Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Del Taco versus Taco Bell


I’ve had too many arguments about the merits of Del Taco lately. A large number of my friends refuse to try Del Taco for some fucking reason. They say that they prefer Taco Bell and won’t even take the taco taste test.

Well, frankly, I’m sick of it. Del Taco deserves its place in the fast food pantheon. It’s not that I don’t like Taco Bell, I do. But Del Taco has a few items that are much better than Taco Bell. In fact, I think Del Taco is better overall than Taco Bell.

Here’s the tale of the tape, a head to head comparison of the two restaurants from someone who loves Mexican Food more than sex.

Overall food quality-

Del Taco has Taco Bell beat pretty bad. The beans at Del Taco are made fresh everyday, while Taco Bell’s are freeze dried. The cheese at Del Taco is fresh and tasty, the cheese at Taco Bell is okay at best. The tortillas at Taco Bell are generic, Del Taco has fresh tasting ones. The beef at both places are bad, but Del Taco’s has a tiny bit better taste.

Del Taco wins in a landslide.

Menu Selection-

I have to admit, Taco Bell has quite a few selections. But every single one of them is a variation on another item. Add a gordita shell to one taco, boom, you’ve got a double decker taco. Wrap a burrito around a tostada, you got a crunchwrap supreme. Is this method really creating a new food? I’m not sure. But damn if it isn’t tasty.

Del Taco on the other hand has the standard items but also has two things that Taco Bell doesn’t, Hamburgers and French fries. Most people wouldn’t go to a Del Taco for the burgers, but they are tasty. And the French fries, man they are good. They have the right level of salt and when you get them with chili and cheese, they are out of this world.

I’m going to call this one a draw, its hard to chose the burgers and fries option over the crunchwrap supreme.

Hot Sauce-

Taco Bell has a couple of options; mild, hot, and fire. All of these sauces aren’t good but they seem to taste good on Taco Bell food. Also, the hot and fire are not as labeled, they’re mild at best.

Del Taco has two sauces; mild and Del Scorcho. The mild sauce is gross, a total waste of time in my opinion. The Del scorcho is amazing, not really hot but hot enough and tastes like actual Mexican people made it.

Advantage Del Taco.

So basically, Del Taco wins in a landslide. Take that Taco Bell!

Anybody who argues with me from now on about this one, I’m sending them this blog.

14 comments:

Unknown said...

Don't forget about the possibility of getting your Del Taco for free with the awesome drive thru timer! I've never seen anyone actually win and it's not available at all locations, but I do enjoy a little game of chance at the drive thru. Plus, your not mad if they take a long time because it was almost free!

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Will said...

If you ever take a bunch of marinol and get crazy hungry, Del Taco is where it's at. Taco Bell sucks.

Anonymous said...

theyre both pretty good i only like del for chicken soft tacos and the red burrito. but the chicken quesadillas at taco bell are way better and the gorditas are really good too over all there both pretty good you just gotta mix it up sometimes

Anonymous said...

let's see. would i rather go to a fast food restaurant who's food tastes better or one who has more a variety of nasty foods and more authentic tasting sauces?

taco bell tastes so much better. del taco looks and tastes nasty. even their commercials make me want to throw up. their chili cheese fries are good, but that's pretty much it.

YO QUIERO TACO BELL!!!

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tat2girl said...

Del Taco's tacos are crunchy, Taco Bell's tacos are always soggy. Also the kid that runs the register at Taco Bell might not know how to read. He spends about 5 minutes per customer searching for items on the register.

Anonymous said...

I wouldn't feed Del Taco to my dog the food is crap

Anonymous said...

but then you have the secret menu at del taco and del taco wins over everything coming from a guy who grew up on it and no lives where there is no del taco and hasnt had it in like 3 years cant wait for del taco to open out here in the 17

Anonymous said...

I don't get Del Taco where I live, but I visit LA often, and make it a point to go to Del Taco at least once every trip. DT outshines TB in every possible way. Trust me.

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Anonymous said...

Coming from so cal, I can say with certainty that both resteraunts have amazing dishes and terrible dishes.
Tacos- del taco wins by far, especially with their chicken soft tacos. Taco bell tacos are shit
Burritos- both places have good burritos, but after having the beefy nacho burrito box at taco bell, taco bell is now in the lead!
Specialties- taco bell by far! If you wanna burger and fries, go to Carl's jr! The crunch wrap supreme, and gordita etc at taco bell outbeat the overrated burgers and frys by a landslide!
Side note- if you like quesadillas as much as I do, I would have to confess that del tacos quesadillas are unbeatable. However, this just does not make up for Taco bells other large leads.
Conclusion- if you like tacos and tacos only, go to del taco! If you want variety, taste, and real bang for your buck, it's all about taco bell.

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