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- Taco Bell is one of the many fast-food chains that supposedly has a secret menu - a list of items online that customers can order with substitutions or changes to the chain's standard menu.
- I tried to order eight items from the secret menu but ended up getting only around four.
- The Taco Bell Cantina location I went to didn't have many of the ingredients, and the cashier didn't know what I was talking about at all. I had to order each item by describing its ingredients, and I still didn't get what I wanted.
- I taste-tested the items I managed to get, but everything kind of tasted the same because Taco Bell's menu is essentially slight variations on the same five ingredients. Still, everything still tasted pretty good.
- I definitely wouldn't try to order from the secret menu at Taco Bell again, although I might break that rule for the Enchirito because it's such a legend.
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Taco Bell's secret menu is the stuff of urban legend.
It's where college kids and intrepid midnight munchers can order the Tex-Mex chimeras of their dreams. It's also where discontinued fan favorites live on eternally in secrets whispered over the counter or through the drive-thru window.
As the cold winds begin to descend upon New York City, I decided to brave the elements in search of Taco Bell truth. I headed to the nearest Taco Bell, which is a Cantina location. That may have been my first mistake.
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I tried to order everything off of Taco Bell's secret menu, including the "Cheesarito", the Enchirito, the Superman, the chili cheese burrito, the Hulk, the Incredible Hulk, a double-grilled quesadilla, and verde sauce.
But like most self-proclaimed ghost hunters and monster trackers, I came up mostly empty-handed. Here's how it went: