I tried one today. Quite good. The marinade was a little hot, just enough to be noticable. I also detected a hint of lime. An assortment of cheeses were in the quesadilla, and though they weren’t fully melted and required warming, they were good. The chicken was of nice quality and was smooth and tasty. They come in paper and plastic packets that make heating or reheating the quesadilla very easy. I would highly recommend this to any mexican food coniseur, possibly with guacamole or sour cream to dip in. The only downside? The cost. At around $2 apiece, filling up on these can be pricey.
But the food can be harsh and disturbing! How can that be considered beautiful!?
Actually, I saw an ad for the chicken quesadillas during the early football games yesterday. After drying my tears, I took a short hiatus before the St Louis-San Francisco game to swing by Taco Bell to try this new faux-cheese product. (First time ever, to my knowledge, that I reacted to an advert that way. “Wow, I’ve gotta go buy that now!”)
I thought maybe this blessed chicken and cheese concoction would quiet the simmering rage, but to no avail. It was greasy, it was slippery, it was a disappointment. The chicken itself was good, but the cheese mix was just … meh. Maybe it was too hot and I should have let it solidify, but in the end it was a disappointment.
That’s the last time I let a Taco Bell ad convince me to drive out of my way to try a new artificially flavored processed cheese food-type product.
I saw this ad yesterday, too. It looked really good. I was hooked on the old chicken quesadillas in college anyway, so I’m sure I’d like them.
I feel this way about those new McGriddle things at McDonalds. The sausage breakfast sandwich between 2 pancakes with a hint of maple syrup. Mmmm…pancakes…
Gosh, I’d hate to be opposed to you (get it? Har-har!)
I had one yesterday, and it was tasty. But I gotta agree on the price thing. Used ta be, you could walk out of the Bell totally full o’ beans for just a few dinero. No longer.
I’m not so much of a snob that I’ll poo - poo these things without trying them, but the key words here are Taco Bell. Now don’t get me wrong, I’ve been known to throw a Cheesy Gordita down my throat from time to time – but Taco Bell is to Mexican Food what Chef Boy Ar Dee is to Italian food, m’kay.
In fact when you string these three words together – “Mexican Food Coniseur” – even thinking about Taco Bell risks a major time-space rift.
So let’s be careful out there - is all I’m sayin’.
Groan. That’s up there with “Would you like that to go?” “Well, what ELSE would I want it for?”
I personally didn’t like the new quesadilla. It is a bit pricey and they make it with a jalapeno sauce but they don’t advertise that fact. The TV ads and the big display at the store only list the chicken and cheeses as ingredients. And the way peppers sit with me we’re not talking three to six HOURS after eating them. Blech.
I had one yesterday…there was nothing to it!!! There was so little chicken in it that I couldn’t tell you if the chicken was good or bad…I didn’t taste it at all!!
As for pricey, $2.29 each means I would spend about $22.90 to fill up.
I like it alright, but I suggest trying the Combo deal, wherein you recieve the Quesadilla itself, a hard or soft taco, and a large drink for $3.77 (with tax).
I’ve had it twice; the first time it was a little overcooked, but today it was heaven. I really think they need to have little plastic bowls (with lids, of course) of dipping sauce - guacemole or sour cream. I tried dripping fire sauce on it and got it all over my shirt instead.
How did everyone feel about the Baja Chicken Soft Tacos? Now those were superb. And you could get two AND a medium drink for $3.13! (with tax). Of course, the dude at my Border locale always gives me a large drink 'cause I’m his regular.
Too bad they took them away. I would get them every time I ran for the border if they kept them on the menu.
Buy the chicken thingy…minus the hot stuff…get sour cream on the side…add packet of mild sauce DIRECTLY in with sour cream…stir w/ taco and dip to taste…enjoy I happened to really like these.
I liked it, my niece hated it, refused to take a 2nd bite, so even the Americans of Spanish descent are divided as to what is cuisine and what is crap.
