‘Taco Bell isn’t even good’

Yeah I know. Sometimes the raccoon inside of me craves garbage. Leave me & my Crunchwrap alone.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Aight, let’s be real a minute here.

    Taco Bell is good, for a given value of “good”

    You’ve got relatively intense spices that aren’t hot hot. You’ve got salt, fats, and umami in plentiful amounts, with a smattering of carbs wrapped around it. You can have acidity and sweetness if you want them.

    That’s literally the recipe for stimulating as many of your taste receptors as possible while avoiding bitter, which requires more skill to keep balanced out

    There’s no depth of flavor, it’s all shallow and single note, even the spices since they’re in a mix for their entire process from factory to store.

    But they’re “good enough”. They’ll put some food in your belly that doesn’t leave you without some taste to make it seem like it was food. Compare that to some protein bar where you’re cramming in calories and nutrients that are almost universally bland as hell. Justified healthier for sure, but there’s something you have to convince yourself is worth eating. Even the best brands are just edible.

  • burgersc12@mander.xyzEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    They are decent for the right price. The boxes where you get like 3-5 items and a drink for under 7 dollars are great, but the rest of their shit is usually overpriced and not worth the hassle of using their kiosk or app or worse, having to order at the counter cause they decided to only allow certain deals when you order at certain places. Oh and also FUCK them for making the kiosk almost mandatory and then making the good deals not available on them!! Why’d you put them there if you want me to order the cheap shit at the counter?!

  • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Realtalk: The $7 “decades” menu item or the $7 Luxe Cravings Box is one of the best deals in fast food right now.

    These usually have a taco, a “fancier” taco (like a double decker), and a burrito, AND chips and queso AND a drink. If you want a large drink it’s $.20 more. So for about $8 you can get a lot of food.

    Compared to McDonald’s that somehow charges like $11+ for a Double Quarter Pounder meal now, it’s a great deal.

    I may be lucky in that the Taco Bell near me has line cooks that actually know what they are doing. I know that’s not a luxury everyone has. But I’ll never turn down some Taco Bell.