Genuinely insane that Raycon continues to sponsor this man who has never worn anything aside from his elementary school computer lab headphones in a video
For some reason, it never occurred to me that someone could just spread this kind of challenge out across multiple days. I've seen too many people try and eat an entire menu at once, I guess
I thought it was going to be in one setting too, but there is only so much taco bell that one can take in one day before total destruction of the bowels
I used to work at a taco bell so I'll give you some insight: -there were always a few people who had a kink for cheesy fiesta potatoes. For some reason the potatoes took an egregiously long time to fry and people went ballistic if potatoes weren't ready -the spicy potato soft taco is the most underrated item on the menu. The only people who got them were hindus, but i get them a lot now (I'm also a vegetarian). They're good regardless; the spicy sauce makes them. Only a buck -the quesadillas are sliced with a special blunt blade. That way, they're sliced in the bag. You grill the quesadilla, drop it in the bag, run the blade, and like magic the quesadilla is perfectly sliced and there is no cut on the bag. Fuckin sick -the power bowls used to be cantina power bowls. They had romaine lettuce instead of iceberg, they had a special cilantro rice and some kind of dressing. Not the worst thing -the easiest way to get an entire building of taco bell employees to hate you is to order a 12 pack when there's any kind of line. It takes forever, usually the lobby line worker has to take over and make 12 tacos, which puts the lobby behind. I don't even know if they have it any more. I feel like they do but it's a small footnote to discourage you from getting it -related: imo the worst single item to make is the crunchy taco. Which sucks because it's the most ordered item. They're just so easy to break. You have to be so delicate at every point in the, um, manufacturing process. Then you have to wrap them at the end, which also breaks them. The finesse it take to not break them is really slow, and then you have to make like 6 more because everyone wants some. When you get a broken crunchy taco, imagine how miraculous it is that most of the tacos go out intact -the only special item that the mexican pizzas require is a specific tostada shell. Everything else is standard. Why they keep taking it off the menu now is beyond me. I know they're making an artificial shortage, but you'd think they'd make more money by just having it. -the cheesy roll up was originally intended for kids. I say intended because for every parent who got them for their kids there was an adult who just had a hard on for them. -cinnamon twists perform a vital function. When we fuck up, we give out a pack of cinnamon twists. They're in a hotbox so they're warm and crispy for people to munch in the car as we un-fuck their order. We give out more cinnamon twists than we actually sell. And yes, this tactic usually works, because it's impossible to be angry with a cinnamon twist in your mouth. -sometimes we would draw dicks in the burritos with beef and sour cream. When you fold the burrito no one is the wiser. -fire sauce is weak. Mild sauce from buffalo wild wings is spicier -at the time i worked there, meximelts and enchiritos were already discontinued, yet they were still on the pos. Some people were in the know and ordered them. The removal of these items is even more baffling, because they use literally nothing outside of standard ingredients. -the sour cream comes out of a caulk gun. It's fun to dispense, except when it jams up -the meat comes out in a special long fork-like thing with a hole in the bottom to drain grease. It fits perfectly in a taco shell and evenly distributes meat in one scoop. It's an incredibly specialized yet ingenious tool that was formulated fairly early in the company's life if I'm not mistaken. There's even a left handed version -if you want to improve your burritos, ask them to be grilled. It takes only a few seconds but it improves them significantly. It adds a sorely needed firmness and crunch to mushy burritos like the burrito supreme and adds a nice toasty flavor. Grilling takes place on a hinged hot plate contraption not unlike a giant flat iron. Any employee who made a burrito for themselves always grilled it, no exceptions. That's all i got. Bye
@@chaseclearwater2758 black bean crunchwrap is my favorite thing on the menu. Everytime i go to taco bell that's what i get. Nothing too noteworthy except for the fact that they're easier to make at home than you might think. All you need is a big ass tortilla that can fold over a tostada. Tortilla down, cheese, tostada, meat/black beans, sour cream, then lettuce/tomato. Fold over one side flat over tostada, then rotate and fold until you get a hexagon. Carefully flip it over and grill it folded side first, then flip it over. Boom - homemade crunchwrap supreme
Quesaritos are same boat. There's no sorcery, it's just a large tortilla, then a layer of cheese (we use the 3 cheese blend and melt it in the steamer), then a small taco size tortilla on the cheese. Then all your ingredients go on the small tortilla (including the sauce, which i forget which one it is but you can buy it in the grocery store next to all the taco bell sauces), then you roll it up and grill in on both sides. When you eat it, you can see the layer of cheese on the outside. Homemade quesarito, super easy. Kind of an illusion that it's a quesadilla on the outside but it's really just a smaller inner tortilla on top of the cheese
You can tell just how much SungWon hated doing the sponsored segment because despite being a professional voice actor, he sounds like a 12 year old reading off a PowerPoint presentation. And I 100% respect that.
