Posts Tagged ‘seasoned’

Review: Taco Bell Cheesy Double Beef Burrito

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Cheesy Double Beef BurritoPrice: $0.89

Availability: participating Bells

Location: 3511 W. Devon Ave., Chicago, IL 60659 (map); phone: (773) 588-9712

Rating: 3 out of 5 – acceptable

It’s interesting that when I finally got around to reviewing something from Taco Bell, there’s a new salmonella scare surrounding raw tomatoes that’s got chains around the country pulling fresh tomatoes off their menus. Taco Bell is, of course, not immune to the dangers of bad marketing (nor unfeeling as to its customers’ health), so it was fortuitous that I already wanted to check out a menu item that included no diced tomatoes whatsoever. (The additional Fire Sauce I sprinkled on later presumably uses fully cooked tomatoes in its formula.)

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Review: Arby’s medium Curly Fries

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Arby’s Curly FriesPrice: $1.69; paid – $0.00

Promotion: free with “Matt’s Monday” Arby’s Racing deal

Location: 3931 N. Harlem Ave., Chicago, IL 60634 (map)

Rating: 3 out of 5 – acceptable

You know the main attractions on Arby’s menu have traditionally been its roast-beef sandwiches, but it can be quite helpful to have attractive sideshows as well (to eke out a little extra profit margin on a full-sized order). While Arby’s apparently has a limited supply of homestyle fries and “potato cakes” at participating locations, the form of fried potato most often associated with the chain (at least for me) has been the Curly Fry. It is described as follows on the Arby’s web site: “Perfectly seasoned ringlets, fried to a golden brown and served hot make these the perfect side item to any meal.” Perfect might not be the right word to lavish on these fried ringlets, but maybe I’ve just been missing something up till now.

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