Hello everyone, this is Running On Empty . .
Food Review! Well, hello, ladies and gentlemen and everyone watching.
This is Running On Empty Food Review and I am your host TheReportOfTheWeek.
So we have a new food review out for you.
Everyone's favorite, of course
from Taco Bell. Taco Bell is
nothing short of an innovator in its field You know,
if you notice kind of all the stuff that I do, all of the reviews that I pump out,
Taco Bell is one of those places, I would say along the lines of Burger King, that just pumps out a
continuous stream of new items, you know, they're always just
trying something out - a release here or release there -
they're kind of just throwing everything at the wall, seeing what sticks, what doesn't. But, this by far is a very very interesting one. And...
A personal prediction anyway: I think that they are going to be leading a trend in the fast-food industry
with this newest release.
With that I bring you the steak
rattlesnake fries burrito. And...
You might say, "Wow, you know, what a name - Steak
Rattlesnake Fries Burrito‽" And I told you they are being very innovative.
Because I think this is probably the first,
at least in the mainstream anyway, you know, there could be like a few mom-and-pop places
that have already done this, but this is the first mainstream
fast-food dish that has actually featured the use of
rattlesnake meat! And I know that sounds really weird.
But they did an interesting thing with it where I guess they figured out a way with the venom, you know,
that's in the rattlesnake to tone it down just enough that it isn't harmful or anything.
But somehow they infuse it in the meat and if they actually it makes it really really spicy. (They did WHAT?) And I just thought that was
fascinating, you know? The things they're capable of doing at this point. That's crazy!
(that's cray cray alright)
But in general, of course,
rattlesnakes, you got to be careful with them. (NO . . . Really?) One bites you? You become one of them. (say what??) You know, you remember the Walking Dead?
That's how it all started. So I you know, just remember you get bit and that's it.
(Oh yeah. The Walking Dead. It all makes perfect sense now. Thanks Reviewbrah!)
In all seriousness though, there's no rattlesnake meat or rattlesnake venom. There.
(bummer dude)
I was just ... (yeah that sums it up perfectly)
What is actually on this is just steak. I don't know why they even threw the word rattlesnake in there.
I was just I was sitting here I was dying all day. I said, I gotta I gotta throw in the bit about the rattlesnakes.
What's really on this is their famous nacho fries, steak,
jalapeno sauce, jalapeno peppers, nacho cheese all wrapped up into a burrito. It's yours for
$2.99 from Taco Bell. I don't even know why they call with the rattlesnake,
rattlesteak,
battlesnakes burrito.
(me neither bro)
I really don't know I guess just because it sounds cool.
(It does?)
I mean for all I know I'm sure that I'm sure there's people in the comments right now just
freaking out. I'm sure that's some sort of terminology
used in the southwestern cuisine world. And that people are saying, "Come on Reviewbrah!"
"You didn't know about THE Rattlesnake, etc.?"
No. No, I...
It's just interesting. Well, here it is. Here it is. Definitely has some weight to it.
Can't see very much. You can see that
right there. But, you know, you can't see a ton in the burrito.
There it is compared to my head
For every comparison there.
(Lovely! Do it again!)
You can see ... There I am. You know, you can make a phone call with this. Right? Go old-school!
All right, that's what it looks like. Again, it's all just it's wrapped up.
It's bundled up tight just like you would be on a on a cold winter's night, right?
(That's EXACTLY how I'd be!)
So there it is. That's what it looks like. Now. We're just gonna take a bite out of it
I mean we know what's in it. I believe it's gonna be on the spicier side.
We're just gonna see how it is. How well the steak all that blends in together. I'm gonna try it out for you. It's the
(The snakes-on-a-plane cozy-fireside burrito-wrap thing from Taco Bell?)
Steak Rattlesnake Fries Burrito from Taco Bell. It's going in!
(Yay!)
(He's inspecting it thoroughly - engaging all his senses - in hopes to achieve analytical perfection just for us.)
(RESPECT)
(Still formulating an analysis? Fair enough. I'll give him some space to work in peace and check back later.)
What do you think? We'll go with one more bite.
Go for, for this right here - the the last bastion.
Right, right here. Go, go right in.
I gotta say, I like it.
(Perfect in-depth analysis. Thanks brah!)
Plain and simple. I mean, if you want to end the review, let's say you got some
urgent business to attend to. There it is. He likes it. You know, it's done.
But I gotta say no, I like it.
The thing that I have come to known/know Taco Bell for best is a lot of the items that they release
are either:
far better than I anticipated them to be or their terrible!
Like I said earlier, and I mean no insult when I say this,
I think their methodology is, kind of, they make so many releases they're just, you know, they're throwing stuff at the wall
seeing what sticks, what people like, what didn't really work out the best. And they just do an
exorbitant amount of trial and error.
And, you know, like like I said, there's gonna be some things at work, some things that don't. This does. This works!
I got to tell you.
I thought this was either gonna taste good or is gonna be a sloppy mess and it actually tastes good.
They really got a good balance of everything here. I was worried there was going to be too much
nacho cheese and too much of the
jalapeno sauce and was just gonna cancel everything out and it was gonna be like this, you know, soupy mess.
But, they did a good job on this.
It's a very full burrito and I like that, you know, they're actually, they're kind of giving you your money's worth. The steak?
It's not like you're eating little pieces of rubber or anything. You know, it does have a little bit of a chewiness to it.
But it certainly is, it's fine.
You know, there's just a little bit of, I would even go just as far as to say, texture to it.
But I'd say the best thing about this is that jalapeno sauce because it's it's got this creaminess.
It really blends in with the cheese very very well and it adds this spiciness - now nothing crazy.
I wouldn't even go as far, despite of course having it's jalapeno
origins, I would not go as far as to say that it is as spicy as jalapeno pepper.
But it does add this spiciness with every bite.
And I would say that it's something that just supplements
this dish very very well in my opinion.
Like I said, the steak is fine - they did a good amount of it in there. The nacho fries,
of course, you know that's a favorite of mine. There's a good amount of them too - they taste well.
It's not being used really for filler.
There's a plane coming in, hard landing. I'm just kidding. I don't know. Maybe it will be? I doubt it though.
The nacho cheese, you know, just blends in really well with the jalapeno sauce and those jalapeno peppers are not overwhelming. So, like I said,
in my opinion this burrito is just
really good.
There's some squirrel action going on over there!
The burrito is just really good. I mean, like I said, it's just a fuller burrito.
It's just got this really good blend - the spiciness to it. And it's just one of those things,
all the ingredients just blend together well. And I think if you kind of like the nacho cheese from Taco Bell
and you want a little bit of that spice added? This is one of those things that just blends together well
and it tastes good! Price for this? Again, was $3. You know? Now by Taco Bell standards?
That could be a tiny bit pricey, but it's not all that bad.
So out of 10 I'm gonna be giving this a 9.1 out of 10. That's a 9.1,
It's not, like I said, the greatest thing in the world, but I was impressed. I was actually thoroughly impressed.
Because, at first, I wasn't sure, you know, what it was gonna be? Was it gonna be good, you know?
And so on and so forth, but I liked it. I thought it was a solid, a solid, burrito. And...
You know, if I'm looking forward to trying to get a little bit of that spiciness in there?
I'll get it again because Taco Bell they did a good job on this one.
So with that said that's my review for the the rattlesnake meat burrito or the state or the steak rattlesnake fries burrito
from Taco Bell. That's all that I have for you. On one final note, obligatory,
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