@@jungvxyy as someone who used to own Raycons, i disagree. they're a great choice for wireless earbuds... in their price range. if you're looking for genuine high-quality audio for deep dives into music (such as myself) Raycons are just not gonna cut it. but if you're looking for a pair of wireless earbuds to wear while running or at work where they might get lost or broken, or just generally in a scenario where you don't want to or can't spend too much money on them, they're a fine choice. roughly the same audio quality as standard AirPods, but for half the price. i promise i'm not being paid lmao, i just genuinely think they're overhated. still better than Skullcandy tho
I feel like his Raycon engagement is just some kind of social experiment to see how publicly "I don't give a shit" one can be about their business sponsor before their sponsor decides to terminate the sponsorship lmao
I love his sarcasm in the sponsor segment. It's just nuanced enough that it'll pass the brand-blind marketing team and perfectly tells viewers who are sick of copy paste sponsor segments and the same product a million times how he truly feels.
unfortunately for the sake of his sarcasm, he naturally has a FANTASTIC radio voice. If you close your eyes, and ignore what you know of the speaker, and just listen during this segment it sounds like something that could be played during an npr podcast.
Thing is, Taco Bell stocks like 12 different food items and they can make 17,000 different items out of that. So there's always going to be new stuff without them really having to do anything different. It's genius.
@@nickobeazo "How stupid do *I* think the Americans are? I bet we could sell them water in a bottle. We'll just tell them the water's from France. Trust me, the Mexicans said it was a good idea."
I worked at Taco Bell. You're not wrong. I often got irritated that new temporary items sometimes used only items we had in house. Like, I could get that already, why is this supposed to be special? I miss the obviously weed induced creativity that created the naked chicken chalupa.
This series means so much to me. I had a mental break and couldn’t fucking sleep. These videos kept me company in the night. The conversational tone, the background music, it felt like a friend was showing me all kinds of treats. It entertained me when I was alone and lulled me to sleep when I couldn’t stay awake anymore. I really appreciate these. I’m better now, but when I wasn’t I was glad I had these to watch.
Oh, a mental breakdown. I thought you meant an actual mental break where you just get a break from all the shit. I call my days off work mental breaks lol.
I consume more taco bell than most people. I agree with most of your assessments. You also seemed to get Baja blast with most if not all of your orders which is the correct choice of beverage. Thank you for the wonderful video.
@@alpha1beta1gamma This is a video about Taco Bell. It is objectively the wrong place to even whisper the word "healthier." People who eat Taco Bell are aware that they are eating yummy-tasting industrial sludge. They KNOW.
I like how he gives the disclaimer "I can't have these all the time" the fried cinnamon bites, implying it's reasonable to have OTHER Taco Bell items all the time.
Soft Taco "I'd probably never get this when I could get a crunchy taco B-" Crunch Taco "Just a worse Doritos Locos taco C+" We don't watch for the consistency. We watch for the humor and for some reason this really did it for me.
Each day of the challenge has a different ProZD clone since they operate on a weekly basis, they have slightly different tastes so things like this happen
something i think would make a really interesting "let's try" would be the same menu item at all the different places in your area that serve it (e.g. all the pad thai dishes in a certain driving distance of your place)
Honestly I really appreciate that you split this up, I always flinch when people order the entire menu in one day and try to power through it. Your way is way, way smarter. And we get to see all your different shirts!
I ate so many 5 layer burritos from taco bell when I was in college. At a buck each that meant I could get a day's worth of calories for like $3... Now that I think of it taco bell probably does more to support higher education in the US than the government.
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Taco Bell employee here. When we fry cinnamon twists fresh in the morning they move up to S tier. Hot and fresh from the fryer and that dusting of cinnamon sugar is amazing.
