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food review I'm your host the report of the week and here we are we're a safe
inside right now the last video we did of course we were trying out this the
Shaq-a-roni pizza we're battling the clock we're battling the storms that
were rolling in I survived maybe it was the pizza that protected me I don't know
but we're here we made it to another day and we're trying out another release
this release as a matter of fact is quite easily the biggest release of 2020
by far it's from Taco Bell and Taco Bell you know it's interesting
one thing that I've been talking about a lot in some of the videos that I've been
doing you know I try a lot of different items there's lots of different
concoctions and different creations and things and things that probably
shouldn't even be food that are you know how it is a lot of things I've been
saying is they've been simple lately it's been simplistic a lot of very
simplistic items down to the basics Taco Bell is being a rebel right now they're
saying you know what we heard about going to the basics and we're throwing
that in a trash bin right now and when we get it we're to take the trash bin
we're gonna throw the trash bin out the window into a dumpster okay that's what
they think of simplicity with this item they're saying no we're going
complicated go big or go home I'm eating this at home right now I got a delivered
with the and actually regrettably from greatness I got it
delivered though with grub grub hub there we go
and they did good did a good job delivering it but I'm I'm I'm eating
this at home but it's still big anyway you know go big or go home
grilled cheese burrito is what it is as a matter of fact you can get those for
$2.99 it's a new item a new burrito and the name is deceiving that's the other
thing it's a curveball they're gonna trick you grilled cheese burrito grilled
cheese what is grilled cheese all right you get the slab of cheese you put it on
the grill right and then you just throw it on on a soft
tortilla... right now they actually have an item like that it's actually called the
cheesy roll-up or something it's the most misunderstood item on the entire
menu the poor thing is just you know sitting in the dark corner neglected in
the back all day but that's not what it is the name is deceiving that makes you
think it's very simple just grilled cheese not at all
the grilled cheese burrito is new they just released it and here's what it has
so get ready you're gonna be blown away by this so right now if you have a seat
belt I want you to buckle up all right strap in if not if you're watching this
I got your desk or something grab on to it like this and just hold on okay
because get ready I'm just warning you right now cuz look when I researched
this and when I read this I was blown against the wall here and I don't want
that to happen to you here's what it's got nacho cheese sauce seasoned rice red
strips not those green strips no no red strips seasoned beef creamy chipotle
sauce sour cream a three-cheese blend and then on top of that flour tortilla
that it's all wrapped in another three cheese blend for $2.99 yeah they're
going all out let me tell you right now they are going all out so this is not
the three cheese blend all right this is a wrapping paper that it's in alright
this is this is more wrapping paper alright you can see that's a Anti
radiation shield that they wrap it in and then this is a protective wrapping
paper so this is not the three cheese blend okay that's actually the six
cheese blend but it's not edible so you got to watch out for that let's look at
this thing though I don't know Taco Bell you know they're hit or miss but some
things have the potential of being really good some am you know that
potential being really bad biggest lesson I've ever learned from taco bell
I've tried a lot of their stuff of course they they make a lot of new
releases you cannot judge a book by it's cover that's the thing with taco bell
some things like oh it's gonna be gross you know you might look you might think
oh wow it's gonna actually be really good then you try it and it's like the
exact opposite so I'm just going in here with an impartial attitude you know
sometimes they have hits sometimes they have misses I don't know I'm feeling
good though I don't know I'm just feeling good today you know feeling good
feeling good physically well psyched up so hopefully it'll this
will be a good one there's the three cheese blend on the top okay let me show
you this so you see how this is all right there's that grilled cheese that's
the grilled cheese they're talking about right there and then all the other stuff
is inside of it so we're gonna try this out let me just do this for the for the
thing you know how it is something like that yeah I don't know we'll figure it
out but you can see what it looks like so we're just gonna try it out we're
gonna taste it and I'm gonna let you know what it tastes like exactly so it
is the grilled cheese burrito from Taco Bell it's going in see how it says
by the way they do market this they say this is the cheesiest I don't know they
say cheesiest item or cheesiest burrito yet that's obviously a very very high
emphasis on cheese
some people wonder why I show it to the camera like this because it's a
cross-section you know that's why you want to know what's in it you can see
it's got a little bit of everything you can see there is the rice the red stuff
the seasoned beef the cheese mixed in there as well
