The secret ingredient?....IT'S PEOPLE!!!!!
I just got up to grab one of my leftover tacos from Del Taco earlier this evening which was sitting in the fridge. Yep, it was cold because I was too lazy to nuke it. As I took the first bite, I was thinking “Why can’t I be enjoying a taco from Jack In The Box instead?”.
True, JITB is known more for burgers, fries and shakes and the like, but like me and almost everyone I know and for whatever reason…we dig the tacos at JITB. For the past several months, I’ve been consuming the tacos from Del Taco just down the street from my residence and to be honest with y’all, I don’t step foot in Del Taco for any other reason. I’m Mexican and I was raised on homemade mexican goodness, damn the high sodium and fat content found in certain dishes. But I know darn good and well where the quality mexican food is and it is not Del Taco or it’s competitor, Taco Bell.
So why are we drawn to the tacos at a burger place? Forget where Osama Bin Laden is, this is a more pressing issue. Us that live in SoCal and other states like Texas that have JITB chains in them, know what they look like. We pull the taco halfway out of its paper sleeve and see what resembles a baby’s diaper that hosted a crapfest due to Hubert eating way too much Gerber fruit cups.
I mean, the mystery meat and the cheeze (cheese-grease-ooze mixture) clumps together while nestled in what resembles a bowl of corn made in pottery class with a kiln that went rogue in the middle of a session. The only thing in their tacos that look genuine, is the lettuce. But as much as I make fun of their description, they are the tastiest tacos in the fast food industry. Not even Del Taco Bell can beat JITB tacos, unless they are on sale for a ridiculous low price on every Tuesday.
Tags: Del Taco, fast food, Jack in the Box, saving money, Southern California, Taco Bell
