Sample Saturday: More food while playing Magic

So the first food item I have for review is the Fiery doritos taco from taco bell. Here is what it looks like when you first unwrap it.

Here were my impressions of it: It tasted just like a regular taco but a bit more spicier due to the taco shell. The taco shell was extremely salty though. So much so that at times that is all I could taste and it did not mesh well with anything else. At a $1.50 after tax, it's not too bad, but I'd rather just get a regular taco. I'd give it a 2/5

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Next up, is a drink I bought at the card store:

So, I bought this because I've never had it before. When I drank it, it reminded me very much of canned brisk iced tea or lipton iced tea, even the after taste you get from those drinks, just a bit more sugary. If you haven't had that before, I can describe it as just very sugary lemon water. It's not the greatest, but also not bad. The worst part is that aftertaste still makes you thirsty wanting more. 2/5 rating.

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Later on, QSP and I met a friend at a place called Michael's Pizza Bar and Grill. Here is a link to their location or store to check it out. http://michaelspizzabarandgrill.com/

So first up, at this place I got an appetizer of some Hummus. Here is what it looks like if you order it:

The Hummus was pretty good in my opinion. It was a bit watered down than most hummus I have tried in the past (not much) but the best part was that the taste was not as strong, so it did not overpower anything. It blended well with the items it was served with. I would give it a 5/5.

The next item was an item that QSP got but let me try for the sake of review, their sweet potato fries:

So the fries, although they look salty, are much much less salty than the doritos fiery taco that I had eaten earlier in the blog. The fries were very good. They were not as salty as they looked, and felt very light. I would give them a 4/5.

Finally, on to the main course I had at the pizza bar and grill. I asked for one of the items that was most popular so I could review it of course!

This was the barbeque cheeseburger with a side of potato salad. My first impressions were that it smelled good, the potato salad looked very fancy, and the bun that they used for the burger was very big.

This is what is inside the burger:

What we have are grilled onions, bacon, barbeque sauce, and the patty.

Now what can I tell you about how everything tasted. Well first, I will comment on the potato salad. It tastes like regular potato salad. It is essentially just mashed potatoes with mayonnaise and some chives on top. What makes the potato salad taste a bit better though was the potato skins in it. It gives it some nice texture. I would give it a 3/5.

Now onto the burger. The first thing I will tell you is that extra napkins are needed. A lot of extra napkins. Here is what I mean:

The sauce oozes out and it gets very messy. Depending on the kind of person you are, this could be a deterrent.

Anyway, on to the actual taste. The burger tastes a lot like the Carl's Jr Western Bacon Cheeseburger. The barbeque sauce tastes the same, and the onions vs onion rings are very similar. The only real difference is that there is a thicker patty which means more food. In addition, the bun is toasted and tastes a lot more fresh than the regular buns they use at Carl's Jr. However, this burger uses a bit too much BBQ sauce, some of the bites are just drowned in the BBQ sauce and you cannot taste anything else.
For those who have not had this type of burger, I would definitely try it. In general, the cheese, bacon, grilled onion with the burger all blend together well. However, because of the fact that half of my bites were just drowned in BBQ sauce and I couldn't taste anything else, I'd have to give this burger a 3/5.


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Next adventure, a few items from Burger King!

A premier food choice for someone on a budget, the first item I tried out at Burger King was the French Fry Burger at one dollar. When you first unwrap the burger, this is what you will see:

And here is the inside:

So a bit about the burger. First, I will say, this meat patty with all meat patties that burger king uses, has this charbroiled taste. Some people really despise the taste, while others like it. So, keep that in mind.
Anyway, I think this is a great value burger. I personally think the charbroiled taste is pretty good, and the lettuce and bun makes for a nice simplistic burger. Most bites you cannot really taste the french fries, as they are not crunchy but a bit soggy from the ketchup and mayonnaise, but I think it adds a little bit of extra "starchy-ness" to the flavor. I would rate it a solid 3/5.

The next value item (since we are poor college MTG players) was the bacon cheeseburger. Here is what it looks like when you unwrap it:

Here is what comes inside of it:

The first thing that comes to my mind is, where is the cheese?! Haha.
Anyway, again, the meat patty has a nice charbroiled taste to it while the bacon is a bit soft. Some people like their bacon soft and undercooked, while others like their bacon cooked and crispy. I think this bacon tasted very cooked, and again was a bit soft due to the mayonnaise probably. If you like bacon on your burger, I would recommend this at the value level. I would also rate this at a 3/5. If you have not had bacon in a burger, I would try this burger. I personally think bacon in small amounts like this tastes great in a burger.