http://i.imgur.com/cpCwP4C.jpg
― 龜, Saturday, 31 May 2014 05:35 (nine years ago) link
that kind of looks like the opposite of constipation tbf
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Saturday, 31 May 2014 08:43 (nine years ago) link
That's mostly why I said 'wtf'. Also, it seems like a strange dish to show up at a SoCal fast food place with a tacky theme.
― beard papa, Saturday, 31 May 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
carl agatha OTM. I would nominate Grotto Pizza as a runner up. Jerry's kinda sucks imo, I think Ledo Pizza is more of a thing for Maryland people although I don't like it much myself.
― a lake full of ancient spices (los blue jeans), Sunday, 1 June 2014 01:40 (nine years ago) link
Also, it seems like a strange dish to show up at a SoCal fast food place with a tacky theme.
― beard papa, Sunday, June 1, 2014 3:46 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
Haven't read any articles but it's likely they just copied the Taiwanese one wholesale or it might even be an overseas franchise
― 龜, Sunday, 1 June 2014 02:30 (nine years ago) link
Yes, it was a branch of the Taiwanese restaurant. I haven't been in the City of Industry for a long while, but it seems like an odd place to locate. It's mostly an industrial business area but it does have a high-end hotel complex. Woulda killed in Alhambra.
― nickn, Sunday, 1 June 2014 04:18 (nine years ago) link
not a chain but http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/our-top-10-burgers-in-atlanta-georgia.html
"Meatstick." If you saw that word listed on a menu—with zero accompanying description—would you tempt fate and order it? Let's hope so, 'cos the One Eared Stag's not-exactly-secret burger with the kooky codename (which comes from a never-released Phish song; how's THAT for obscure?) is well worth the leap of faith.
would not wanna eat produce from a chef who is familiar with unreleased Phish songs tbh
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Saturday, 7 June 2014 08:01 (nine years ago) link
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/meet-taco-bells-resident-disruptor/373153/
Yeah, so here at Taco Bell, one of the great things about our company is that they are very understanding that the world is changing and the world is changing very quickly. Whether it's companies like Uber disrupting the taxi cab industry or Airbnb disrupting the hotel industry, disruption is happening everywhere and Taco Bell recognizes that. And the great thing about it was they sort of really embraced disruption and how do we do things differently, how do we reinvent what we do. And so my job here at Taco Bell is to really think about that.
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 12:55 (nine years ago) link
Taco Bell: Digestion Disrupters
― odd proggy geezer (Moodles), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 13:29 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/SWrMZve.jpg
― 龜, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 17:58 (nine years ago) link
is that like a microwavable Dorito treat or do they come straight out of the bag like that?
― odd proggy geezer (Moodles), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
looks like a filthy good time
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 18:10 (nine years ago) link
are these just cheese sticks only it's cheddar instead mozarella and there's dorito powder in the breading?
― balls, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
I would assume so
No word if they are served with a side of marinara sauce or Cool Ranch flavored ranch dressing
― 龜, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
Fuck. I wish I could come up with this garbage.
― how's life, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
it's not really the idea, it's the extensive breading experiments that make the idea viable
― j., Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
that's why we can't just give loaded doritos away to sub-saharan africans
― j., Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
These have probably been around for a while but last time I was in 7-11 they had these "secret flavor" Doritos in shiny foil bags that only have a number for a name so you don't know what they're going to taste like and I think they were being marketed as like "experimental" flavors. Like Russian roulette corn triangles.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
Oh yeah! Haven't had them but I know of them from DORITOS POLL
― 龜, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
I was hoping the breading was just crushed doritos
― odd proggy geezer (Moodles), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
This was touched on earlier, but seeing this menu in real life gave me ptsd
http://www.tacobell.com/static_files/TacoBell/StaticAssets/images/food/menu/Menu_Breakfast_2014_A.jpg
Although I could go for some cinnabon bites tbqh
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
I really wanna try those. AM CRUNCHWRAP BABY.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
yeah, I bet the AM crunchwrap is good.
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
That looks gross and I would totally eat it.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link
My understanding is that food in advertising is often doctored (sometimes to the point of not actually being the food advertised) so as to make the food in question appear as appetizing as possible. So I guess I don't understand why the food depicted in Taco Bell's breakfast advertising looks so much like tortilla-wrapped vom.
― The She's The Sheriff Mystery Hour (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link
If you're eating at Taco Bell you've already given up
― Nhex, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
i've been eating soyrizo and egg breakfast burritos with half of a hashbrown in them and hashbrown in a breakfast burrito is the best
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
i appreciate those stupid ads where taco bell's like "man, mcdonalds don't care about the hash brown, BUT WE DO, do we put it in into our breakfast burrito, suck it mcdonalds"
― Nhex, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
There's a restaurant nearby that made hash brown-wrapped omelets that were amazing but they stopped making them and I stopped going there. Because what kind of a decision is that even.
― The She's The Sheriff Mystery Hour (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
can u get any of those without eggs?
― guwop (crüt), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
so annoyed w/the prevalence of egg-centric breakfast menus
but but eggs are delicious
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 20:21 (nine years ago) link
i am insane & don't like eggs
― guwop (crüt), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
i like to fart & i am crazy
― Explanations Are Too Boring! (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
That's some cool waffle tech up there
― odd proggy geezer (Moodles), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
When I worked at Taco Bell, someone ordered an "ice taco" – a wheat tortilla filled with ice, and cheese sprinkled on top. Why hasn't Taco Bell tried to mainstream this???
― when you call my name it's like a prickly pear (Crabbits), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
lol
― badg, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
iced cheese
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link
fool me thrice...cheese on ice
― chikungunya manatee (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 21:11 (nine years ago) link
convinced crabbits lives in a wim wenders movie
― goole, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
― Nhex, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link
http://www.burgerbusiness.com/?p=18125
It also has been spotted testing a biscuit/donut hybrid called “bisnuts”
― j., Wednesday, 9 July 2014 22:51 (nine years ago) link
huh if they're thinking about making something like a luther vandross burger version of a breakfast sandwich that would be right up hardee's alley, though it wouldn't be that different from a mcgriddle really.
― balls, Thursday, 10 July 2014 01:21 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1TPeOzyYRk
― 龜, Thursday, 10 July 2014 01:30 (nine years ago) link
Like Russian roulette corn triangles.
http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/53b570d2eab8ea253a7418c0/doritos-launches-bizarre-roulette-edition-where-some-chips-are-insanely-hot.jpg
― dylannn, Thursday, 10 July 2014 04:26 (nine years ago) link
I think that you could make non-gross versions of most of the Taco Bell breakfast items at home with basic cooking skills, and they would be far less greasy and overwhelming than what you get at Taco Bell and still be kinda greasy and overwhelming.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 10 July 2014 06:49 (nine years ago) link
http://jezebel.com/taco-company-surprises-twitter-users-with-glorious-chee-1620434505
'WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?'
― j., Wednesday, 13 August 2014 01:24 (nine years ago) link
Thought of this thread when I listened to this earlier: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/chocolate-fried-chicken-taste-test
― beard papa, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 04:32 (nine years ago) link
i'm currently eating root beer float oreos and thinking there could be a whole other thread for snack aisle products
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
then you could follow http://junkfoodguy.com/, he's no ßurgerßusiness industry observer, but he does seem to enjoy testing that junk out
― j., Wednesday, 20 August 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link