*slap*
The Taco Bell Conundrum.
I personally think that sounds a little bit better than saying "the Taco Bell unsolvable problem"
But it could be either one, you know either or you could say.
These last few days, I was really thinking about well what to do what to do should I do a food review?
You know should I do a little random video what you know, what should I do. And to be honest
I've really been enjoying these random videos
I
Think it's a fun way for me to be able to get some you know
Opinions across or just make a video and in a more relaxed manner and just be able to kind of sit down have a little
chat, and
So far the response has been pretty good
And you know I decided to get this down too because I've been thinking about Taco bell lately
Taco Bell, I think the best way to put it at least for me is one of those places that I have I
guess the Ultimate love-hate relationship with
Where there's times where I'm kind of saying
*angrily* "Taco Bell" you know, and there's other times where I'm saying. Oh, you know
I'm really craving a taco from Taco Bell they got this delicious baja blast here, and you know they're open late, too
And I'm you know I'm really looking forward to going there
It's a very unique situation that you have a place that you really because a lot of these
restaurant chains you can think of it this way: you usually either
Hate it more than you like it or like it more than you hate it. Look at Burger King for instance their...
I'm not even going to talk about them. That's that should give you my views on that
You know look at a place like Culver's. I really have only good things to say about them
There's always usually one emotion that's prevailing moreso when it comes to a place, but Taco bell
I mean, they are just the ultimate place where there's moments where I just love them. There's moments where I just am cursing Taco bell
non-stop for days on end
And I'm going through one of those, those spells right now
Because Taco bell, I mean, I go back with Taco Bell
Admittedly, I'm not one of those people that's at Taco Bell every single night or day
Or whatever, you know. I'll visit Taco bell perhaps once every, you know, maybe once every couple of days
Maybe I'll visit it... Maybe a few times a week, but I'm not there every day
But I remember my first time I ever went to Taco Bell. I'll get on a little tangent here
I was quite young and I went to a rest area on the side of the highway and
it had a Taco Bell and it was
Some rest areas are like
This was it built up there very nice to have like a little food court ended up some fast food in there
and this is one of those rest areas and
It had a taco bell there, and I wanted a chicken taco. You believe that, I didn't even get a beef taco
I got the chicken taco
And it was I mean it was delicious
It was delicious, and you know it was a while back. I mean that goes back about probably 15 years or so and a
Shocker
But that was you know that really did go a while back, and I remember I loved it. It was great and after that I began
And you know I wasn't always going to Taco Bell
But you know I go there every so often and then in recent years I'd say in the last five years I've really started frequenting
Taco Bell once again and
the Main Staple of my Taco Bell diet is the
standard, you know, the standard soft taco. I'm... you know I don't go all out
I don't usually get the I don't know the cheesy crispy triple Gordita Supreme or anything like that
um
I don't need to go all out in that regard
I simply I just get it simple my favorite item from Taco Bell is usually just a standard soft Taco
Sometimes even without the cheese. I'm just gonna: "Can I just get one soft Taco, no cheese?"
Two soft Tacos, no cheese
Three, three soft tacos, no cheese
well
There are a few items from Taco Bell that I do you know they're kind of temporary items
But I always like the triple double crunch wrap that's always great
when I had the double chalupa, I you know I kind of
I thought that was pretty good too. I really didn't mind it as much
Even the naked chicken chalupa was pretty good too. The naked chicken chips: wasn't a big fan of
But even that was okay
And there's some transient items that are pretty good and then in terms of the drink department
The baja blast is my favorite that I always get that seems like this is the only place we could even get it at
So it seems, and you know I, I
You know I just guzzle that stuff down when I have the opportunity
but admittedly Taco bell has a few things that really they have exclusive to them in terms of flavor and just presentation and
it's something that I keep coming back for
Those are the positives about it the price, too
It's getting a little more expensive, but it could still be pretty cheap. Still can be pretty cheap. Yeah, you know
It is, it is starting to rise, but you know that- that's just the nature of things
well
There's a few times, especially lately
Where I've, you know, I just wanted to take my head and just kind of dunk it in this cup of baja blast and
You know kind of walk around like that for a while
Where I've just gotten so frustrated
You know, you ever feel like that? You ever get that feeling you want to do that sometimes and you get frustrated
you know
Well, I sometimes do and there were a few moments lately where I just kind of I don't know
it's a
Frustration you know and this is I think the best way to kind of just vent it out a little bit
kind of share my thoughts and views on it and
You know it's it's one of those things that'll make me say you know
I'm not going to go to this taco bell again, and I'm gonna try another one and who knows if that's gonna be any better
but
Started a couple days ago went over to a taco bell to get my usual. You know just the
soft Tacos and
sans cheese and a Baja blast and
I went to the Taco Bell
ordered
paid
Exited and I was looking forward to sink my teeth into some some Taco Bell
Taco Bell delight
And I opened up the taco from its wrapping. There's like a little present
You know a present from the Taco bell gods to the customer
And I open it up
And- and you know that's when things really turned south
When I looked there was almost no meat in the taco, you know, none whatsoever
and
There's really no feeling
Worse than just opening up a Taco bell Taco and seeing no meat in there. Now people, and even I have honestly,
you know you kind of bash and make fun of the Taco bell meat you say you know it says that it's "meat" and
You kind of make fun of the quality, but there's something about it
maybe it's the seasoning and maybe just how it blends together with the lettuce and toppings and
sometimes the sauce that you put on it, too,
I mean you know it's better than you think, at least in terms of taste.
