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you're really not going to believe this taco bell is always they're always trying to revolutionize
the world of fast food this time around maybe just maybe they actually did it
i don't know that sounds good anyway you're not going to believe this though this this item
it has everything it is the combination of possibly possibly gourmet dining
as well as fast food get ready this is going to be groundbreaking
probably in the metaphorical sense but possibly in the literal sense
taco bell has released the double steak grilled cheese burrito why am i standing i don't know
but it looks dramatic said no one well i guess i said it so there you have it yeah the the grilled
cheese burrito i think they had that about a year ago if i'm not mistaken i'm pretty sure that they
did they've brought it back but with a new twist you can now have taco bell's famous steak on this
here's what we have this burrito comes with a double portion of steak
a double serving of rice red tortilla strips chipotle sauce nacho cheese sauce sour cream
a three cheese blend all together in a soft tortilla with grilled cheese
on the outside of the tortilla and it is available at the price of six dollars
and 50 cents the double steak grilled cheese burrito now normally i don't do this
for for videos i mean if you've watched me long enough you know that this is unlike me
i saw you know steak this is this might be the nicest thing i've ever reviewed i mean we're
really taking it up a notch steak can you believe that so i made sure to order this medium rare
i put on a suit and everything for this i've got a nice drinking
receptacle i put on a suit i combed my hair you know i never do that because i said you know
this is fine dining so i want to look presentable for it the taco bell double steak grilled cheese
burrito and i know what you're wondering right now you're probably thinking exactly one of two things
a has taco bell's team (esemplastic team if i may add)
of fine dining geniuses, have they done it again?
have they have they really is this that breakthrough we've all been hoping for
or as a nice throwback to the early 2010s is it an epic fail essentially is it good or is it bad
we'll find out double steak grilled cheese burrito now if you look at it though all silliness aside
i mean it is of a decent size i mean you can see it's in this reflective burrito wrapping
it's pretty big quite frankly has some weight to it there's a lot to it honestly the lots of
ingredients i think you could kind of tell by how i was listing it all off so let's open this up
let's see for ourselves
now i remember when they released the grilled cheese burrito last year i reviewed it and
it was well received i mean people you know they found the subject matter interesting that is
that they like it though some people did some people didn't
look at that this is actually a big burrito i mean i i'm not even exaggerating here this is big this
is like this is the size of my my head actually it's bigger in terms of its its length anyway
in terms of its breadth not as much but you can see there we go there's a close-up of it um i
think this would be a good thumbnail something like this you could see the grilled cheesiness
you know maybe maybe not maybe i'll do another one but you know maybe something like that
anyway i know i'll be able to work it out and figure something out so you see
what it looks like though you could see the grilled cheese on the outside though
and the inside is all this stuff so honestly we're gonna see how it is their steak is uh
some people like it some people don't we'll find out for ourselves what it really tastes like um
obviously again it's supposed to have a little bit of everything you know the steak the cheese
various sauces we'll see how it all blends together and if it's good or if it's bad we
will find out the double steak grilled cheese burrito from taco bell going in
you
i'll take a thumbnail like this for the heck of it
but also pay attention to actually what i'm showing you not just the picture itself
you see in there that's the steak is that the finest filet mignon in the world
no it's from taco bell but it is meat that i can verify
i'm going to take a bite from the other end
uh
considering all the ingredients i know this is an item that i could probably be quite
long-winded about i'll try not to be but you know the way it goes with with me sometimes
here's what i notice now this is often the case this is nothing that surprises me uh from taco
bell when it comes down to these sorts of items with lots of different ingredients you know let's
see how many different components this actually has to it one two three four five six seven
probably eight different components we know that there are going to be some which are going to be
much more prevalent than others what i always like to do is assess these sorts of burritos
from two ways number one does it taste good number two which of the ingredients can you
actually taste discern and make out so number one i think the most important point to most consumers
quite simply is it good i don't have a problem with it and chances are you wouldn't either
if you're just getting this and you're not particularly getting this to say
