“Fire your soul” – Despite being a lot smaller than it’s next door neighbour Turtle Bay, it’s hard to miss Fuego with it’s bright yellow exterior.
Inside it’s equally cheerful and bright, with distressed, reclaimed tables and chairs, and colourful vintage posters.
Fuego was created by Columbian-born Gonzalo Trujillo who was involved with Bristol favourites Pieminister and Grillstock, and Spanish-born Esmerelda Martin-Rivera who was a founder of My Burrito that was previously at 7, Broad Quay.
Their Latin American inspired menu is packed with fiery and flavoursome dishes. The second time I went, last Friday, I had to try one of their burritos – and compare it to my favourites, Mission Burrito.
I went for the Bar-ba-cow-a burrito, with no sides, and we shared a portion of Nachos.
When we were ordering food, we started to order our drinks and were informed that we could get a free Sol with a burrito – which was great news, but I hadn’t noticed this offer anywhere in the restaurant or on the menu, so it seemed a little strange but it made us happy.
The food came all at once, which was perfect, and I have to say I have never seen Nachos piled quite so high! A generous amount of tortilla chips were topped with Guacamole, frech Pico de Gallo, plenty of melted cheese and black beans with sour cream on the top.
These were up there with some of the best Nachos I have had, stingey toppings is the thing that usually lets them down, and these had it all. I was only slightly disappointed with the small amount of sour cream.
The Bar-ba-cow-a burrito was a lovely soft wrap filled with smoked beef braised with Mexican spices and dark beer, and the usual rice, beans, cheese, sour cream, salad and pico.
Bar-ba-cow-a: Burritos can’t help looking messy, but they taste so good!
It was smaller compared to a Mission Burrito, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing! The meat was delicious, full of flavour, and the choice of sauces to add was great.
I would definitely go to Fuego again, it’s burritos really don’t compare to Mission Burrito but that’s okay because I can’t wait to try their empanadas and quesadillas!
Verity May eats 