Where we live, we've got a little chain called "Mighty Taco." And let me tell ya, my parents always treated it as the to die for chain of our town. As for me, having NOT grown up with MT for most of my life, or having it be limited to visits at the time, I was not a fan. It could be summed up to either being a picky eater in general, or being an undiagnosed autistic (probably both). And for the longest time, I avoided Mighty like the plague. That is, up until I was around 13 or so and decided to keep an open mind. It was...Decent enough for a fast food chain, but alas, my parents finally got me to hop on the band wagon.
....That is until recently...
A couple months ago, my mom and I were off to see Studio Ghibli's "The Cat Returns" in theaters and we were in a bit of a pinch dinner wise. So we stopped at Mighty Taco for a bite to eat. And since I recently graduated from cheese quesadillas to CHICKEN and cheese quesadillas, I ordered myself a couple and they were really good. And I got a side of sour cream to dip them in. A couple weeks later, dad and I had the house to ourselves and I told him I wanted to stop at Mighty for dinner tonight. He was confused at first, but agreed.
When we got there, I asked for the same order I got last time. Well we turned out to be very mighty disappointed! I wound up not getting chicken and cheese quesadillas with a side of sour cream, but instead two burritos stuffed with sour cream and maybe 2 or 3 pieces of chicken. My sensory issues could not stomach it, but tried to make the best out of a bad situation. But the sensory issues won me over and I could not finish it. And neither could dad with his meal. So we left barely full and disgusted with the chain. Turns out, according to dad, the chain had sort of taken a dip in quality in recent months so we just stopped going all together (my mom hasn't handled it well.)
Last night, while on an evening run to the pet store. Mom was craving burritos and since we've sworn off Mighty Taco, we thought of the next "best" thing. Taco Bell. Now I had never been to Taco Bell in my life, with the exception of winning a $5 gift card in kindergarten for "best reader" that month. But I wound up just playing with the sauce packets while my mom actually got herself something to eat. We looked over the menu when we got there and at first, mom and I both ordered chicken and cheese quesadillas and dad ordered a $7 combo box. Mom liked her meal while I personally didn't like the sauce that the chicken had seemingly been smothered in. Dad also seemed to enjoy his food, but we wound up also ordering some other side dishes to fill me up.
So what did I think of Taco Bell? Well, I actually really liked it! Sure, the location we went to could have definitely been cleaner and had more staff on hand, will definitely go back again.
