Out of all the fast food restaurants, Carl's Jr. probably changes -- or at least augments -- its menu the most often. There's always some newish, vaguely titillating, really-bad-for-you item advertised with a giant banner outside.On this go round through the drive-in, the wind-fluttered photos were pushing the Mint Oreo Shake, Farmer John's Jumbo Chili Dog, Carl's Catch Fish Sandwich, Crisp Burritos and the Kentucky Bourbon Burger.
While we could have made this a multipart series entitled "Lissa Becomes Quite Hefty Indeed," I decided to restrict myself to the latter two choices, the burritos and the bourbon burger.So, the burritos. Really, they were rather like egg rolls filled with taco meat. Which is not necessarily a bad thing (definitely the kind of food people crave at about 2 a.m. after drinking a lot of beer), but it could have been flashed up a little bit. There's also apparently cheese and jalapenos, but I couldn't taste them so much.
I got the side of guacamole, which improved matters significantly. But, really, dipping it in guacamole kind of improves everything.
Next, to the Kentucky Bourbon Burger, which comes topped with pepperjack cheese, bacon, garlic-pepper onion straws and Kentucky bourbon glaze. The big, shiny poster assured me that the burger is "0 proof," even in its $6 incarnation and, no, I couldn't taste any bourbon.
Oh, it tastes distinctly of something, but it's not bourbon. Maybe a little more like liquid smoke and corn syrup: It was just too sweet for me. Not so sweet that I didn't finish it and sort of enjoy it, but too sweet to order again, even considering the bacon.
All, told, it was a whopping 1,380 calories and more fat than I'd like to tally up. Maybe next time I'll just cut straight to the milkshake.
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