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so Wendy's they are finally back at it with a new release they're one of those
establishments that periodically put some items out here and there they're not one of
the most frequent releases of items as far as the fast food valm is considered but they do
have the occasional release and this is their latest one I will admit when I saw this one
and I say this without any sort of exaggeration or sarcasm and then I looked and other people were
saying the exact same thing so I realized at this point for once it just wasn't me
I saw the picture of this I saw the ad and obviously when you see the advertisement for
the fast food item I think we all understand this you have the entire expectations versus
reality dilemma where it's like they'll make the item look obviously as appealing as possible and
then what do you get in reality right you get this burger that looks like someone just sat on
it or something and that's just the way it goes I think we come to expect it but when I saw the ad
for their new loaded nacho cheeseburger I thought wow huh I mean it looks how it looks I have what
what can I say where they made this thing look when I saw it anyway I thought to myself
this looks like that that Krabby Patty that was in the SpongeBob episode where they tried to kill the
health inspector and uh I mean I swear it looked like that I thought to myself this looks like the
The Nasty Patty from SpongeBob and uh sure enough I got it I took a look I thought yeah it actually
does this is what it actually looks like and uh then I looked online and that's when I realized
yeah other people are saying that too so it's not like I just hit my head and I'm thinking this is
actually what it looks like now just because it may look like something that's been sitting in
a dumpster for a week or two doesn't mean that that's obviously how it tastes as a matter of
fact some of the feedback I've seen about this item online is actually generally positive so
you know you can't judge a book by its cover but in the end I got it I'll try it out and
if it's good it's good if it's bad it's bad and that's really all that there is to it so
appearance aside here's the important thing one is actually on it and then we'll see how
it looks and then of course what it tastes like so it's available for eight dollars just as the
sandwich itself the loaded nacho cheeseburger again from Wendy's and obviously it has this
sort of Southwestern Flair to it that's how they describe it as being it comes with a
quarter pound of beef now granted you can get it as the single you could get it as a double or of
a triple I got it as the single and again each single comes with a quarter pound of their beef
American cheese it has corn tortilla strips on it a spicy chipotle sauce for again a little bit
of heat right there it has poblano queso lettuce tomato and it comes on a jalapeno cheddar bun so
again the whole point of this is to be cheesy supposed to still be the standard Burger but
again with that extra cheesiness a little bit of Southwestern Flair and again a spicy kick
likewise for the price of eight dollars and just for the burger itself so no sort of meal deal just
a sandwich this is the price that you're getting so you know it is what it is at this point do I
like the price no I don't not at all but it's what you come to expect at this point in time
so looking at it around you know just at the wrapping very very standard looks uh just like how
you'd expect a regular burger of theirs to look but unraveling it is when you really notice it
because I did take a peek at this earlier just to make sure I got the right thing after that
run in with the Burger King the other week so thankfully the order was correct this time around
so this is what it looks like and I'm going to adjust to the life just like that so that it's not
Overexposed of anything
but there you have it so
you can see right there bun and uh has I guess a little bit of everything
as described you could definitely see the sauce good helping of that
tomato the lettuce some of those are the strips right there the corn tortilla strips
taking a look under the bottom bun nothing really there just a beef Patty and then debuning it
again leafy lettuce the tomato
I think it has all the ingredients it looks like it does anyway
and now I got the light and once again
but yeah as far as you know the Aesthetics are concerned and granted that's only part of the
story not the most aesthetically pleasing uh burger at least in my opinion far from it quite
frankly I mean it might not look all that bad but uh it certainly conjures up amusing imagery
in my case anyway but uh nonetheless see what it tastes like I could definitely smell I could
definitely smell the queso that's probably the most prominent note right right now that I could
actually smell so we'll see what it tastes like again eight dollars in price so let's give it a
shot see if it's any good or not the loaded nacho cheeseburger from Wendy's is going in
foreign
just imagine
it's right out of the blue there's like this giant military parade for all the fast food mascots
and they're all out there they're marching down the street wearing like this armor and they've
got their their heads held high wouldn't that be a sight to see I think I think it would be anyway
I know a lot of people want to see the eating segments so I left this one in but uh sometimes
I think they're a waste of time to be honest you know because it's just me sitting here
just nibbling away at it for five minutes not saying we're really doing anything just drags
out the video but I know people like them oh I'll take one more bite and then that'll be that
so I don't know how well the sound was I don't know what um you know can necessarily be discerned
sometimes I know this can be though where maybe you were able to hear some of that crunchy
um some of that crunch as I was eating this now thankfully this time around it wasn't my
molars shattering so that's the good news at least or maybe it was and I'm just powering
through it and I'm just pretending that wasn't the case but I'm I'm pretty sure it's not that
this time around at least thankfully when it comes down though to these sorts of of items
all the ingredients you know they have their strengths and their weaknesses and there are some
that are more discernible and more prominent than others and texturally the crunch that I noticed
from those corn tortilla strips uh was was one of the most noticeable characteristics of this
and maybe you were able to notice it too again I'm not 100 sure but if anything I understand
that there's supposed to be a crisp feminist to it but it's almost to the extent where it's
