By TONY CHEONG: This week, I take off my “Tony on the Town” hat and put on my “No Baloney Tony” one.<\/p>\n

You remember No Baloney Tony, right?<\/p>\n

For three years, I was the food critic for this newspaper.<\/p>\n

So I’m turning back the clock.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

By TONY CHEONG: This week, I take off my “Tony on the Town” hat and put on my “No Baloney Tony” one.<\/p>\n

You remember No Baloney Tony, right?<\/p>\n

For three years, I was the food critic for this newspaper.<\/p>\n

So I’m turning back the clock.<\/p>\n

And you can thank Opal, in the distribution department for Orange County Neighborhood Newspapers. She recommended I check out Daniel’s Burgers, on the border of Garden Grove and Anaheim. She’s never steered me wrong, so, after checking out a few YELP! reviews, I dropped in on a Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Daniel’s doesn’t look like much; a hole in the wall, as they say.<\/p>\n

Forget that.<\/p>\n

The food – Daniel’s specializes in burgers and Mexican  fare — is fantastic.<\/p>\n

We started with the menudo, which is served on weekends. A HUGE bowl arrived at our table with freshly-cut limes, diced onions and cilantro. To put it simply, it’s the best menudo I’ve ever eaten. A meal in itself. A meal for two, really. Zesty without being overwhelming, and the meat is tender and scrumptious. My only regret was that is was a warm day; menudo, of course, is a bowl best served on cold winter days.<\/p>\n

Next we order the bacon double cheeseburger with avocado. The avocado was fresh, the bacon was crispy and tasty and the charbroiled burger was cooked EXACTLY how I like it: charred (but not burned) on the outside, which gives you that wonderful texture, and tender on the inside. The burger is served with fries and drink for just $7.99.<\/p>\n

We were stuffed, so we saved our next item – the breakfast burrito, which patrons, who come from many miles away to get, rave about on YELP! – for the Super Bowl game.<\/p>\n

Daniel’s breakfast burrito is different than a typical breakfast burrito in that the eggs are fried, accentuating the taste, and the eggs don’t dominate the burrito. Instead, there’s a balance: two eggs, two sausages, two bacons and hash browns, with a side of robust salsa.<\/p>\n

This is maybe the most popular item on the menu. After taking my first bite, and making sure I had a forkful of all the tastes, I saw why. As I said, scrambled eggs dominate most breakfast burritos. Daniel’s does it differently.<\/p>\n

Eating it is like reading a great book. First chapter: You get the pleasing taste of fried egg, warm tortilla, homemade salsa. The chapters (tastes) unfold, so that you’re getting four or five different tastes in one package.<\/p>\n

It’s basically a traditional breakfast served as a sandwich, or burrito, but with all the zinging, comforting tastes creating a morning party in your mouth.<\/p>\n

Did I mention that the prices are ridiculously affordable?<\/p>\n

There are many, many other plates on the menu, but I’d recommend these. Daniel’s is worth going to even if order one item – menudo, a burger or a breakfast burrito.<\/p>\n

But I’ll be honest: The prices are so reasonable that I recommend you order three or four items and take some home.<\/p>\n

On top of great food, Daniel’s, which is family owned and family run by the Chominas, offers friendly service and – this is hugely important to me – very clean.<\/p>\n

I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n

Daniel’s Burgers<\/strong><\/p>\n

2054 Euclid St., Anaheim (on the border of Garden Grove)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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