My favorite thing from Taco bell used to be the "naked chicken chips", they were basically just triangle chicken nuggets with nacho cheese sauce on the side Like man it was so simple but good because like?? Nacho and nuggets? It's a 10 year olds dream man... I miss them now
I feel ya bro, I had a transgender coworker we worked at a Tacobell and he/she would jizz in the sourcream called it "jizzzam" I suggested they call it "cumshot"
I went vegetarian a few years ago and back then, Taco Bell was really the only fast food place with vegetarian options. Luckily, it was already my favorite. I'm glad to see other places following behind them because I honestly love junk food. 😂
Conspiracy theory but: I think that's simply because beans are cheaper than meat. Their menu changes over the last 5 years or so have all been to cut out more expensive ingredients as much as possible. Even the quesadilla is smaller and has like half the meat portion in it than it used to.
@@aoitamashii What kind of funny things are you smoking? The quesadillas have always come on a 10 in tortilla, 1 scoop of protein, a Z of creamy jalapeno, and two blue(formerly purple) scoops of 3 cheese blend. There used to be a doubledilla that was a larger size and came with chips and salsa lol. Very true statement about food cost as Taco Bell has been finding more and more ways to bring customers in and reducing costs along the way.
Please never stop doing this content. I love description and commentary you give for each food item. I love your videos and keep doing what your doing!
You forgot to do the breakfast! The breakfast crunchwraps are surprisingly good, they replace the crunchy tortilla thing with a fast food hashbrown and it's amazing. Also, you can get a dorito shell in your crunchwrap or gordita instead of the tortilla for like 20 cents and it's absolutely worth it.
I was extremely skeptical about having a cheesy zesty wrap for breakfast but my god it is the best fast food breakfast there is. Bacon breakfast crunchwrap with extra creamy jalapeno sauce~
@@gavinfoster8964 Upgrading from their admittedly sort of questionable beef to steak instantly solves many problems. If there is steak in an item, always get it instead.
hi, ex-taco bell employee here y'all want the sauce? like, the GOOD stuff? 1) Adding chicken/steak to an item costs a dollar-- so getting a dollar-menu item and adding chicken/steak is a great way to save a bit of money! 2) Any boring menu item can be improved just by adding one of the sauces-- of which there's currently 4 at most locations. They are: -Jalapeno Sauce (the premier Quesadilla sauce, also present on Cheesy Bean and Rice Burritos). *** this is the good shit, and costs like 10 cents only. 9/10 -Chipotle Sauce (the sauce on Quesaritos, Spicy Potato Soft Tacos, and most new taco bell menu items get it too) *pretty good but not as flavorful as the Jalapeno Sauce. 6/10 -Avocado Ranch Sauce (doesn't normally go on much, but is present on the Chicken Chipotle Ranch Burrito for $2.00 at some locations). ***this stuff's best on anything without nacho cheese sauce. 8/10 -Spicy Ranch Sauce (the replacement for the Baja Sauce-- it's the Cheesy Gordita Crunch Sauce). ********this sauce is the BEST sauce at Tacky Bell. At its best when it's not competing with nacho cheese-- so it's fantastic with anything else. 10/10 ^^^and best part is, adding any sauce will cost anywhere between $0.10 - 0.50 cents, so it's really cheap to make anything infinitely better! -and bonus: most locations have had jalapenos for years-- and most of the time, there's no official item for them. they're just supposed to be a "free" addition to Nachos Bellgrande (which is a weird decision imo, all items should just have a "spicy" version that gets jalapenos IMO) if anyone has any questions about early-mid 2010's taco bell or looking for specific recommendations, i'm your guy
Yeah it did seem more “I won’t eat this because they have something better”, not “I’d probably not eat this again because it’s bad” with a lot of the B tier
This loon, contradicts himself all the time especially in the cheese quesadilla. He doesn’t miss the meat, but he prefers the meat and says it’s “one note”, just like everything he tastes? Also, he was surprised at how big the nachos bell grande was? It’s grande. What did he freaking expect? 🤦🏼
I haven't been to Taco Bell in years so I dunno what their menu's like these days, but the Cheesy Roll-Up looks like something from the kid's menu that you'd get for a little kid who just won't eat anything else.
If I'm not mistaken Dunkin Donuts sells something almost identical (which you definitely don't want to get over a breakfast wrap). Speaking of, I'm surprised that hasn't been an episode yet (DD).
Cheesy bean and rice burrito also has a special sauce in it, you're missing out if you didn't get a bite with that sauce. It's one of the cheapest, best items on their menu for how heavy it is.