almost too crispy at least in conjunction with all of the other ingredients now as far as what
the item appears you know it might look like one thing but it tastes totally different and I could
definitely and easily see why a good number of individuals hold this item in higher regard
that's not to say that oh yeah this is the most authentic Southwestern Cuisine I've ever seen in
my entire life because I wouldn't even be close to the truth but does it have some unique flavor at
least especially well when you're going over to a Wendy's and you're getting this burger from a
fast food place absolutely absolutely it does I think that they were looking to give this a
little bit of a spicy kick especially I notice also that chipotle sauce that is still leaving a
little bit of a spicy aftertaste in my mouth which is good I think that's what they were hoping for
same thing the queso very potent very flavorful so I think they were looking for these certain
characteristics and I think they achieved exactly what it was that they were looking for
it still has all the Hallmarks of what you would expect from a Wendy's hamburger where it still has
of course the beef which is always I still like you know at this point in time that they have a
good amount of beef on the cheeseburger you know where it's not this tiny wafer
thin little uh barely noticeable sort of Patty that then they claim is oh you know it's it's
a quarter pound whereas you could it's got like the the thickness of this this napkin
I like that there's actual substance still to it and it's juicy it's flavorful and obviously
you notice it in every single bite so I'm very happy with the quality of the beef here that's
totally fine the tomato is is fine as well not as good of a tomato as that one Burger King Crab but
still a decent tomato I would say fresh I would I would notice for sure the lettuce one thing
about the lettuce it has a firmness to it but the thing about it is that it's actually a bit
uh chewy and that's just slightly unpleasant you know it's nice when the lettuce does have
that firm a very fresh crisp to it that's what you would hope for but when you take that bite
and it's like you could floss your teeth with it practically yeah that gets noticeable and not in
a good way and I was noticing that as far as the lettuce is concerned it's a bit unpleasant and
that's not what I was hoping for there where it says so so chewy I feel like I could just pull
on it and it wouldn't even separate so the latest quality was the lacking which is a disappointing
as far as the bun is concerned probably one of the most recognizable features of this sandwich
I would say the bun is mostly there for aesthetic purposes uh sure you know you could barely taste
some of that cheddar On the Bun if you take a bite and it's in large enough for concentration
but for the most part you don't really notice all that much it holds it all together of course I
did not notice any sort of spice with the bun that's obviously not to say that it hasn't any
spice it just hasn't any prominent spice and it mostly is a decorative piece so again rounding
back over to some of the other qualities of this sandwich most prominently you have the queso and
the spicy chipotle sauce they both combine very nicely give it cheesy quality to it but also and
again most significantly a spicy a prominent spicy note that is not overpowering it's not overbearing
you know don't get this thinking this is going to be the spiciest thing you've ever
eaten because it's not I would describe this more as like a flavorful spice
as opposed to any sort of you know spice that you're going to get at like a wing place for
instance and uh get just because it's really really hard this is just a flavorful spice I
think it accentuates many of the characteristics of this sandwich in a good way of course and
it's a long lasting spice as well so my I noticed that and uh all in all I think that that chipotle
sauce definitely helps tie this all together very flavorful you notice it in every single
bite and I think it hits all the right notes in that regard but that's not to say that this is a
sandwich that I'm just gonna sit here and and sing praises about it does have its faults you know for
the most part everything ties together nicely and uh the only issues that I have again are largely
they're not significant issues the quality of the lettuce could be better that detracted a little
bit from it and the other thing was this though is a tortilla strips they weren't all that flavorful
but boy were they noticeable as I was taking bites of this and I was noticing texturally
uh just how hard and crunchy they are and it was actually an unpleasant juxtaposition where
I'm eating this you know it maybe has a little bit of firmness but fairly soft I'm biting I'm
biting and then crack and then I just notice and there's uh just crunch overwhelmingly and you know
at first as you're reading this you might even think that did something just happen to my my
teeth because it'll come on SO forcefully and so unexpectedly that it's just like out of nowhere
you're just eating this and then there's this really really hard uh crunchy element to it and
it'll just take you by surprise a little bit and it's just unpleasant in there for God I'm not a
fan of that I understand but you know they're trying to go for I'm not really going to to
criticize them too much but I personally didn't really find that a very pleasant note and again
yeah just the quality of the lettuce and the bun mostly for Aesthetics not all that much flavor
wise but all in all this is Wendy's we're talking about this is just fast food and we can't forget
that I think for what it is it's something new they're definitely trying something else and I
would say the execution of this for the most part was a totally fine I would say this is a totally
acceptable sandwich definitely has some positive Pleasant elements to it and I think it's one of
those items that if you're curious maybe give it a shot you know try it out once or so and
then it's like yeah if you like it you like it maybe get it while the getting's good if
not you could say yeah I tried it out and now I could say I did and that's all there is to it
so in the end yeah there's been better but there most certainly has been worse so therefore I think
it's totally acceptable therefore out of 10 I'm going to be giving the loaded nacho cheeseburger
from Wendy's I'm gonna give it a 6.7 out of 10. not necessarily evocative of uh nachos or anything
to that extent but it definitely does have that sort of Southwestern Flair that is unmistakable
and uh in the end it's still a decent sandwich totally acceptable for what it is that's all
that I have here thank you for watching and until next time I'm your host David Port of the week