As someone who has quite literallytried every item availableon Taco Bell ’s expansive food for thought menu , I can say at first hand that – while incredibly delicious , do n’t get me wrong – most of the item would benefit from an accompanying digestive financial aid .
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Taco Bell South Koreafound a raw solution to this job – while sensibly invoke to local look palates – with the kimchee quesadilla , which is essentially our version ( spicy sauce , poulet , tall mallow ) with some of the Korean turn specialty tucked inside . The dishful , launched in June , has proven to be implausibly popular in the local market , as dogged societal media flare - ups can attest . This is what the net is all about : bringing people together over new and alien fast - food pick around the world .
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But as much as I ( or presumptively you , because you clicked on this article ) would love to see a kimchee queso off TB ’s stateside roll … it ’s just not going to happen . And the sooner you realise that , the earlier the hurt will be over .
Taco Bell – like otherfast - food leviathans before it– has line up international menus to synchronise with local tastes , with someinteresting results(chicken tikka masala burritos in India ? ! ) . But despite abroad successes ( and the popularity of Korean taco in the US ) , do n’t expect any of the eldritch items to make the startle to America .
" Our kimchi quesadilla is very democratic in South Korea and fitting for what our customers and the refinement of that market are reckon for , " a Taco Bell spokesperson said toBusiness Insider . " It is not as reflective of what our consumer here in the States are looking for when they descend to Taco Bell . "
Whomp whomp . Taco Bell justly assumes bland USA preference would sink a novel but delicious menu item like the kimchee quesadilla before it has a probability to soar .
What can you do to help ? save yourlocal Taco Bell , your state senators , and start buying kimchee by the gun barrel ( preserve your receipts ! ) . Only together can we show America is quick for fermented boodle in our debauched - solid food Mexican .
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