hello everyone this is Running on Empty Food review well hello ladies gentlemen and everyone
watching welcome one and all to this newest edition of The Running on Empty Food review
series I'm your host the report of the week always a pleasure to be here it maybe it was just a me
didn't seem like it was the smoothest introduction in the world but there's a reason for that I am
struggling immensely right now in even being able to contain the excitement that I feel for this
new Taco Bell release these days and I think you understand when I think of Taco Bell and I think
of I mean what do you even think of when you think of Taco Bell I think of quality I think of quality
I think of consistency I know that I'm in for something good right now because when has Taco
Bell ever even let me down but all sarcasm aside yeah Taco Bell does have their consistency issues
but I will say this the item that I am trying out today is part of a lineup that generally speaking
I have actually found quite enjoyable a few years back Taco Bell released their grilled cheese
burrito and the grilled cheese burrito proved to be enormously successful right off the bat
it was a huge hit a lot of interest in it to the point where this was one of the items that Taco
Bell actually put on their menu full time and it is still there they have on occasion though made
various tweaks and adjustments and this is one of them so for a limited time Taco Bell is now
premiering the steak and bacon grilled cheese burrito now with a name like that I know you
might be wondering what exactly is there to it right that's a good question here's what it has
the steak and bacon grilled cheese burrito has grilled steak lay Monon obviously nacho cheese
sauce chipotle sauce potato sour cream a three cheese blend that's all inside the burrito and
then on the outside of the burrito on the tortilla is a three cheese blend that is I guess grilled
onto the burrito hence the name and here's where the bacon comes in the bacon is sprinkled a top
that grilled cheese blend that is on the exterior of the burrito hence the name so you have the
steak on the inside bacon on the outside and it is available at the price of $7 for the burrito
itself uh but again you could obviously say well $7 you know that's that might be a little steep
especially for taco B but think about it this way can you go to a steakhouse and purchase a
nice steak dinner these days for $7 no you can't but you can go to Taco Bell and get steak that's
just as high quality if not higher in a burrito with bacon on the outside yeah that's a steel all
right now you know it is what it is I think there were some people that were actually a
little disappointed when they heard about this they were hoping that the bacon would actually
be on the inside as well as the outside but as far as I understand the bacon is
only on the exterior of this burrito but nonetheless all joking and silliness aside
going to try it out today we'll see what it looks like we'll see how it tastes and
that's all there is to it comes in the usual protective coding to uh keep it safe from the
radiation and now let's open this
up and here here it is I would describe this as being a very plump looking burrito and
you could see kind of growing a top like a um like a sort of moss is the
bacon so you can see on the bottom that's just regular tortilla but on
the top is where you have the grilled cheese and then that's the bacon mixed
in looks like it has a nice crisp to it all right and you could see for comparison to my
head it's actually a pretty decent SI burrito definitely has some Mass to it I'm going to
pause the camera real quick cut it in half so you can get a crosssection and then I'll try it out so
I'll be right back all right the crosssection is complete and you could see once again just for a
better view of it it's actually amusing it's like they sorted they actually sorted out the inside
isn't that amusing where you could actually see on uh right over here there's the steak you could
see the potato right there in the middle and uh that's that's that's a bit funny if you ask
me all right with that said you know what there is to it you know all that there is
to it you know what it looks like now I'll try it out and see what it tastes like let's give it
a shot the bacon the steak and bacon grilled the cheese burrito from Taco Bell it's going
in
all right having eaten at least a bit of this one thing that I did want to mention
and I believe I accidentally omitted it and that's my mistake I own up to
it this also has seasoned rice in it as well uh so you will not you will also notice that
so taking another look real quick at the cross section of the verito there you have
it and now into the assessment there we go I'm in Focus so good news Taco Bell obviously they
have their hits and they have their misses and we've I'm sure we've seen that so many times at
this point where I mean I think the last item I even tried out from Taco Bell was absolutely
horrible this on the other hand I am pleased to say is good the grilled cheese burritos at this
point in time I would say are generally one of the better items from Taco Bell at least that
I have seen when I bit into this I was looking at the crosssection and I was thinking to myself
just you know in my mind as I was as I was sampling this I was thinking to myself this
is either going to be one of those items where kind of going along with the precedent as it had
been all the flavors are going to combine nicely or it's going to be one of those items where I
could independently taste all of the ingredients and they essentially just kind of clash with one
another and exist separately and I was thinking I wonder which one it's going to be I'm pleased to
say that as I bid into this I immediately realized everything combines very nicely so when when I
tried this out what I could taste most prominently first and foremost were two things I could taste
