We swear! This stuff is really the best of everything at Taco Bell and it's one of the cheapest things on their menu (considering it's rice though, they probably make the most profit on this). It's roughly 89 cents and damn it's da' bomb, as the kids say. It consists of rice, that Taco Bell sauce that's put on almost everything, lots of delicious cheddar cheese, topped with chopped green onions, and all this melts together to form the pinnacle of Taco Bell's success- Mexican Rice! We always enjoy confusing the people at the Taco Bell drive-thru because we ask for "one side of rice" and they demand we call it Mexican Rice (we highly recommend doing this to have some fun yourself) We've tried Taco Bell in lots of states and this stuff is consistently great. Although, the local Taco Bell (let's just say it's in Schaumburg, IL) goes a bit skimpy on the amount of rice in the container- as if it's not small enough already. We obviously don't care too much since we keep on buyin'!

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The MexiMelt is like, THE tastiest thing on the planet! Since we can't have two food items in First Place, we had to call it "2nd Best," but that's just a technicality. The MexiMelt should knock only like 99 cents out of your pocket, but there's NOTHING at Taco Bell that tastes so good cent-for-cent. The MexiMelt is a flour tortilla, that Taco Bell beef (we don't know what they call it, so oh well), tomato salsa with cilantro, lots of great cheddar and jack cheese, and all this is then warmed till the cheese melts inside and holy cow. This is the mother of all fast-food items; yeah, even the McRib has met it's demise with the MexiMelt. The winning Taco Bell match-up is to get 2 MexiMelts and one side of rice- oh, we meant "Mexican Rice" there (read above). Also, if there's anything that does taste better than a MexiMelt and Mexican Rice, and Taco Bell doesn't have it, Portillo's probably does. In case you don't have this totally successful chain near you, it's the only chain we think can go head-to-head with McDonald's, which really can't match anything at this place. Mmm... Portillo's...

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We're not sure why, but as damn good as this Chicken Quesadilla is, we can only have so many per few months. It tastes great after all, but it doesn't have what it takes to keep us coming back... It's a flour tortilla, chicken, three kinds of cheeses (cheddar, jack, and monterey), and a sauce that tastes really similar to Thousand Island, the salad dressing. All this is melted together into a surprisingly thin (shape-wise) quesadilla. Try one and we promise you'll have one more (but that may be it).

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What could possibly better than the nachos at your local theater? Yes- Taco Bell nachos. Although you can opt for the end-all-be-all of nachos, the Mucho Grande Nachos (1320 calories), we suggest you stick with something traditional like the really tasty Nachos Bellgrande. This item is actually eatable in the car or SUV without much of a mess, since there's no Spork (spoon/fork = Spork!) required to eat it. These nachos come topped with Taco Bell beef, beans, sour cream, cheddar cheese sauce, tomato salsa, and chopped green onions. All this stuff piled high on nacho chips really, REALLY tastes good, especially when you're hungry.

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Mmm, Chicken Soft Taco... We highly advise you to get the Supreme version of this taco, since it includes sour cream which just gives an overall better taste. This taco is a flour tortilla with chicken, lettuce, tomato, and cheddar. It's good just like that, but you can probably predict it could be a bit dry, that's why you should indeed go Supreme.

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We didn't believe Taco Bell ads when they claimed the Grilled Steak Stuft Burrito was actually big, since past "big" items were just not that um, big. Ok, we admit it though, this was decently big (finally, something that fills you up) and it tasted really damn good, kind of like those Steak Soft Tacos with the lime sauce they had a hit with a while back. It's a large flour tortilla that is grilled and filled with steak, tomato salsa, cheddar and monterey cheese, and some of that Taco Bell sauce. Very tasty! So, if your appetite is a bit larger than usual, stop by and get one of these great babies! Oh, point your mouse over the pic (<--) to read our quote...

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Chalupas are really quite good, with that funky shell and all. They are like a normal taco, filled with Taco Bell beef, lettuce, and cheddar cheese. Not only that, but you have your choice of Chalupa style (yeah, your auto has competition- Chalupas!) We always go with the Baja style, which is simply Taco Bell's tomato salsa (we just love the fancy name for the stuff they use on almost everything else). Our opinion is that a Baja Chalupa must be tried just once- really!- and we think you'll like em' after that.

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Next to those rare 25 cent hamburger Wednesdays at McDonald's, this is one of the classic fast-food deals from Taco Bell. Like the "Ten Sacks" at White Castle, the classic Taco Bell Taco can be had as a single mouth-watering item or you can buy in bulk. The Taco consists of a hard shell filled with Taco Bell beef, lettuce that always falls out before you get it to your mouth, tomato cubes that roll right off, and shards of cheddar cheese that you pick off the tissue wrapper. Yes, it's your classic Taco Bell Taco and there's nothing else that can match this fun experience (Note to Big Mac lovers: Big Macs are NOT fun to eat- they just seem to implode).

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For some reason (can you say "low cost"?) Taco Bell always forces you to get one of these things with their coupons, which are rare as it is. However, after being forced to repetitively eat the Taco Bell Bean Burrito, we have been conditioned, to take a liking to them. Basically, they consist of a flour tortilla filled with lots and lots and lots of this bean-paste-stuff, that Taco Bell sauce, tomato salsa, and cheese (depending on how the person making your Bean Burrito feels that day). Our biggest concern with recommending these (when you actually have to pay for them and DON'T have a coupon for a *FREE* one) is that they really, really suck big time if you get one without enough Taco Bell sauce. They will be so pasty from the beans, we can assure you it's good only for your neighbor's pet dog, Cujo.. This is the only item in dire need of that mysterious Taco Bell sauce, so verify that they stick it on. Enjoy!

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