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 to the report of the week thank you for tuning in yeah i'm breaking out i'm
breaking out another wing collar and a frock coat today because it's taco bell and as we know
only the best for taco bell as a matter of fact not only is this just your standard taco bell it's
more than that this is fine dining taco bell has released the steak nacho fries burrito obviously
you know i'm a bit i'm a bit old school if you can't tell and uh when i hear steak you know i
like to think i'm i'm doing some fine dining i'm at the nice steakhouse so i wanted to put
on something extra nice for a nice steak dinner from taco bell all right yeah the steak nacho
fries burrito as a matter of fact i decided i mean why not let's do a two-in-one review so i got the
burrito and then i intend on washing it down with this new drink that they also released uh the
cherry sunrise freeze so uh a new food new drink two for one so i'm not going to try to be too
long here because i know i could go on and on with all of this so let's get into the burrito here all
right the steak nacho fries burrito here's what it comes with if you can't tell indeed the infamous
nacho fries are back they kind of bring these back and forth every couple months at this point so i
don't even bother just trying the fries anymore um that voice crack was just from the fries
that was so silly all right on this burrito here's what's on it they have crispy nacho fries
steak tomatoes sour cream cheddar cheese chipotle sauce and nacho cheese sauce for the price of five
dollars it's in this bag right here a lot of sauce i haven't even opened it so i mean
you know there could be a hot dog in here for all i know
napkins i would presume that this is indeed the burrito one thing that i noticed is that this
item and this is where things get a little iffy because i've had some mixed experiences with taco
bell granted and one problem that i have sometimes are these items that have so many different sauces
and you know cheese etc and it becomes for lack of a better word to sort of slop and you can't
really taste much of anything um but we'll see we can't judge a book by its cover with items
like this i've had good experiences and very bad experiences likewise let's open this up
from the outside of course it looks like just your standard burrito
i'll get a little thumbnail with me with it like this or something
i'll focus on this
i guess that's good you know burrito thumbnails are always
a little tougher than usual actually to do but i think something like that could work
um i've got one like this where i'm a little more in focus
yeah burrito thumbnails like i was saying are a little tough because i mean
it's a burrito what could you really showcase here it's just a tortilla
all right anyway you know what's in it i know what's in it we all know what's in it we'll
see what it tastes like a five dollar burrito the steak nacho fries burrito from taco bell going in
oh yeah mhm oh man that's what i'm talking about look at that a bite
and all that's in there is chipotle sauce and sour cream just a whole mouthful of it
this is good this is what i this i love it
yeah forget it i'm not even going to take a bite there let's go with the other end and
no i know but i'm just going to do it
all right this is much better now that was immense
sarcasm what i was saying that was one of the worst first bites i've ever had
um now now we're talking though let's let's take a couple more bites
and we'll take maybe one or two more bites
so
all right now i'm just going to tell it like it is in terms of this item and um you know
this is going to be what it is look we all know why this item was made and what it's what it's
marketed for right i mean we know it let's just let's just be real here it's mostly designed
you know you smoked a couple and uh now you're kind of hungry and you want something and then
and this is there for you that's let's be real that's why this is on the menu and i think most
folks who are just kind of you know in the mood for something or they've got the munchies whatever
aren't really going to care about the complaints that i have um so bear that in mind if you're just
getting this just for something to eat i mean if you're looking for something more specific
you'll find out in terms of how it tastes generally speaking it's not that bad actually
um certainly if you're going in here for certain specific flavors you may have some complaints
in terms of the consistency thereof and the balance of everything
my main complaint is just the standard one which applies to all taco bell
items not just this specifically but any burrito of theirs and you you obviously know how it is
where the this the distribution of things is going to be a bit disproportionate so there are going to
be some areas of the burrito that are going to be heavier on one you know item than the other
for instance on the one end i took that first bite and all it was was a mouthful of the sour
cream and some of the chipotle sauce and all i could see is it was liquid that's all that it was
that was the first bite it those two things just by themselves were horrible
and the next few bites looked like that so i switched it around went to the other end
and the other end of the burrito was like exactly what you would hope for it to be um so just bear
in mind that could happen to you too and that's just an issue in terms of taco bell in general
it's not necessarily a uniform distribution of the ingredients so just just take that into account
that's all that i'm trying to say now when you're eating it as intended though let's take a look
from that end that i was taking the bites from um for the most part where everything worked out