the steak and I could taste the chipotle sauce and I think those are going to be the two most
potent ingredients that you are going to notice in the grilled cheese burrito the steak I am
pleased to say yet it's Taco Bell and I always kind of roll my eyes when I hear them mention
the steak but nonetheless it is still at least compared to how their their seasoned beef is I
would say their steak is still of slightly higher quality there's a little more substance to it but
it's flavorful it's juicy tastes good likewise all of the ingredients as I mentioned blend
together very nicely the season rice complement the steak quite well the potatoes give the whole
thing a little bit of structure at the same time their own flavor complements everything but the
thing that I was a little worried about which I am pleased to say had no adverse effect I think
when you looked in the cross-section you could see that some of those potato pieces were on
the larger side I was thinking to myself because I've had this happen before though essentially
suck up all the moisture and I won't really be able to taste you know any sort of sauces Etc
because they act like these glorified sponges but in this case they didn't they again provided some
nice structure balanced everything out and then I could taste the Chipotle sauuce which
is pretty strong as well and the chipotle sauce always has this nice sort of savory uh spice to
it as well it's just got a very nice character istic it complement the steak perfectly and I
would be willing to say that the chipotle sauce particularly is able to successfully offset what
might otherwise be some excess greasiness because otherwise you have the bacon on the top and you
have all the cheese and the various sauces and otherwise it could be quite oily quite fatty but
I will say that the flavor of that chipotle sauce is able to again offset what might otherwise be
a little too much it's also pretty cheesy now I will say though definitely not the cheesiest
item I've ever had from Taco Bell uh some folks I know they really like stuff very heavy on the
cheese but if you get this and you think oh yeah they say it's got the three cheese blend and it's
going to have the the three cheese blend on the inside it's going to have the nacho cheese sauce
and the grilled cheese on the outside all of the emphasis that you hear on the cheese as far as
the description is concerned in reality that was a mini earthquake that's not like that was
my foot hitting the tripod or anything like that surprisingly enough though it's not as cheesy as
you would think it to be now I personally don't have necessarily any objection to that and I will
say that because it still tastes good all things considered but for those of you out there who just
want an extremely cheesy item uh then you might be a little a little disappointed with this one
just giving you that heads up on a final note of course the bacon right how does that taste
can you really notice it at all now as you can see once again and I'll hold this up one more
time the bacon is solely on the top so there is no bacon inside the grilled cheese burrito but if
you take a look I'll even peel this off a little bit the bacon is mixed in with the three cheese
blend that's grilled onto it and you could see there are still lots of little bacon crumbles and
bacon bits on the top many little pieces that all combined together into the grand product the bacon
itself I found to be enjoyable especially from a textural standpoint it gives a nice little crunch
has a nice little crisp to it and I can taste it in every bite I think this would still be a little
bit better if there were bacon inside the burrito itself and I know they could easily do that I mean
they could put the bacon on the top they've had many breakfast burritos and breakfast crunch wraps
which are loaded with bacon so they could easily put some of those bacon crumbles on the inside of
the burrito as well I just think that's one little adjustment that could make this even better than
it is but still I could taste the bacon in every bite yeah it's fatty but it tastes good and again
I like that texturally has that nice little crisp and crunch to it uh which I think compliments it
quite nicely but again the star of the show here definitely the steak the chipotle sauce
those are the two most prominent ingredients but the seasoned rice the potato and the bacon
as well they all combined and they complement those other two flavors quite nicely a lot of
it comes together to be a most Pleasant burrito it still is a little on the greasy side so you
know beware of that as you're eating this it could easily get a little messy I couldn't really taste
much of the sour cream I will say that and again as far as the cheesiness is concerned definitely
not the cheesiest burrito in the world but with the bacon that's where I could also taste some of
that cheese as well the three cheese blend on the top so all things considered personally I'm happy
with this it tastes good especially for Taco Bell stand standards tastes good quality is decent and
again though could have a few little tweaks if you want something on the cheesier side you might be
a little disappointed by this and personally even forgetting cheesiness as much as I like the bacon
that's on this and the fact that it still is most flavorful I think that again having some of those
bacon crumbles inside the burito itself would have been a really nice touch and I would have
liked to see that slightly overpriced but still tastes all right for what it is so therefore
out of 10 I'm going to give the steak and bacon grilled cheese burrito from Taco Bell an 8.2 out
of 10 could have a few improvements but as an item still tastes good and I'm happy with it that's all
that I have for you thank you for watching until next time I'm your host the report of the week