The taco above has two corn tortillas, diced raw onion, cilantro, and heavily seasoned thin strips of beef. It was served to me tightly wrapped in aluminum foil. It costs $1.49 for one, or $2.79 for two, so I got the carnitas pictured below as well.
It looks like it could have come from numerous taquerias around town…except I purchased this via the Taco Bell drive-through.
I wasn’t aware until I saw the picture on the store while driving by last night, but Taco Bell kicked off a new “Cantina” taco series this week.
They were kind of gross, the sauce on the carnita was gloppy, and the meat had that fast food artificial seasoning and texture thing going on. But other than that, they are cheap, quick, and are probably a comparatively healthy fast food option. I’ll be interested to see how they do. I think many Taco Bell goers will consider these tacos to be too “plain”.
I mean, we’re talking about a company whose whole product marketing plan consists of changing the colors of corn tortillas and seeing how much shit (beans, rice, ground beef, cheese dip sauce) can be stuffed in a one pound sack (burrito).