But when you see such a small portion of it, it's always so terribly terribly
disappointing
well,
I kind of shrugged
Flash Forward a few days
I got a
glorious Baja Blast
As well as some other tacos as well. It was another day. You know we started anew I'm hungry for that Taco Bell
I'm there again and
I, you know, get some baja blast
well
It was terribly disappointing.
Now I asked for it with, you know, light to no ice and the reason being is because my teeth.
Don't usually talk about this. It's just a point
I've never found relevant to raise
But some of my teeth have a cold sensitivity so sometimes if you know I have too much ice or something like that
It'll cause a lot of pain in some of the teeth. I think it's just the nerves and all of that and
It's something that I've had for a while
And I try to avoid that pain when I can so I'll usually try and ask for
light ice or sometimes no ice and then if necessary I'll add
Some of my own when I get the opportunity
I get it, and there's literally only about three, maybe two-thirds
maybe at most of the
Glorious Baja blast that's in there, and I felt I felt cheated
you know I was just so saddened when I saw that because this is the nectar of the gods ladies and gentlemen and to see
You know that there is a so little of it in there from what you were hoping for and expecting
It was disappointing
I think I said this in the last semi random video that I made but a picture tells a thousand words
and
at the time at least I was wise enough to document those atrocities and
document it I did because we now present the brief interlude so you can just see the atrocities of Taco Bell
Let me show you this.
I understand that
You know Taco bell wasn't really known for their quality, but this I think is something else. This is
This is what it is.
ok
hey on the you know they got they got the tasty looking tomatoes and the cheese and the lettuce and
the sour cream and
Where's the meat?
You know there's barely any meat on this whatsoever. I mean you see that right?
You compare that?
Here's another taco right here if you're curious
You look at that. I mean, that's your standard looking taco. Let's be honest it has but it has meat on it
Just meat lettuce just you know bare bones pretty much, but you look at this. There's nothing
there's almost nothing to it
I mean when you
fold it over
you know they make it look so
so full and
Presentable and then when you actually look at what's in there: barely any meat. You know it's so sad
I find myself going to Del Taco more often because they have meat in their tacos
And you go to Taco Bell you see this it's just
You know so disappointing. I mean I wouldn't imagine the meat to be terribly expensive to be quite honest
But this is just ridiculous, and you see so much water in the meat too
Sad, really. That's all just a sad state of things. You can see it's only about maybe
2/3 full with at most and
It's just very disappointing. You know to see they've really ripped you off doing that and it's
just very
disappointing you know and you expect it with no ice you least expect to get a good amount of the drink and
When they left almost a third of it completely empty...
That chilled me to the bone.
It really did.
I bet it did to you as well. You look in that cup, and you see that there was all that empty space in there
Doesn't it kind of just make you want to cry a little bit?
It's so sad when you think about it, think of the baja blast
you know
Sad.
From a, you know, to be completely honest it is a bit sad when you go to Taco bell or any establishment for that matter
when you're paying for a product
You know, a service essentially and you hope you get at least
You know a somewhat resembling item that looks kind of you know what it was advertised to be
but when you get a taco with so little meat on it, and when you get it a drink with
You know not a lot of drink in it
Can't help but be a little disappointed and it's, you know, it's kind of what I feel about Taco Bell right now
I feel bit disappointed and you know I know there will be some sort of abatement to that
Disappointment going forward but and I just feel a little let down. That's all. I feel a little let down because Taco Bell again
It's one of those places. I have a love-hate relationship with they've got some good things there that I'm gonna keep coming back to
But it's you know. It's just terribly disappointing that when I end up going there and now multiple consecutive times in a row
There's always one issue or another with the service and the quality of the product that I'm getting back you know
It's just disappointing and a little discouraging and sometimes I end up wishing that one of their competitors, Del Taco,
was a bit
more accessible and
well, you know
Sometimes I wish that you know, but even they don't have the baja blast and even their tacos aren't the same
But I'm just a bit disappointed. That's all. I'm just a little disappointed in Taco Bell and what I'm
You know what I get
makes me wonder if you know the customers that were in front of me, behind me in line and then the
Drive-thru that are coming in and out all day are getting the same exact
Low quality, sub-par products as well
It's just some food for thought in the literal sense and to close this off
I've been saving this for a long time
I think what's written on this
This sauce packet really embodies everything that I've really been talking about
I'd like you to take a look at it. Now read it if you can't make this out
"Tag, You're It"
I think that's enlightening, and we should dwell on that for a while, and you know let's hope that maybe one day
Taco Bell will change its own act. You know
and maybe yeah, maybe one day, we'll get a baja blast that's full to the brim and
It's just glorious
Get a taco with maybe eight percent more meat
That'll be a beautiful day, huh?
Well, that's all that I have to say. I really just took this as a little opportunity just to
Vent a little bit about my experience. Just make this a little random video for you
all just to kind of talk about Taco Bell, talk about my experience there.
just reminisce and share some good old Taco Bell memories
Next video coming up will likely be a review. I don't know when it'll be up
You know in the near future at some- some time or another, but I hope you enjoyed this video your comments and feedback are
always welcome and until then have a great weekend. Take care
I'm your host Report of The Week, and that's all that I have for you. Have a pleasant remainder of your Friday.