The grilled cheese burrito isn't available rn that's an easy s tier. I consider myself to be a taco bell enthusiast. I've tried almost all of their items. Man I love taco bell
god i miss the chili cheese burrito. the shredded chicken, too. :( the taco bell near my sister's house has chili cheeses but there's no where within an hour of my house with them. big sad :(
The grilled cheese burrito was probably my favorite thing on the menu, but the new double beef burrito is a really good substitute and a good bang for your buck imo of course the Doritos Locos Tacos and the chicken quesadillas are awesome too. and the fiesta potatoes and nacho fries (when they actually stock them)
Yay I'm so glad you enjoyed this experience. Taco bell gets a bit of a bad rap sometimes but I like it for something quick and yummy. Also I always love your food tasting videos even if I have different tastes a bunch but you were pretty spot on and ranked my favorites pretty high. Also showed me options I didn't even know they had. Thanks for this video!!!
I found the last part where you gave the message about it being a healthy experience plus your portion control and exercise very wholesome. I think this is what's lacking in most (to my knowledge) mukbangs or menu experiments, as it can create a false image when someone may seem to be only eating but are actually controlling their diet and exercising outside of the videos. I enjoyed the video, unfortunately no Taco Bells where I live (Singapore) but we do have burritos and tacos, so Imma be getting that soon!
He didn't individually "review" Baja Blast, per se, but the fact that he got it with most (if not all) of the individual Taco Bell trips pretty strongly implies that he considers it (and rightly so) to be... ...S-Tier. 😌🤙
Taco Bell is actually a great place to order if you're vegan and there's no specialty vegan places around. just order everything fresco style. That replaces all the dairy products with Pica de gallo and something else that I'm forgetting for free. You can also replace any meat with black beans potatoes or refried beans for free. Just verify that the person knows that you don't want any meat or dairy
Out of genuine curiosity, as a vegan what do you usually eat for your protein? I know that it can be in things like Nuts and Beans, but meat is the primary way to get it. I've heard that some Vegans have had to take supplements or protein shakes, but that might just be in rare/specific cases
This is another good one, with so many Taco Bell items there's bound to be alot going on. But though there are fewer options, I still await a video on Totinos Pizza Rolls.
This was a good watch for when you need something to lull you to sleep at 3am in the morning. His voice is deep yet very soothing, I rate his voice S+ tier.
they had (they might still have it) a breakfast verson of the crunchwrap supreme with scrambled eggs and sausage and cheese and a bunch of other great stuff and eating that and the cinnabon things on the way to school one day is like a core memory for me it was so great. that and me and my dad always laughed a lot on the way to school which is like a core part of who i am tbh.
The toilet jokes in SungWon's last few short videos make sense now, given the quantity of beans he's been having. Side note: Did SungWon and Anne Marie buy a house just so they could eat Taco Bell for a week straight and be like "oh we haven't unpacked our kitchen items yet."? 😂😂😂 If so, they're living the dream. I love Taco Bell.
I always find people who say this to have the weakest stomachs. If elderly people can eat this no problem without any issues, y'all need to fix your bowels and man up.
@@pluna3382 firstly 'man up' is a bit sexist. you would be probably slightly angry if i were sexist to you, secondly, i am basing this off of common memes.
Minus the breakfast items and regional ones (like the chili cheese burrito for example) you pretty much had everything, only things I think you missed was trying out were like the steak burrito supreme/chalupa version of the same way, cause yeah besides like day a steak quesarito not many items have steak, in fact I think most of the steak items is on the breakfast menu lols.
How good taco bell is really depends on how good your location is. The one in my town absolutely slaps but the taco bells in other towns are pretty bad
This was great! Seeing you in all the different environments as you try everything for some reason made it a lot more fun to follow the video, it felt like a journey almost. Also this opens the door for trying all menu items of a lot of different places!
Cheesy fiesta potatoes are pretty good as a side option. I only found out about them because I started using the app to order "build-your-own boxes" and the side option is either the basic-ass nachos, Styrofoam twists, or the cheesy fiesta potatoes, so obviously I get those pretty much every time. The main course for me is either the gordita crunch or the crunchwrap supreme, and you can swap the side taco with the dorito taco so it's pretty much all A-S tier stuff for 6-7 bucks (comes with a drink as well obviously).
