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Well, I'm over here at Taco Bell this morning and well it might not be morning for you. It is for me
I got here at 9 a.m.. And this is uh this is a major release
This is a huge release and everyone's talking about it. You could find that all the media is talking about it
There's the hype the hype is everyone's hyping it up. It's going crazy here
You could see the line already wrapped around the building. It's going nuts. I mean it was insane
It was like I was going through hey. You don't even want to know, but it was crazy all right
This is just hyped up beyond belief
You see Taco Bell is
releasing fries
Now you might be thinking haven't they already done that before I
Think everyone kind of had that thought, but I guess not I think this is a big first for them.
I always thought that they had fries you know or maybe they tried them out or did a test run at some point or the other
But apparently this is all new. At least what they're doing here is all new.
And I was able to get my hands on one of the very first batches of them on their national release today
They call these
their nacho fries
And you may ask well why?
Why do they call them their nacho fries? You know, are they?
Is it's not really like potato? Is that encased nacho cheese?
It would be very inventive. I'm afraid not, rather what this is to call them the nacho fries is
The nacho cheese dipping sauce that it comes with which is right here
See otherwise are your your your standard like medium, cut french fries with a little bit of a taco seasoning
Which I don't know, maybe you'll be able to taste it
Maybe not we'll find out in a minute, and then it comes with nacho cheese dipping sauce for you to dip it
I guess it should you wish to do that. And otherwise, they're gonna be marketing. This is like a big side
Item you know big side item you can get your tacos and I can get it with a side of fries
It's pretty interesting
How well it'll be I don't we'll find out the one thing that I'll be interested in seeing
Going forward is you know are they going to start releasing burgers now too? Who's to say?
I'll give them
I'll give them credit if they do that though I'll tell you that if
They go out of their way cuz they have the resources they have the the ground beef to do it. Del Taco already does it.
It'd be really fascinating since they're expanding into more classical fast-food with these fries
Maybe they'll try out some burgers who's to say be crazy if they do and I'd be interested though anyway
This is what it comes in a dollar just one buck for these you get a little standard. I guess carton of them. Umm
I like the packaging good aesthetic nice
You know nice little black box it comes in and you can see
the fries are
pretty crispy here
Pretty crispy lightly very very lightly breaded
lightly breaded but
Not too much. They're fresh oven fresh, and yes at first. I'm just gonna try the frying that I'll try it with the
With the nacho cheese, so it's Taco Bell's new nacho fries going in
These two are conjoined it's a medical anomaly
You know what I'm doing here, you know gotta get these napkins there we go
You know Taco Bell they know what they're doing with these I
mean maybe
About a year ago two years ago. I remember critiquing their items. I remember saying you know it was just one miss after the other
Taco Bell messed up again, you know
Remember every time it was like it was it was flipping a coin. It was a literal coin toss
and you know 50-50 and
It was a complete random sometimes. It was really good sometimes. It was utter garbage, but wait we Taco Bell
Maybe they changed up the marketing team maybe they change
I don't know what they did but lately they've been they've been actually providing some pretty good stuff
first of the stacker
For just a buck! They did good on that that was really good and now on these fries too. I
Haven't even gotten to the
To the sauce yet, but part of me thinks that one day these are even gonna be a mode of transportation
You know? I'm just I'm just forward thinking though and that I don't know if that's ever gonna happen, but I'm just predicting. That's all
These fries are pretty good though. They have that
Crispy firmness that you're looking for in a fry has the structural integrity
See what I'm betting at?
It could be like maybe a little bit of a combination of one of those little speeder bikes they sometimes ride around in
Star Wars and be like maybe
Like one of those things they did in Harry Potter with the Quidditch
You never know. I'm just I'm just saying it
I'm just getting it out there, and then when they do that you could say "Hey Revewbrah, he saw it all along!"
Just saying maybe they will one day. I don't know, but anyway these fries
Do have a nice crispy firmness to him which is good. That's what I look for in a fry
You know you don't like the soggy fries when they're just gonna floppity the flopping around
It's no fun of course to eat and of course you could get fries that are too crispy
And they're just burnt and that's no fun either
It's really you have to find that perfect middle ground where it has that firmness to it
But it's not overdone and it's not over burned, and they did a good job with this
Maybe it's because it's just the first batch, and they're really paying attention to how they should be made
I don't know
but
They did a good job in that they got the texture right,
They got the the taste right in terms of you know the potato eNESS of it. They did good on that I
like the addition of
The little taco seasoning too, it's a little salty a little flavorful, but that's good too. It's not overwhelming
It's not overbearing there's not so much of it that it gets all over your fingers and makes a mess of things everywhere
There's just the right amount to just flavor things up, so it's not just your boring fries
But it has a little bit of its own flavor that makes it unique to Taco Bell which is important
That's what they want. They don't want it to be like a
McDonald's french fry 2.0 ripoff they want it to be Taco Bell's own french fries
I think and they were able to certainly accomplish that goal
Now what's in a name of course the nacho cheese fries?
You know I haven't been a fan of their nacho cheese
and I like the fries right now as they are I don't think they need the nacho cheese, but then you can see a
ceremonial dish full of nacho cheese and
Yeah, we'll dip it in we'll see if it amplifies it you know, maybe it will maybe it will
I'm gonna be unbiased here
Yeah, I
would say
The sauce isn't mandatory now, it comes with it anyway. Whether you like it or not. It's up to you
Whether you want to use it or not
Sauce isn't mandatory, but honestly
I I think that for those of you who like cheese fries just like cheesy anything. This is gonna be a good accompaniment
You know the sauce is a little runny. It's really liquidy
But to me I wasn't very fazed by it. You know it's a nice accompaniment for those who like cheese, but it's not essential
It's like I'm saying like with some products where it's absolutely
Terrible unless it has that sauce this isn't one of those cases by any means they hold their own very strongly without any sauce
But I think if you kind of like cheesiness in things this will this will be for you
What takes it to that next level?
And for everyone else is just an optional sauce if you want to give it a shot go for it
But by no means as I said is it mandatory that
Being said this cost me just a dollar so I mean it's a really cheap side there
I think it's pretty cool that they're trying out things with fries and again
I hope one day I get to see some burgers from Taco Bell too - along with those fries
But all things considered it's inventive
They did a good job on it it tastes good and all in all I'm impressed by it
so I'm really I'm gonna honestly have to give him a nine point five out of ten on this because I think I think they
Hit a home run with these fries. I was coming in here expecting these to be mediocre and
Maybe a little bit above a piece of garbage
Ripoff of McDonald's, but you know what I'm impressed by it, and they did a good job
And I think this is I think it's a pretty inventive side of theirs too to go out and do and they did it well
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