one more bite
I'll tell you why did that say cheese
all right here's what I wanted to do and I was just doing very preliminary we
just I was thinking to myself I was thinking I wanted to do this for
organizational purposes this is one of those items that has so much stuff in it
right so I wanted to just give a check mark on the whole list as to which ones
then I can kind of taste which ones maybe I can't and pretty much all but
one thing I really can easily identify here's the thing in short because I know
what these items that have a lot of different ingredients and a lot of
different you know things to it you know I can go on and on and on I can just try
to analyze it one thing at a time and I might actually end up doing that I don't
know but in short those of you that just want like the the lowdown right as they
say right now it's good Wow there's the review it's good but it is
true I have to say I actually am pleasantly surprised by this one
experience that I've had with Taco Bell is that sometimes when they try to add
so many things it just that's like they go over the top and it just doesn't work
what I was really concerned about here was that all the emphasises of you know
the sauces on this it would end up being like this soggy mess but a thing that
just clashed too much and it just wouldn't work or there'd be too much of
this one thing too little of another and it just you know it would have an issue
because I've seen this happen before but I think Taco Bell they learned from
their mistakes that you know they made in the past but they owned up to it they
learned from them and they said okay we've done this wrong in the past but
we're gonna correct it this time around and I think they did a good job with
this the grilled cheese burrito was an item that I would say I don't know if it
would be for everyone but if you like something that is cheesy then I think
you will be a fan of this alright here's what I like there's a good amount of the
seasoned beef in this number one which is good one problem that I've had with
Taco Bell with just so many different items be that tacos or burritos or
specialties etc is the fact that they really you know they
put so little beef in it despite what you see in the ad what I like here
though is that you really can see the beef you could taste that there's a good
amount of it I like that secondly all the cheesiness it works you
have that three cheese that grilled cheese blend on the top which really
does it taste like I had a lot of grilled cheese but you have the three
cheese blend on the top you have the three cheese blend inside the burrito
itself then you have that creamy nacho cheese sauce as well and that cheesiness
all it just blends together and it just envelops it you know you get that
cheesiness in every single bite that's why I say for people that like cheese
like cheesy items you're gonna like this because you get a lot of it but even for
me I'm not I'm not a kind of person that's you know overwhelmed with cheese
I'm not the kind like let's say I get a taco from Taco Bell I don't say you know
I want so much cheese on it that it's just you know running down my sleeves
and everything I don't you know a little bit of cheese is okay but despite that
it's not overwhelming to me it doesn't like you know put me off or anything
another thing that I like the sour cream just that little extra balance to it
because otherwise the cheese and then you get the beef and then you get a
little bit of that crunch you know from the the red strips as well but it all go
can just kind of get a little monotonous because they all just blend together
they work well but the thing I like about the sour cream is that it's it's
own little identifying thing it's only little identifying factor it just has
that sharpness it really just it's distinguishable but it gives it that
little bit of a kick brings it to that next level just an interesting flavor
man it works with all this really like that sour cream it's a really good touch
the seasoned rice as well as is there I think it just adds a little bit of
texture that's not one of the key ingredients the one thing that I just
can't taste as much of that I wish like I could barely identify it was the
creamy chipotle sauce that's the one thing that kind of got lost in there a
little bit I wish I could have tasted that chipotle sauce a little bit more so
that's just the one thing that I think it was lacking in the fact again that I
just couldn't really make out too much of that chipotle sauce but overall yeah
I'm a fan of it I'm a fan of it $2.99 it's a complete burrito it's got a lot
in it but everything works out good and I think it's just it could be a good
snack or a good you know there's a lot to it good
portion size and especially for people who like the cheesy stuff definitely
definitely a buy so I'm a fan of it again I wish there was a little more
that chipotle sauce but overall for so many ingredients there are so many
things that could have gone wrong Taco Bell did a good job I'm proud of
you guys as a result I'm gonna give it an eight point five out of ten eight
point five out of ten enough ahead that chipotle sauce would have been a little
higher but I'm happy with it so we'll go out and give it a shot if
you want and that's all that I have for you
I'm your host to the report of the week today's reviews for the grilled cheese
burrito from Taco Bell I am happy with it thank you be safe be healthy and do
take care this is the report of the week signing off