hey everyone I'm headed into Del Taco right now because it looks like they're
the next major chain to offer beyond meat on their menu so let's hit that
drive-thru to scoop up a couple of tacos that it's offered and to see how
they are welcome to peep this out reviews with Ian K stay frosty
yeah peep this out can I go for one of those beyond tacos and I'll actually go
for the beyond avocado taco as well two of them that's it great thanks alright
first it was beef then it was turkey now it's plant-based hey choice is good
right hey my friend good good actually I've got a promo cut as well one of the avocados and one of the regular
look pretty good alright man stay frosty we'll see 'ya you too buh bye alright guys first things first let's
get up close and personal here we go well there's really no easy way to show
you these unless I lay them down for ya but guys feast your eyes on the all-new
beyond tacos here at Del Taco and I have to admit they are definitely packed on
the inside are pretty large looking amount of goodness here and I have to
admit I do like the presentation so far this version with the avocado it's got a
very nice thick slice of avo right there on the very top we've got some
diced tomatoes we've got some shredded lettuce and the star of the show the
beyond meat on the very bottom there guys replacing the turkey replacing the
beef completely plant-based with the protein coming from yellow peas and
that's in addition to some other ingredients that include coconut oil and
ancho chili garlic onion lime juice oregano and even cumin to give it a
little bit more of that zesty pop I would think that that's gonna give it
some of the flavor but a very decent amount of everything else on the inside
the other version of it is just your standard amount of cheese here we do
have some diced tomatoes and plenty plenty of cheese I might add guys this
thing is pretty loaded we've got some lettuce in there as well and on the very
bottom again kind of hard to see but there it is the plant base beyond meat
mixture that they're using here inside a hard shell for both of these and I have
to admit it really does look pretty good especially right over there it looks
very much diced up very much like beef actually and I'm really excited to give
this a go but let's just do just that and see if the flavor delivers on these
it's the all-new beyond tacos one with avocado here at Del Taco
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every week now let's dive into these you know I'm so glad these actually come
with taco diapers in addition to the regular wrap that they come in here guys
because there is a lot of stuff falling out of this already it does seem very
messy so this is absolutely a necessity I think here we go the beyond taco the
avocado version first let's see how this is yeah as expected at least for me
anyway the cumin is definitely the strongest player right now in the flavor
department and it goes very nicely with the softness and the creaminess of the
avocado it's kind of playing with my head to let me know that yes this is
like a taco that I'm having right now so the flavor is very reminiscent of like
Mexican spicing but it's not very spicy if at all guys the flavor is just very
reminiscent of a regular taco and that's a pretty awesome testament to what they
have actually going with the beyond meat with this version of it at least I only
wish the texture though was just a little bit firmer because it does feel a
little bit softer overall in addition to the avocado but the flavor is nice the
crunch of the shell obviously is pretty good as well I mean it's a taco let's
keep going hmmm let me give you a nice close-up cross-section shot of this one
so you guys can get all the details of the beyond meat on the very bottom of
this one guys as you can see it really does look like ground beef guys the
seasoning is absolutely on display and it blends in very nicely with everything
we've got going on here it really does feel like I'm having a regular beef taco
just a little bit in the less firmer side in terms of the meat itself but
guys the flavor is really nice on it it really is and hey for those of you who
watch my channel regularly and already know that I'm not really a fan of
tomatoes you may be wondering why I kept the diced tomatoes on that taco when I
went in for that first bite well that's strictly because after
seeing the ingredients list of what's actually in the beyond meat version here
at Del Taco I was hoping all of those flavors were
gonna overtake the diced tomatoes and I'm happy to report they absolutely did
very nice in that department but my only wish is that there was a little bit of
cheese add it to the mix because I think that combination with the avocado would
have been even better but guys that's the reason we're gonna go in on the
other version real fast to see how the standard version is just
with that mixture of the plant-based beyond meat goodness as well as the
tomatoes which I'm gonna do it and plenty
cheese of course we've got some crunchy lettuce and the shell all the usual
stuff let's give us a go this looks pretty
good and again it is very messy so let me just bring this paper over here just
in case here we go round two with the Beyond taco here at Del Taco now I know
the avocado is quote-unquote the premium version of what these tacos have to
offer but I have to admit guys plenty of cheese and just the lettuce is all you
really need because you can really taste the meat a lot more because of just
those ingredients it's a basic ingredients list with just the cheese
and the tomatoes as well as the lettuce but guys the flavor of that meat comes
to amazingly well there's nothing to mask it even though I do like the avo
but I have to admit I like this one a lot better guys and I love cheese in
general maybe that's the reason I'm saying that mostly but this is really
good just as is hmmm yeah this is definitely my favorite of the two but I
guess you can always have them add cheese to the avo version but I wanted
to review these as is for ya and I have to admit just on its own this is gonna
be the one that I'm gonna keep getting guys cuz as much as I like avocado I do
like just the standard meat itself along with the cheese a little bit of the
crunch of the lettuce and the tomatoes I'm not hating on it they're actually
really good with this very very tasty along with the crunchiness of that shell
nicely done you know it's kind of crazy that the protein source for this is
yellow peas because as I'm looking at it it's just crazy to think that there is
no animal meat in this whatsoever it's completely plant-based and guys aside
from just the texture being just a little bit on the softer side you
couldn't really tell the difference you really couldn't if you're a blindfolded
but guys when you pair it up with a mound of cheese as you guys see there
it's a pretty lovely situation one more bite and then we'll wrap this one up
hmmm how to do it you know I bet the heck out of the top of that one there
but as you can see I think it's a good indicator as to how much meat you
actually get in these tacos it's a little bit less than the halfway point
and guys it actually is pretty plentiful and of course with that mound of cheese
on the very top right there that's a very lovely situation indeed alright I
think just to keep it easy and also to keep in mind that your mileage may vary
when it comes to avocado some people may like it some people may not I'm gonna
give an overall rating based upon what I thought of the particular version of the
beyond meat here at Del Taco and I have to admit it is definitely different
compared to the versions had previously and of course I'd expect
that because they're trying to simulate what taco meat is so with that in mind
I'm gonna have to give the beyond tacos here at Del Taco a pretty rock-solid
9 out of 10 smooth texture aside it was a very very nice flavorful bite all
the way through guys with each of the bites that it took on that one it was
really the nice flavor of that cumin itself that was really tricking my brain
into thinking I was having an actual regular beef taco and I really enjoyed
that about that the experience was very similar to having a regular del taco
anyway but it's nice to know that in the back of my head I was thinking this is
actually something that is not beef whatsoever and the flavor like I said
was very solid del tacos new beyond tacos can you taste the difference but of course
the question is did this look solid to you drop some comments down below are
you already a fan of beyond meat to begin with and if you are is del taco on
your radar to give this one a shot drop those comments down below and definitely
let me know and with that this is Ian K closing out another episode of peep this
out bringing you brand new content every single week here on my channel so while
you stay tuned for that next review coming real soon in the meantime stay
frosty to avo or not to avo guys just add some cheese alright everyone
until next time I'll talk to you soon