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A Taco Bell finally opened up where I live, and we are going to go try it tonight. What should I try and what should I avoid?

Of course I know I should try another restaurant and avoid Taco Bell, that's too obvious, but what is life without a little Adventure.

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Have you ever had real Mexican food? Taco Bell is a not a good introduction.

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[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Get quantity over quality (many small tacos)

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago
[–] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I did consider getting the party pack, but I wasn’t ten taco hungry tonight.

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[–] IMongoose@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What did you get and how was it?

[–] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Tried the chicken chalupa and fries. Not bad.

[–] monsterlynn@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

@lazylion_ca it's a fast food version of Mexican.

I like crunchy tacos with one packet of hot sauce per taco. Crunchy taco supreme is good. Burrito Supreme is good, too.

Sauce is very important, though. You have to have it. Start with the hot sauce (orange packets), and work your way up if you need to. They used to have green sauce that was pretty good, but it's only available in grocery stores now. 🙄

For a drink, you need to try a Baja Blast. It's like their signature thing. Very sweet, has its own flavor you can't really describe.

Just keep in mind that it's fast food. It's not casual fast like Chipotle or Panera - - more Macdonald's or Wendy's.

One thing Taco Bell has had over a lot of fast food places for a long time is that vegetarians and vegans can actually get edible meals there. It's basically all of the same ingredients, just mixed around differently.

They also have bowls you can get. They're not terrible. I prefer my old standard menu items that haven't changed in 40 years, though.

The other thing that just occurred to me - - most of us in the thread responding to you are suggesting their old timey comfort favorites. I'm no different (54 years old and had my first Taco Bell when I was 9), so at 50, your palate may not understand or have the associations with this place that ours do.

I'm really curious what you're going to think about it, though. I think most people going in with realistic expectations don't wind up hating it, though.

[–] AngelJamie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

The jizz, shit, and piss burrito is a classic.

[–] Gigan@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I like the doritos tacos

[–] athos77@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

If they have it (not all locations do), the chili cheese burrito.

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[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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[–] badbytes@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

You need to build up tolerance first. Go slow with a simple taco, otherwise you digestion gonna do civil war.

[–] biscoot@lemmy.getmeotter.work 2 points 8 months ago

I can recommend the Chalupa and Crunch Wrap Supreme

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Baja Blast with whatever you get. Its the best god damn thing about taco bell and im STILL FUCKING PISSED IT LOST THAT ELECTION TO BE YEAR ROUND IN STORS LIKE 7 YEARS AGO

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

Cheesy Gordita Crunch with the nacho cheese shell on the inside.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

I hope you have some Charmin ultra soft ready to go for tomorrow morning

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Dorito locos tacos, or DLT as the workers summarize for me but I am too embarrassed to use myself

[–] blargerer@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Taco bells menu is like 10 different ingredients combined in various ways, it nearly all tastes identical with the exception of the various protein options (I suggest vegetarian).

Yes! Taco Bell is the go-to fast food restaurant for vegetarians. I suggest the black bean chalupa supreme, veggie mexican pizza, and cheesy fiesta potatoes. Unfortunately, that meal and a beverage will probably cost about $17 usd these days

[–] JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

No matter what you get you have to get hot sauce, and definitely not mild.

[–] morganth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago

Honestly? Just their basic tacos. Maybe the Doritos version if they still have those. But just get a couple of the hard tacos with some Fire sauce. If you like those, you may like other things on the menu; if you don’t, you probably won’t like any of it. They’re Taco Bell distilled.

[–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Beef chalupa

[–] Daveofthenorth@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Steak grilled cheese burrito

[–] bjorney@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Crunch wrap & fries supreme (🇨🇦)

The fries supreme are just a shadow of their former self though, 20 years ago they were the best fast food item you could get

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