hello everyone this is running on empty food review well hello ladies gentlemen everyone
watching welcome one and all to this newest edition of the running on empty food review
series i'm your host the report of the week thank you for checking in all right when you think of
the southwest the southwestern united states that is what do you think of what comes to mind right
we think of the desert right cactus plants perhaps a few lizards uh maybe
desert creatures that perhaps are cave dwelling if you want to throw in nevada you can think of
casinos but this is a game changer from this moment on we're not going to think of any of
that stuff when it comes down to the southwest anymore because burger king changed everything
from now on we're going to be thinking of the southwest bacon whopper here's what it
has this is the newest burger from burger king we're going to be trying it out today it has a
quarter pound beef patty avocado spread bacon tortilla chips american cheese onion tomatoes
and spicy sauce i think that embodies everything that the southwest represents and
as the cherry on top it's available for seven dollars there's a view of the sandwich
you can see the cheese the american cheese the tomato
right there the bacon the chips i'm going to cut this in half right now and we're going to get a
better view of it and then we're going to try it out so hold on while i give it a cut in half
i know this isn't what we want to see but those are the entrails this is what happens when we cut
things in half all right now there's a view of it that you can see the sauce and the uh that's
i think that's either the intestines or that's part of the bacon i think that's part of the bacon
and anyway you could see the onions the sauce the chips
and the avocado is at the top right there all right i'm going to try this out but you
know what it thinks the southwest bacon whopper from burger king it's going in
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so we know that this sandwich has the potential to be a real game changer
we know that this could change the dynamic it could change everything but is it good to that
point is this just another burger king item or is it something that it's going to be so good
it's going to have mind altering properties and the only thing that we're going to live
for from now on will be to feed on the southwest bacon whopper unfortunately it's not that good
that good but it is actually solid i would say it's like pretty average all things considered
so here's the thing when you look at this obviously you're looking at something okay
this is going to have some sort of southwestern flair how is it you know what is it essentially
going to be um obviously the main focus here is that you're going to have the bacon and you're
going to have the tortilla chips you're going to have that special sauce and the avocado that's
what's supposed to make it all special and you know southwest themed uh but how prevalent are
all of these things when i take a bite of it what do i really notice is there much spice to it
no there isn't so that's the first thing to note spice wise it's just not a spicy
sandwich and the emphasis on that sauce is the spice what i noticed immediately wasn't
the tortilla chips it wasn't the uh the sauce it wasn't even the avocado it was how sharp
the onion was on this that's the first thing i noticed and you can see the um onion right there
it didn't focus properly but it's extremely potent so potent that i guess it broke the camera
but either way it's just so sharp i could probably do without the onion to be honest
then what i noticed the sauce if anything tasted a little salty and the saltiness actually of the
sauce added to what was already present in the beef patty in the bacon strips um it just made
every bite very salty and immediately after i i sampled the sandwich i wanted to go for the water
and start drinking that down to try to balance everything out
usually i would have said you know well maybe the tomatoes and everything will kind of
help in that regard but i didn't really notice that this time around
um the sauce again i don't really notice any spice i mean maybe in vast quantities
but i don't really notice it now as for the chips they are definitely there but they kind
of get lost in everything because there's a lot of ingredients here a lot going on i'm
gonna try out one of these chips individually but so far i couldn't really taste them at all
they've got like this sort of i would almost describe like a sort of almost taco seasoning
on them definitely uh tortilla chips though those actually have a little bit of spice
to them though but nothing crazy it's like all right very faint spice if i just have one chip
but otherwise it just gets lost in all of that some of the other ingredients the
avocado spread it's definitely there but um i can't really notice it all too much again
problem is that there's so much going on with the sandwich that certain flavors are going to prevail
and others are just going to get lost in all of this all in all though does it taste all right
yeah i mean i certainly didn't have any complaint you get these items that do they necessarily taste
bad no they don't it's not something that is you know gut-wrenching and i'm gonna be sitting here
um you know profusely vomiting in a few seconds because it's just that bad and my system is just
trying to get the poison out right it's not it's not like that but if you look at the name and you
think oh the southwest bacon whopper um gosh i really i really want to try this out um hope
for some of that southwestern flair it's just not going to really be what you're looking for
so in that regard does it take does it taste all right sure but is it what people i think would
would hope it embodies no it's not so that said out of ten it's a seven dollar sandwich
yeah there is a lot going on the bacon is all right but again if you want bacon just get a
bacon king from burger king so i understand where they were trying to uh what they were trying to
shoot for with this sandwich but i just think they missed the mark therefore out of ten six
out of ten it still tastes okay but execution of the idea just wasn't what they were hoping for
that's all that i have for you thank you for watching until next time i'm your host reporter