let's say you're buying this and you're just getting it you know i want to taste the rice
yeah you might be a little let down chances are if you're just getting this i want something
that tastes good um you'll be happy with this i think so bear that in mind if that's all that
you want to get out of the video that's the review right there uh getting into more detail
though one quality that i was surprised by um pleasantly though is the amount of steak therein
now admittedly you can't order this medium rare or well done or any of that that was just about
you know that was just me doing what i do um the steak just comes as it does
but one thing that pleasantly surprised me was the portion size of the steak
there was steak in every single bite and with the taco bell steak you know it's little bite-sized
pieces thereof you could see that even on the other end this was loaded with steak fascinating
to me because there have been instances where i've gotten burritos or tacos from taco bell
and the seasoned beef which one would think would be subpar in terms of you know quality and um
expense there is much less there's a lot of stake in this i have to give them credit of that um
more than i anticipated so the steak itself tastes fine um it's a little on the chewy side you just
have to bear that in mind it tastes alright but it's it's a little chewy um it's not any sort
of like melt in your mouth extremely sort of you know tender meat or any of that there is just a
little bit of chewiness to that bear that in mind and just anticipate that as you're biting in one
thing that i notice in terms of its um consistency as you're biting into it everything is soft but
you'll know when you reach the steak i mean you're just going to be able to tell
here's what else i i noticed in terms of the rice not much of it i thought that this is going to be
loaded with rice because you again you think about cloths and all of that you think oh this is going
to be loaded with that surprisingly little rice a tiny bit here and there but really um no sort of
difference made one way or the other the tortilla strips are there one thing though that you you
should expect as you're biting into this do not expect a crunch from the tortilla strips you might
say well why you know those are chips that should add a nice crunchy balance to it right you have to
remember that this is also going to be loaded with sauce and those strips really just absorb it like
a sponge so those strips are essentially going to be um rather soft by the time you're here eating
it bear that in mind as well now in terms of the sauce easily the most potent sauce that i could
taste of the three because you have sour cream nacho cheese and chipotle is the chipotle sauce
all right as you bite into it what you're going to notice is like this sort of zesty almost spice to
it it's not hot i would say but there is a little bit of a spice more or less a mild flavorful spice
prevailing over the entirety of the burrito following that though you do get some cheesiness
from the nacho cheese sauce as well as the grilled cheese on the outside of the burrito
um the sour cream you can't really taste much of it's it's barely there it's just a tiny tiny
little um afterthought essentially when you're getting this you're mostly going to be able to
taste the chipotle sauce those tortilla strips and the uh the steak those are going to be the
three main ingredients but it blends together nicely there aren't any huge complaints here
it all works just understand some ingredients are going to be more flavorful than others
and all of this stuff some ingredients are just essentially going to be lost in the fray finally
the grilled cheese on the outside of the the tortilla there it is what it is i think that it's
mostly there just as a novelty um it's not really a huge it doesn't make a huge effect either way
any cheese you're mostly going to taste from that nacho cheese sauce not the cheese on the outside
bear that in mind but in the end i think it's a nice mix of some cheesiness some steak
lots of it and the chipotle sauce is definitely a nice addition i think if it weren't for that
chipotle sauce the burrito wouldn't be as good so it's definitely definitely very important to
make sure that chipotle sauce is on it because it does a good job and i think it really ties
it all together that said price for this was 6.50 cents do i think it's a little pricey yes
but understanding how today's economy is and uh all of that the price simply is what it is
at the very least though you are getting a good amount of everything uh in it so you know take
that into consideration say yeah this might be a seven dollar close to seven dollar burrito
but at least it's big and i'm getting a decent portion of steak as well factoring that in
um it's better than i thought it would be quite frankly it's not perfect you know it's taco bell
it's taco bell fast food quality but taking everything into account out of 10 i'm going
to be giving the double steak grilled cheese burrito a 7.75 out of 10 a little bit above
average definitely again by no means perfect but really i haven't any major complaints about it
that's all that i have for you today thank you for checking out today's review of the double
steak grilled cheese burrito from taco bell until next time i'm your host the report of the week