this commercial annoys me...

Taco Bell vs. the Crisp falafel

Got a mexican falafel from Crisp the other day. Guess that was my first mistake. Crisp is so damn busy creating all sorts of funny falafel combos that they forgot about flavor. Yes they have some sauces but they too lack any kick and the counter folks are super stingy about disbursing them...  Unlike so many other falafel joints that probably should attach a surgeon generals warning to the sauce bottles they allow you free reign at.

Packaged in cardboard, tasted like cardboard

The lady swore it would be a little spicy, it wasn't. Also for a veggie falafel the price point was a total joke, $8-9??  How many combinations of random tb goodness could I have gotten for that much?

But Crisp isn't made for a utilitarian who just wants to get fed a quick, good, decently priced lunch..  It's for a midtown luncher that has some spare time, no urge to be carnivorous, prefers freshness to flavor, and craves a clean well-lit place to get lunch.  I like those things too but not when it means eating a cardboard falafel and being left hungry and nearly $10 poorer.

Taco Bell isn't always (or ever) super fresh, super clean, or super well lit. It's not "fast casual" (I can address my disdain for that term later).  But the one thing they get right is taste, price, and serving size - actually that's three things.

So yes, you guessed it. I wish I had taco bell instead.

Taco Bell vs. the Cafe Metro Egg Sandwich

today i had breakfast, i never have breakfast, it really is the best meal of the day though.  what other meal lets you eat anything you want? ... want something sweet? pancakes.  plain and boring? bagel and cream cheese. spicy?  egg sandwich with cholula.  when's the last time you had a waffle for dinner?

anyway, the egg sandwich with cholula is what i had today; never too early for hot sauce.

does taco bell even have a breakfast menu?  cafe metro could win by default.

back to the egg sandwich, it was what you'd expect for $3.50.  messy, not unlike a bean burrito.  tasteless, not unlike a soft taco.  the cholula helped, but not that much, i am not a big cholula fan, tb hot sauce would have been better... frankly, i should have just skipped breakfast and held out for something legit at lunch, but seriously, i wish i had taco bell for breakfast.

Starting to think more about this blog...

A few thoughts:

• I considered coming up with a criteria to judge the winner and loser of each match-up vs. Taco Bell, then I realized that is way too formal for a concept as stupid as this.
• What happens when I eat at T-bizzle?  Can Taco Bell triumph over itself, can it defeat itself?  Taco Bell has sure as hell defeated me a few times.  Taco Bell may very well be its own worst enemy.  Guess we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

Taco Bell vs. The World

for years, after nearly every meal, i have thought to myself, "taco bell would have been better."  this blog is my way of testing that theory and sharing my results.