Holland America Line, for those who haven't cruised, caters to an older crowd. We're talkin' like "blue haired ladies" older. However, the Godparents had cruised on HAL since the 50's and, as a result, I've built up a little bit of standing with the company. Kids, you're looking at a HAL Bronze Medallion holder. Bam! Anyhow, I have my own personal "Cruise Coordinator", I get nice discounts on future trips and invitations to champagne toasts with the captain and such.
My cruise coordinator, knowing that I didn't have a foot in the grave, set up my new wife and I at a dinner table with two other younger couples. One was a pair of Denver cops a few years older than us who loved to drink and had some truly fantastic law enforcement stories. The other couple was another set of newlyweds from Lawrence, Kansas whose names, jobs and faces escape me at the moment. Seriously; I ate dinner with these people for 9 straight nights and I don't remember a thing about them. Guess which couple we enjoyed more?
The couple from Kansas was actually so forgettable that I couldn't remember their names while we were still on the cruise. I took to calling them--both to Krishni and the super cops--"Jasmine and Steve" because those were names I could remember.
Anyhow, Jasmine and Steve were, shall I say, "large" in nature. They, like me, loved to eat. As a matter of fact, Jasmine was a "food blogger". Each night, she would awkwardly take photos of her food with the arrival of each new course, provided she remembered to do so. She lost more than one shot on the cruise because she started tearing into her meal before she remembered to take a photo of it. I laughed internally because "The fat girl forgot to take a picture before she ate her plate! Har!"
And I'm a dick.
Why do I bring up a boring story from 10 months ago? Because last night I had the pleasure of experiencing the new Pacific Shrimp Burrito from Taco Bell. And I forgot to take a picture before I ate the hell out of that thing. So this will have to do:
Marc: "It was light years beyond what I expected."
Krishni: "I liked the taco better than the burrito."
Kalena: "I can't believe that the shrimp are so shrimpy."
Mel: "It's like they used real shrimp."
Ok, ringing endorsements they are not. All of the above just suggest shock and awe over the quality of the Taco Bell experience. What cannot be argued is that this group of seasoned Taco Bell veterans really enjoyed their meal.
The shrimp were juicy and tangy, the crispy strips were, um, crispy and the burrito accoutrement worked just as those rich guys from the commercial said it would. Seriously, I cannot recommend it enough.
I have to believe that even Jasmine would approve.
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