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 the report of the week it's always a pleasure to be here this is going to be
a double review so I'm going to try to do it a little quick uh because I have two items here that
I want to get through in this one video so Burger King is going all out with the releases they know
how much all of us love these two items so what a treat it is that they're actually rewarding Us
by bringing them back first and foremost Burger King has reintroduced their famous melts which
I love so much earlier in the year I gave them outstanding reviews not really I hated them they
were some of the worst items I've ever had from Burger King but nonetheless they have released the
melts once again and I mean what the heck it's I'll call this a shot at Redemption we'll see
how good or bad they are this time around the one melt that they have especially promoting is their
bacon melt and that's what I will be trying out this time around because I have a few different
melts out I've reviewed a bunch of the different flavors before but I don't think I've ever tried
the bacon melt particular there the so that's what I'll be trying first each melt including
this one comes with two Whopper Junior patties so there are two beef patties that will equival
that will be the equivalent to a/4 pound of beef it has bacon American cheese fire roasted onions
now that's Gourmet that we're talking about the fire roasted I actually saw a picture that they
actually in the back of the the Burger King they have like an open flame back there and
they actually have the whole onions roasting almost like a like a spit roast over the flame
it's an amazing site really and then it of course comes with their stacker sauce and you
can get the melt at the price of $6.50 for the Melt itself now in addition to the Melt I also
got the cheesy tots because that famous side has also been brought back the cheesy tots are
essentially tater tots or as I like to say potato tots with melty cheese on the interior I got a
four piece of them for the price of [Music] $150 so first things first I will try out the
Melt it's so melt y right that's what the packaging says
anyway the melts right
there who knows maybe it'll be good maybe it will be maybe it won't be but maybe it will
be what do we have here it looks as advertised I'd say there's the bacon
you can see comes with like pieces of uh I guess what they would call Toast instead
of buns the two beef patties right there you could see the American Cheese Slices
the bacon strips there are the onions the fire roasted onions mind you the special fire roasted
ones and I suppose there is a smattering ah
yes there it is look at that there's the stacker sauce in
there again the price for this is
$650 now I am going to have to omit the eating segment for the sake of time I'll
show the first bite or two what the heck but then I'll have to pause the camera so
I could review this second item so let's see how good this is the bacon melt from
Burger King pretty straightforward I would say but is it any good is it bad
have they improved or has that somehow gotten worse let's find out it's going
in so as I was taking each bite of this melt I took the bite I proceeded to take
the next bite and all I could think as I was sitting sitting here looking at the
the sandwich examining it you know contemplating the flavor profile Etc only thing I could think
otherwise was is this a simulation you know am I in a simulated reality right
now what made me ask such an existential question right what
made me start contemplating the nature of everything
to my surprise to my immense surprise to the extent that I began questioning the
fabric of reality itself this melt most of which I have hated so much over these
years is actually not that bad I kid you not it's not that bad at all all
of the issues I had with this melt where this sort of series of melts aren't there
anymore this is a ravity but I'm happy to see it that Burger
King has actually improved upon their issues so here's a cross-section real
quick looks about the same I'm happy with it it's greasy it's oily it's your fast food that's to be
expected it's Burger King that's only going to take you so far however for what it is I bite
in first things first it has substance to it the quality of the beef not that bad it's juicy it's
flavorful continuing the American cheese definitely adds to it this definitely has
like a sort of again I don't know here's the one thing I don't think I would really go as
far as to say this is like a melt when I think of a melt I think of something that's really cheesy
now you can definitely have and taste I should say the cheesy notes to this but this to me is
more like a cheeseburger on toast it's not even so much as toast it's just like you know the bread
is quite soft it's it's very doughy but uh it's more like a glorified cheeseburger than it is a
sort of extremely cheesy melt now that may or may not be a matter of semantics uh but nonetheless
that is to be noted however the combination is still most enjoyable but to me I would compare
this more like a cheeseburger but it's completely Pleasant you have the fire roasted onions which
you can't really tell are fire roasted in the least however they still have that nice sharpness
which accompanies the beef and the cheese quite nicely the bacon is crisp it's flavorful and
then you have that stacker sauce which has this little zesty note to it uh which is able I feel