uh it was all right all things considered one of the most pronounced flavors that i notice
is actually the chipotle sauce and i'd say that's kind of what saves the day and i've
always liked the chipotle sauce from taco bell and i think i have given it praise in previous reviews
likewise for the exact same reasons but chipotle sauce just has this really nice spice to it
and um that spicy kick that it has it just gives some much needed flavor and some diversity
in towards in terms of the palette of this meal and it really does a good job alright
aside from that it's a cheesy burrito don't get me wrong there's that cheese in every single bite
i especially notice the nacho cheese sauce that's really what you're going to be tasting because
you know it spreads around quite easily and there's a good deal of it so you're really going
to notice that so in terms of the sauces you're especially going to notice that nacho cheese
the chipotle sauce cheesy and spicy in that regard the sour cream i thought it
was actually going to be a bit more potent than it was um if it's not concentrated like in that
one bite you're not going to notice it as much now as for the world famous steak obviously i
actually saw the guy cutting the filet mignon in the back and um only the best only the best
yeah the steak i mean like it is what it is it's it's it's steak from taco bell so
set your sights high or low accordingly but i mean all things considered look it wasn't
tough it wasn't chewy it was actually pretty tender and flavorful all things considered
it's like the standard beef but it's cubed um in these little cubes and uh but again
consistency wise totally fine no real issues in terms of the the steak itself um it's it's
exactly what you would expect from taco bell one thing to mention about the fries you could
definitely taste them um they're definitely there they they provide some nice flavor of their own
but one thing that i just don't like in terms of the description of this
and i think you could kind of figure this out anyway but it's worth mentioning
they mention that these are going to be crispy fries so people i think are actually going to get
this thinking all right these are going to be like fresh out of the fryer real crispy you're going
to be able to notice that they're going to be soggy and it doesn't matter how fresh the item is
or what think about it this way these fries they're going to soak up all of that sauce
they're going to soak up some of the chipotle sauce the nacho cheese sauce the ranch or the
sour cream not ranch my apologies there and all of that so they're going to get soggy
they're still going to be warm they're going to be fresh but they're going to be soggy and
there is no avoiding that that is just the way that it's going to be so take that into account
um just those nacho fries aren't going to be crisp the tomatoes that's the other thing the tomatoes
are just kind of there i saw them falling out of the other end and i like i tasted one or two
i don't really understand why the tomatoes are even there they're kind of pointless and um they
contribute nothing you really can't taste them they just get lost in everything but all in all
there's a lot of flavors here but they blend together nicely everything tastes as it should
and um it's got a little bit of a spicy kick to it take that into account but yeah overall it's not
bad i think most people aren't really gonna care that much about the complaints that i brought up
but i think it's worth talking about anyway it's a five dollar burrito good substance to it though
and uh not bad all things considered so out of ten like i said a couple complains but by
no means is it the worst item i've ever had um therefore out of ten i think this is a uh
i would give this a solid seven out of ten because all in all there's a couple things
you know that i could nitpick here and there and but you know in the end it tastes all right and um
not too much to uh to bash about it there um i've had much much worse burritos from taco bell so
the uh steak nacho fries burrito seven out of ten all right let's wash this down with this new drink
that they also got um they've been advertising this lately it's called the cherry sunrise
freeze all right and take a look at this there it is it's a frozen beverage obviously
and they say that it is a cherry flavored freeze with a pineapple orange
swirl in there as well so that's what it looks like right there out of focus there it is in focus
a little bit of a drink review this is a regular size three dollars 30 cents for it and let's just
take a little sip i don't think there's going to be too much to talk about but why not you
know we're starting to get into the springtime season soon and so it's going to be cherry with
some pineapple orange let's take a taste the cherry sunrise freeze from taco bell going in
mostly cherry and orange
quite sweet
with a subtle hint of pineapple
pineapple is actually like an aftertaste first thing you notice is the cherry
again very sweet the cherry then that orange that little citrusy burst from the orange comes in
and then the pineapple is like an aftertaste
not bad though again sweet but um yeah a pleasant and a tasty beverage so that's three dollars
30 cents i actually enjoy that i probably get it again um hopefully they'll keep it on the
menu for a while especially when it starts getting warmer around most of the country
and i could definitely see this being an enjoyable thing to kind of drink on a warm day so all things
considered i would say it's pleasant i'd give it an 8 out of 10. so that said there's your review
two in one tried out the steak nacho fries burrito and the cherry sunrise freeze from taco bell all
right thank you for watching until next time i'm your host thereportoftheweek that's all for now