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review i'm your host the report of the week and
welcome to this newest uh this newest food review
you know i guess we're just going to start it off we're going to get right
into things and i want to prepare you for this one
because when it comes down to the world of food
it you know it is interesting you get all these different types of
items these different releases sometimes there's little twists and turns and
you know things that are unexpected some things obviously are very predictable
but sometimes you get these items that are really good uh sometimes you have
the ones that are really bad and like i said there's there's that variability
that makes it a lot of fun there aren't too many cases where the
story or i suppose i should say the back story
of the item is truly heartbreaking is the only way to to say it
so i warn you right now make sure you have
you know a tissue box nearby maybe some napkins
a roll of toilet paper in this case you know you can use a pocket handkerchief
right there i guess as they say i'm flexing on you right with a pocket
handkerchief but you could use that too to wipe away
the tears because this is going to be a heartbreaking one
i want to present you the story of the little burrito
that couldn't the new beef burrito from taco bell the item that no one
seems to care about and it's a sad story imagine this
you have the the taco bell gods the ones that
orchestrate the you know the menu that as they say
run the game right they set this little burrito up with so much potential
as this item was getting created when they revamped the menu i would say a few
weeks ago they told this burrito and they said in
writing we're certain that this one dollar
burrito will become a new fan favorite and as
this burrito entered the world it had so much promise
it was told it's going to be a fan favorite
and what happened no one's talking about it
no one cares about it and now the burrito finds itself probably in the
dark corner of taco bell with the other dejected items like the
cheesy roll-up and that's where it is so i'm here to
give this little guy potential now if it's a terrible burrito
it's a terrible burrito and i'm just gonna say all right fine i know why no
one cares about it now but the truth of the matter is that this
item was set up by i was a good head twitch right there um
this burrito was set up by taco bell i think to be
a real big hit it was supposed to be something that people were going to talk
about that people were going to be um really raving about that they'd be
going there for oh yeah you know i want the new uh beef
burrito supposed to be just a dollar you know a
good snack anyone could really afford it uh and it's supposed to just be
something that you know everyone likes but i think no one's talking about this
thing i was researching taco bell the other
day and i was trying to say well do they have any new items out and they had you
know this nachos box but i already tried that
a year ago i guess they brought it back it was a pretty good deal
uh they had one of those you know i guess layered um
tacos i forget the exact name of it um but i tried that back in 2016.
and then there's a new beef burrito and i had to double check and double check
because they were saying it was new but i couldn't find anyone talking about
it that this thing was actually released two weeks ago i even was
looking around for other reviews of this item and i found like two
and that's an extremely minuscule amount so i was trying to think to myself for
such an item that they were again really trying to set up really trying to
promote why doesn't anyone care about it i think
here's why number one what does this item have on
it the new beef burrito it's one dollar it comes of beef nacho cheese seasoned
rice and creamy jalapeno sauce so
this isn't just beef and cheese it also comes again with the rice and also this
jalapeno sauce so what i want to what i really i think
i discerned who knows this has jalapeno sauce on it
who knows that this would even be spicy by looking at the name
and the other thing the name is incredibly generic and i'm not saying
this to try to bash taco bell by saying oh yeah oh yeah this
this deserves to be a failure and uh yeah you know uh
you know i would gesticulate with my hand and inappropriate
in an inappropriate manner that's not going to happen
instead i'm just trying to say i think the name of this is too generic
people already think they have a beef burrito so
how can that be new and how does anyone know that there's any sort of jalapenos
or even rice in it no one knows that they think it's
probably just beef and cheese and that they've always had this
so you know sometimes they say the name is everything i think in this case it
was and i think the generic nature of this
name worked to its own detriment so that's really
why i i think no one cares about this one
but i care and i'm trying it out and we're going to see maybe this is going
to be like an underrated favorite maybe there will be a day where
it won't be underrated anymore i don't know
sealed for you just for you
i wasn't even trying to mess around there's got to talk about napkins
have ourselves beef burrito i got some fire sauce
too for the heck of it and why not i also do have baja blast
full of flames and let's put wasting some time
let's open this up and let's see how it is
again it's the new beach burrito for one dollar comes with that beef the nacho
cheese seasoned rice creamy jalapeno sauce
all right there it is all right all burritoed up you can see
and there's another view of it this will go with this end right
there i am with it right burrito burrito you know face size comparison right
