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Price: $.99
Rating: **** / *****

I remember when the Double Decker Taco first came out. It was a big deal for me. Food with multiple layers blew my mind back then, which would explain why I couldn't go by a cake shop without passing out. So when it became a permanent addition to the value menu at a reasonable price, I gently nodded to myself and had a sangria to celebrate.

The Double Decker follows the same formula as the Cheesy Gordita Crunch, but pulls it off more successfully. It is a taco wrapped in a soft flour tortilla with a hearty layer of mashed beans. That's it. And it's really good. Why not just eat a soft taco with beans, then? It's superior to a soft taco with beans because you get to taste the texture of the beans separately from all the other ingredients. A bite is always soft, then you get the layer of taco resistance, and then the delicious innards of salty meat, hot sauce, cheese. All of the flavors are balanced and cut back because of the presence of lettuce. The beans keep the whole thing from getting too heavy in the salt department on your palette.

Some people don't like beans - maybe because of all the childish rhymes, or maybe it's because they've had a few bad experiences. Taco Bell beans, however, are actually very mild and are mostly added for texture in this case. I would liken it to a hummus of some sort. I find it rather delicious, though I wish Taco Bell would hype up the advertising, maybe like their competitor Burger King and his sick video games.

Double Decker Taco: Proof that an identity crisis can make you more delicious.

Posted by Anthony Nguyen on Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 5:14 PM | Permalink