I don’t want this to sounds harsh, because I
have a soft spot for local businesses, especially town-y pubs, but criticisms
must be made.
Let’s start with bad: nothing was homemade, nothing. The
nachos came with onions, tomatos, jalapenos, chili, cheese, salsa, and guac.
The chili was canned (very obviously canned), the guac was most definitely from
Trader Joes (I eat that guac all the time, I’m very well versed in how it
tastes), and the salsa tasted and looked like it was canned as well. The chips
were good and possibly re-fried, but were not homemade. It was a pretty big
disappointment to realize nothing was homemade, especially for being a pub, I
mean, pubs are known for their homemade chili, no? One other disappointment was
that there didn’t seem to be enough chips for the amount of toppings, we ended
up using our forks to eat the remaining toppings that were so sadly left behind
by their chip friends.
Okie doke, now that we ripped that band-aid off, let’s move
on to the good!! I don’t know about you, but nothing ruins my nacho experience
like soggy chips, but Corrib Pub really delivered on NOT having soggy chips,
kudos guys! Another huge positive is that the nachos had really good layering,
including good distribution and melting of cheese, and although there weren’t
enough chips, no chip was without toppings. The size of the nachos were good,
enough to feed 2 people as a meal or 3 as a good size appetizer, and they are
only $10!
I have to say that rating Corrib’s cho’s is a tough one
because size, price, and overall distribution of toppings were stellar, while
the taste especially and the presentation were not so much, however, the
trigger must be pulled, so I would dub these nachos a 4/10 because no matter
what, it really does come down to taste and authenticity.
Senorita Cilantro, out!
