Tales From Moose County

Eggnog (see wikipedia article here) is a mysterious yellow substance drunk by North Americans during the Christmas festivities. To the best of my knowledge, we don’t get it back down under.. and by get it, I mean we don’t understand it nor do we have the ability to purchase it.

For those who know me well enough, I don’t like eggs… at all. I don’t eat eggs so I sure as hell don’t want to drink them. But, in the spirit & tradition of travel, it was time to try something new, so I poured a shot:

First of all, I was surprised at the colour. The photo doesn’t really do it justice, but its basically the color of custard. It even has the consistency of a more liquid custard. But most surprisingly, it kind of tastes like custard. Being that its a dairy product made from similar ingredients, I can see the resemblance.

I didn’t feel like more than what I poured… and I can’t say I loved it… but it wasn’t half bad.

One of the advantages of travel is the experience of fine culinary treats from around the world. The Swiss are famous for their chocolate, the French for snails, Japan is sushi and South African’s marvel over their Portuguese chicken.

But America doesn’t just do food… it does fast food.

Then they export it north to Canada.

So I’m sitting at home minding my own business when an advertisement for Taco Bell comes on. Its plugging their Cheesy Gordita Crunch. I’m hungry. I’m close to Taco Bell. I’m sold!

The Cheesy Gordita Crunch meal is basically a large taco, filled with spicy meat, sour cream, lettuce and cheese; covered in a gordita filled with two different types of cheeses plus fries laid on top of cheese and covered with spicy meat, sour cream and then finally covered in cheese.

This is what is looks like on the menu:

This is what it looks like in real life:

I can’t tell the difference… can you?

My Review: The taco is standard fast food fare with only the slightest hint of the three advertised servings of cheese. Their attempts at the ‘less is more’ approach is lacking and inconsistent as the servings of fries are literally drenched in the runny orange substance; my eyes and taste buds find it difficult to separate the Cheddar from the Jack. However most disappointing was the lack of ice being served from the automated beverage dispenser. Not horrible, but needs improvement. 2 1/2 out of 5.

Bon Appetit!