to cut through perhaps what would otherwise be the prevailing dominant greasiness of this sort
of melt and it's able to again have this nice little zesty note that balances everything out
it contributes a nice flavor of its own and again it pairs quite nicely with all of the
other ingredients but the quality of everything is totally fine I think that if you're looking
for a melt that might be more or less like restaurant quality I would say and you're
looking for something that is supposed to have a lot of substance a lot of cheese a real Crunch and
uh that sort of crunchy texture to the exterior then this might not be what you're looking for
but for what it is as far as what it tastes like I'm happy with this my chief complaints the last
few times that I have had these sorts of melt were that the onions would often times be burnt to the
point not roasted not not it's just completely burnt that was the big problem I was having same
thing the patties were just a very subpar quality and as a result it just wound up being a very
disappointing item but in this case everything in my opinion is cooked I wouldn't say to Perfection
that would be giving them a bit too much credit um but it is definitely cooked to what you would
hope for it's meeting the standards I would say and uh it's making for a pleasant and enjoyable
melt I would again say it's more or less akin to a cheeseburger on this sort of faux toast but all
things considered I am happy with it slightly overpriced yeah $65 that's a bit more expensive
than I would like however all things considered I am quite happy with the bacon melt and I am going
to be giving this a 7.5 out of 10 a definite substantial Improvement and uh I'm very happy
to see that took me by surprise but that's that's great to see it really is it's always very nice
to see things actually get a little better for once and now the cheesy tots I'm going to have
to be quick with this one I've got about five minutes left there they are it's a four piece
of them uh for the price of $150 tater tots it's potato with cheese on the inside I've tried these
before but let's see hopefully these will also be all right and it's time to try them out let's
go
for
another pleasant surprise not bad either there have been instances with the cheesy tots now
these I have reviewed time and again I've tried them many times and there have been instances
where they've been absolutely horrible uh where they have just been disgustingly bad where it's
like there were consistency issues or the cheese on the inside tasted sour and there were just all
these weird problems with them before uh and made them extremely unpleasant but this time around
again I am pleasantly surprised I could definitely taste a potato in this and it definitely has that
sort of starchy nature to it it's very greasy very oily I would personally recommend getting
these with a dipping sauce even just something like you know ketchup or uh something like that
would I would say pair nicely but I will say uh the cheese on the inside there's a nice little
balance of it it's not overwhelming it's not overbearing but it's Pleasant it's just very
pleasant it's just like a fatty greasy you know oily sort of snack again it's on the cheesier side
not overwhelmingly so so if that's something that you want really more cheese than potato you might
be a little disappointed but uh quality wise Pleasant I personally I think they have a nice
balance of everything I think they got the right amount of both the cheese and the potato nothing
clashes it's the perfect texture in my opinion and likewise again it all just tastes good and
that's a surprise because those cheesy tots there have been so many instances where they have been
horrible and uh I was worried I was expecting the worst I'm afraid but this time around they did not
disappoint and they made for a pleasant snack again I would recommend getting a dipping sauce
with them that's my personal recommendation but these particular cheesy tots do hold their own uh
which is quite nice to see as well again they are slightly overpriced four of them for $150 that's
a little steep I would say but it is what it is but all things considered most enjoyable and a
nice little snack as well out of 10 I would give the cheesy tot a 7.2 out of 10 maybe they could
have had been a little more flavorful but you know personally I think they're totally fine for what
they are and that's why they have the rating that they have so from Burger King pleasant surprises
for once there are so many times with Burger King where I will try out item after item and they are
just absolutely God awful I've actually tried out both of these items before you can check my old
reviews of them and I genuinely hated both of them I mean I hated that melt so much it was uh really
repulsive when I tried it out I think it was even earlier in the year it was so bad and the cheesy
tots as well I think I tried those out a few times maybe in 2017 maybe in 2019 20121 a few times I
know I have and there have been those instances where they were just awful where it was like they
were cold on the inside and then there was another time where I tried them out and there was just
this sourness to them not good at all but these they they got the act together it's really nice to
see kind of makes me happy to see these sorts of establishments actually offer a product that that
tastes how it's supposed to taste for once so good on you Burger King you actually did good this time
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