We had discussed previously about how good the Taco Bell Nacho Fries were (very) but had bemoaned how there was only one standard kind. Good news, the ol’ TB has branched out and is now moving into new territory. New Buffalo Chicken territory if you will. Have they struck gold again?
Yes, yes they have. My typical TB visit is much like my typical visit to Trader Joes: I walk in, see that there is some food I’d never heard of before that looks great, I get it, and ultimately it’s only about 75% of what I want it to be. Every now and then I find some Taco Bell Nacho Fries or Trader Joe's Carolina Gold Barbecue Sauce that knocks my socks off, but how often can lightning strike twice? Well, thanks to the lightning rod that is buffalo chicken, at least twice.
These are delicious, possibly the greatest thing I have ever eaten at a KFC/Taco Bell combo, or even just Taco Bell itself, and I’ve had both the Double Down Sandwich and the new Chicken and Donut Sandwich. I will go to my grave thinking that the greatest fast food items ever created were the Burger King Spicy Chicken Sandwich circa 1998, and the Jack-in-the-Box Chili Cheese Curly Fries, but these guys come very close to supplanting the latter. They gain some serious points by being buffalo chicken rather than chili, but lose points from not being curly fries, the greatest form of the french fry.
Do you want to know the secret to a tasty melange? Nacho Cheese Sauce, Buffalo Sauce, Sour Cream, and Pico De Gallo juice. It truly does not get much better than that mix, so it’s good that the only other things they add are the chicken and more regular cheese. Drop that gloop on a bunch of spicy fries that soak it up like a carb sponge and you’ve got yourself a new fast food favorite. Until they get rid of them again as though they were a mere McRib or Shamrock Shake. QUIT PLAYING GAMES WITH MY HEART TACO BELL!
Unless the game is “Clear The Muck Out Of My Arteries”, because I should start playing that very soon...
So again, as with their regular Nacho Fries, I can’t in good conscience say that they’re nachos. I can again say that they’re close enough in the Poutine/Chili Cheese Fry/Irish Nacho zone that they’re practically family. Now give us what we all really want Taco Bell, Buffalo Chicken Nacho Curly Fries. I’ll never be satisfied until then.