there and i'll quit wasting time i know you
guys just want to see me eat it so that's what i'm going to do
and uh let's go ahead try it out so the new beef burrito
from taco bell going in
there's a lot of tortilla to it that makes the ends very very chewy so i'm
just ripping a piece or two of extra tortilla off
because i really want to try the contents but
bear that in mind to get a lot of tortilla on the ends of it so
that's just one thing to be mindful of
and i'll do a more proper cross-section of it too but you can see that end what
it looks like a surprise to see there actually is a
good amount of uh beef in it um more than i would have expected for a
dollar right about i'll tell you that right now
and i guess while i'm well we do have this cross section anyway i'll do a
little thumbnail here at least as a test or something you know
we'll see something like that right i think do i say that every single time
i do that i think i don't know
um
that was a really pathetic thumbs up there we go it's more of a
classical thumbs up for these items that are just one dollar
you have to remember this item's a buck so it's very
affordable really as a result the bar is not raised
very high this isn't like a 20 burrito and then when you're paying that
much for it you know you're expecting the very best of it
um for just a buck i don't want to say they lower the bar but they kind of do
so here's what i notice i do not understand
why no one's talking about this one to tell you the truth because
honestly i think it's a good item i really like it i
i really do uh here's a little bit of a cross section just exactly so you could
see what we're talking about a more neat uh
clean cross section all right there's a good amount of
everything in it you can see there's lots of beef
you have the blend of the cheese and the jalapeno sauce
and you see the seasoned rice in there too uh yeah there's a little more
tortilla than you would get with some of the more premium burritos but to tell
you the truth for just a buck i've seen these these
burritos where it's like more tortilla and tons and tons of filler you know
where you'd have so much of this cheap um natto nacho cheese sauce in it
barely any beef not even that much rice or other sauce
and it's like filler and garbage and it's like yeah right you get what you
pay for it's a buck and you're gonna get a piece of trash
uh but for this it's good way better than what i thought i thought
again maybe no one was talking about it because it was that bad but that no
that's that's not correct uh yeah it's good i really don't mind it
at all the season you know it's standard though
it's standard but good you see what i'm trying to say
it's a good item it's not exceptionally different but it's good for what it is
right i think you know what i'm getting at
the thing that i really like about it again is the cheesiness to it
it really does have that perfect amount of cheese because you know you have the
beef you have the rice the rice can be a little dry but that
cheese really gives it some good moisture some good cheesiness
i know i don't like items from taco bell overly cheesy and this was just enough
for me i think if there's any more it might be a little too much
but for me it was just the right amount and uh
gave it that good cheesiness so i like that number two what i really like is
that creamy jalapeno sauce as a matter of fact
it's spread evenly throughout the entire thing so pretty much every single bite
that you take you're gonna get this little bit of
spice to it i really like that as a matter of fact that was the first
thing that i tasted took this bite and got the jalapeno sauce and
that jalapeno sauce is really haul up in your uh
mouth as you as you consume this again it's there in every single bite and it
gives it a good spiciness and it's not like you know the spiciest
thing ever not really enough that would really
require any sort of beverage unless i'd say you're very sensitive to spice
but still it gives it flavor and that's what i like
i would say the main quality of this is that it's inexpensive
good portion size you really get a good amount of beef
good amount of rice good amount of sauce and it's flavorful
you get that cheesiness you get that spice to it as well and you get a good
amount of beef and rice in there too and it's easy to eat it's not overly
messy again i have this thing cut in half and you
can see it's not you know dripping down my arm and you
know running into my sleeve and then you'd go further than that and
you know i would self-destruct it's not doing that it's easy to eat but
it's good this is something that you could probably just even if you eat it
in your car it won't be messy it just works out really good and for
just a buck i see why taco bell was saying and i have this written down so
don't forget uh will it become a new favorite i think
i see why they expected it to because it's a good item i think with a
different name if they called this like the jalapeno
even just the jalapeno beef burrito or something
i think it would have more interest i think generic name
does it a disservice because it's a really good item and it's a shame that
it's so forgotten so i would really recommend you try it
out because it's a really good snack just one buck
out of ten easy 8 out of 10 a very very good item
and i enjoy it i enjoy it it's a shame it's so forgotten i don't think it
deserves to be and hopefully more people will be at
least inclined to explore their menu and see this little bit of a hidden gem on
it that's all that i have for you ladies
and gentlemen i'm your host the report of the week
today's review is for the new beef burrito from taco bell that's all that
we have an underrated favorite take care everyone