I would watch you go round the world and test every food, your the perfect mix between smart, funny and sophisticated food critic. I would say for your relaxed style and positiv life attitude you bring up the experience and spread happy feelings around you, I rank you a S Tier food critic. Highest rank of food critic there can be.
Chipotle chicken melt is good, but it will NEVER replace the shredded chicken mini quesadilla. Best fast food item of all time and it was on the dollar menu
Both are gone now, at least where I live. I always subbed in regular chicken to the mini quesadilla. Years back they also had a chicken flatbread that was bigger but similar. Its like they kept trying to make the same basic item, just smaller and smaller.
if it was a dollar that's likely why it got taken out, inflation is making everything expensive, need to fire Biden and put Trump back in the White House.
The crunchwrap has been my favorite since they introduced it! I went vegetarian before they added the official vegetarian options, so I used to sub potatoes in instead of the beef. I like the flavor of the beans in there, but the potatoes instead definitely preserve that crunch.
A lot of stuff at Taco Bell doesn't have steak but the steak is so much better than the seasoned beef in most things. You can always substitute the steak instead of the seasoned beef. Makes everything so much better.
thank you for this- i love taco bell too but i’ve honestly never ordered anything outside of taco supreme and nachos bell grande for literally the last 2 decades. quesurito is my next target
HELL yes!!! I've been requesting this specifically every single food tasting video, and you starting off "I love Taco Bell so I'm looking forward to this", I'm already happy lol. I also love Taco Bell. The Mexican Pizza is my favorite thing on the menu, and I respect that you gave it a B. I'm mostly glad you got to try that before they ran out them because they underestimated how popular they'd be when they brought them back and now they're gone again until they can restock.
I enjoyed his other tasting videos in part because he's not a snob about cheap, mainstream food items like so many other people you would see. So as a Taco Bell lover seeing this had me pretty happy.
We have a Spicy Triple Double Crunchwrap Supreme here in Canada, and it's easily the best thing on the menu. It's a Crunchwrap, but bigger, and with sliced jalapeno.
@@PsychoDiesel48 Not worth it. Its seemingly different where they live (we havent had the triple double for half a year now) but there are so few menu items (at least where I live)
@@corb5905 It was a joke (even though if/when I move out that is my first choice because I like the colder weather here up in Maine) but yeah it just sounds so delicious.
My go to order is a chicken quesadilla combo with a soft taco and baja blast. I also get a Doritos loco taco and a 5 layer beefy burrito. Put some fire sauce on all of them and it is so good.
It's kind of a weird thing, but Taco Bell has pretty much always had pickled jalapenos available to add to items, but it has barely ever been a default ingredient in anything. I worked there from 2002 to 2012 and jalapenos were always there but not used frequently. Anything else would probably have been axed, but they have a much longer hold time than most ingredients.
I used to work at Tbell for too many years, food is added on in 8 week time slots with extensions being granted for things that do well. Jalapeno's are always there, they just don't come on anything normally, similarly steak is an option for most of the items as well
Glad someone else appreciates the deliciousness that is the Quesarito. I feel like since it's an online only menu item they always have to make it fresh and as a result it's always at least decent if not straight up great.
I used to work at taco bell, and that meant I could eat my lunch there. I could have anything I wanted on the menu, as long as it wasn't more than five items. It wasn't worth it.
@@icantmemorize7703 I can tell you, even if you like something, if you eat it every day.. it starts getting old real fast. I could work at a five star restaurant and eat a wagu steak every lunch and get sick of it
@@InsidiousClouds yup working at a fast food will just make you hate it more as an mcdonald worker I can't stand mcdonald anymore still after a decade or so
@@InsidiousClouds I can atest to that. There is a restaurant that I have been going to for over 20 years. we would go about once a month. My sister started working there for some extra money on weekends, and gets free dinner as well. Those leftovers were amazing the first 2-3 months. Free food! I dont even work there, how can I complain? Now they are a burden. even just twice a week you get sick of it eventually.
@@InsidiousClouds I don't agree. From childhood through high school I had Poptarts every day and never grew to hate them. Then in middle and high school I had the same good lunch every day. For the past three years, outside of summer, I have the same three meals every day and I still enjoy them
As an ex-Taco Bell employee I would say most items are pretty meh, but the quesarittos were hands down the best item to me. Also, the steak quesaritto with avocado ranch instead of chipotle sauce is god-tier. Definitely worth a shot if they still have it.
