HI,
Just for the love of it, I stopped into the Burger King in Glenview for lunch today. The taco's are not on the sides menu, instead they are on the budget menu at 2 for $1.39. I had already decided I wanted on regular taco and another with tomatoes for, "... A reasonable facsimile of Jack's Monster Taco," according to ParkLaBrea.
When I placed my order for the tacos the girl immediately asked, "Do you want them with tomatoes and sour cream?" "Sure, but only for one taco, I want the other one standard issue." Later when I studied the bill, I found her glib question and my equally glib answer cost me forty cents for sour cream. The tomatoes were free.
It's been several years since I last had a Jack in the Box taco. Quite likely it was somewhere around St. Louis. It has always been my recollection these were pretty greasy tacos. When I had them last year at the Highland Park BK, they were also nicely greasy. My taco today didn't have a greasy feel, if anything it seemed baked:
When I was finished, I inquired with the manager how were the taco's prepared. She said they were frozen then deep fat fried. Afterwards they added the sauce and lettuce. If these were made as indicated, then they had sat in a blotter for a long time because the end result really seemed baked. I'll have to try to Highland Park location soon as a comparative.
When I was a kid, I used to read the cereal boxes while eating breakfast. It could be the same cereal for days, I very likely had the text memorized, but I would read it every morning as if it were fresh. I still read whatever falls before me. Today my lunch entertainment was a newspaper and this taco wrapper:
Pretty insipid stuff BK paid for. I kept thinking to myself how many review committees did this get run past before BK spent a chunk of money getting all those wrappers printed. Pretty embarassing stuff to have tied to your name. I guess they are simply pleased it is written to fit their tag line. I hope someone is laughing their way to the bank.
Regards,