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This is running an empty food review and I am your host the report of the week. So today we are revisiting
You know, I guess we are revisiting them technically, although this is a new item from Taco Bell
But it is the first time that I've been to Taco Bell in
Quite a while
I mean
It has been a lot longer than I thought because I know there used to be a time
When I was doing like a Taco Bell review every other week, and then I don't know what happened
But they're still releasing new things. They still have new promos and ideas and you know items being
strewn about a carefully not not recklessly should be clarified and
This is their newest
Promotion something that I want to try out because there was an idea it came to me and I thought you know
I want to I want to see if this really holds holds true to the standards
Ok, there's a plane going by. It's probably the Taco Bell surveillance team right there
Taco Bell has released what they called the grande
Nachos box now first and foremost. There's a lot of debate going around with the name
people are trying to say well is it named after ariana grande or is it a homage to
The Starbucks beverage, you know if you want a grande this or that so people are trying to figure that out
I really am undecided there, but needless to say this is a $5 deal where you get
box of
nachos and
a
medium drink
Now you might be saying at Ferris table right? Well, what's the big deal?
What's so special about it? If it's just a box of nachos? Well, they don't call them grande nachos or anything
These are like the most think of it this way
These are the most
souped-up
Nachos you can possibly get okay without bending any rules or doing any of that stuff
This is this is in their eyes
Anyway, as good as it's going to get now, you can get these with beef or shredded chicken and here's what it comes with
Okay, your nacho chips, you know the tortilla chips?
This one I got seasoned beef three cheese blend beans
nacho cheese sour cream guacamole pico de gallo
$5 meal deal and
It's just like saying we have these nachos. These are supposed to be the best ones for the price
You're getting a little bit of everything and what they're really
emphasizing here in their in their
advertising campaign is they are saying
This is a great deal a great value and it's something that it might seem shareable, but it's all for you
You could get it messy. You can do anything you want
Look, if you really want to you can wait till the cheese cools and it kind of gets
you know into that solid esque state you could wear it as a little hat and
parade around and you can say as the latest high fashion and you know you do you
But here's what it looks like. We're just gonna eat them this time around
It's thinking about making them into a lapel pin, but it's not gonna happen today
Let's get the autofocus off here. Didn't mean to there we go. That's what they look like
There you go
There I am with them
Trainer good enough. And I mean that's what they look like. I mean you could definitely see
It does have a little bit of everything right
There there we go. So you can see there's the
You know the pico de gallo guacamole
Um, you can see some of the refried beans right over there some of the meat mixed in the tortilla chips the sour cream
Nacho cheese three cheese blend kind of hiding over there
You can see it also around a little outer boundary and I mean everything that's there
You know, it's supposed to be which is good
What we're gonna do now
I'm never really good with like these big
Finger food type meals. So what I'm gonna do, I guess I'll just keep their focus like that. What I'm gonna do is
I'm just gonna get a chip gonna first try it out like this good, you know a little bit of the stuff and
Then I'll just you know dip it. I'll train you do it with a fork
I'll try and get a little bit of everything for you know
Let it know what it I'm letting you know what it tastes like so it's the grande
nachos box from Taco Bell
Going in
Good see getting a little bit of a little bit of stuff there
Now this is the super here's what they call the super nacho
Right there. So it's so powerful doesn't even focus properly, but we're just gonna I'm just gonna eat the whole thing
Regrets or not? It's for you guys
Hmm
So one thing I got to show you
I'm kind of just been
skimming the surface
All right, but you see right here. You start digging down under this right and it's layered
Okay, so there's more to it than you think right you dig down there's some more beans. There's some meat
Okay, so it's not like this is just tons of chips and that's it on the surface this stuff grows down
You got to keep that in mind
what I would imagine
this box is probably designed and I know I know there's a few of you out there because Taco Bell knows you even better than
I do you
know you go to the movie theater and you want to get some nachos or some chips or something and
They're gonna charge you, you know an exorbitant price
That's assuming we go to the movies don't I don't feel that you do. I know you go you get the chips and it's like
$34.99 plus tip and
You think can come on? Well, now you can sneak these in for the low price of $5 and you're said, you know
You're set you can this is made for for you guys
But of course
All comes down to whether it tastes good or not because if it doesn't taste good, then it isn't
Is it really worth it? You know, that's the thing
So here's what it tastes like
It's pretty standard for what it is
and I think that's what we come to expect when it comes down to Taco Bell items most of the time it's standard like
It's either by some miracle. I shouldn't say that but that's adding sometimes you see it. It's outstandingly good sometimes
It's outstandingly bad. And then it's standard. It's like average, you know, it's like what you expect from Taco Bell
I'm not gonna sit here and I'm not gonna grade a Taco Bell like it's supposed to be some five-star steakhouse and that this
Seasoned beef was supposed to be some sort of filet mignon or something. That's that's not that's not being in touch with reality
So for what it is, I think it's standard. I mean, I think a taste like how you would expect it to taste. Yes
It's not the world's highest quality stuff
Okay
but in terms of portion size you actually get a good amount of meat you get a good amount of the
Nacho chips you get a good amount of everything. Maybe I wish there was a little more pico de gallo and
maybe a little more of the dipping sauces, but it was nice to see that the meat was layered down there and I
was worried first
I thought I was getting ripped off again and it was this gonna be the usual
But at least it was a little bit more meat than I then I anticipated to be quite honest
But otherwise the taste is pretty standard
I mean, it's it's how you would expect it to taste
Right the guacamole tastes like whack-a-mole
Lay, the seasoned beef this it tastes like the seasoned beef you get on your tacos from Taco Bell. There's there's no
Curveballs here. It's not that's gonna kind of somehow rise out of the box and and sucker punch you
For some odd reason it's not gonna happen. No surprises
one thing I
Would just criticize a little bit on it's just how I feel about the the refried beans
Everything there. I can taste are the most part except for those like
Texturally I could feel them but it just seemed as though they were lacking in the flavor
Which is obviously that's an issue
I wish that it was just a little more
Flavorful looks everything else is there but then I wanted to taste the refried beans there, too
I wanted to have it complete. I wanted all all of this stuff to be there
That's the one thing that disappointed me the most probably is that of everything that was there
I just it was kind of tasteless. You know, it was very bland best way to put it
So that's my that's my one issue. I
Saw someone else caught this and I saw that there was very little seasoned beef
But this one I mean it had more than I expected so I can't really bash them on that
But you have to remember, it's Taco Bell. A lot of it comes down to who's making it
so be wary your your serving size may definitely vary but otherwise, I mean
I think it's pretty standard for what it is. We got the
Baja blast it also comes with a medium soft drink of your choice
So is it worth five bucks I
mean you get a good amount of
Food don't get me wrong. I wish it was a little higher quality and taste to be honest
I think it's worth more the $4 range because it's cheap to make
so I mean all in all I think this is more of a four dollar item than a five dollar but of course with a
Meal deal, you know, that's how they tack it all together and that's how it is
But out of ten, what am I going to be rating this?
I'm gonna give it a five point five out of ten, you know pretty average standard run-of-the-mill
but certainly if you enjoy Taco Bell your Taco Bell fan and
You want to enjoy some of their nachos a little bit of you know?
That extra extra zing
Then give it a shot because I think I think it'll be exactly what you expect for it to be you won't be blown away
But I don't think you'll be disappointed either. That's all that I have for you
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm your host the report of the week and thank you for watching this review
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