Poltergust
Member
It tasted alright enough, but Qdoba's is several tiers better.
I'll probably not order it again.
I'll probably not order it again.
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Chipotle stock dips 3 percent due to negative Twitter reaction to their new queso
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I rather eat out of a dumpster
It was good when I had it in one Chipotle (west coast) But it was like powdery or chalky or something another time i had it (east coast). Yeah other places do it way better, and I usually find better/cheaper alternatives anyway. Chipotle has dipped considerably in the last few years
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
"Don't believe the publically available data, believe the data we've privately gathered and don't plan on sharing."
~ Actual quote by Chipotle's Chief Cheese Scientist
~ Actual quote by Chipotle's Chief Cheese Scientist
HylianScribe
Member
It was absolutely terrible. I thought maybe it was a bad batch the first time, gave it one more try and it was worse than before. The second time getting it, while waiting in the line, had another person complaining it was terrible and asked when they were fixing the recipe. Not sure how they screwed it up so bad. Del Taco's queso blanco is way better.
Aquavelvaman
Banned
How do you mess up queso? Making a bad queso is like making a bad marinara. You got problems if you can't make it taste good with such a solid ingredient set
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Looking at the ingredient list it's easy to see where they went wrong.
Too much shit in there. Also flour is a better thickener than corn starch for this kind of thing. Basically fry up some onions, peppers and garlic in butter.. add some flour.. make a roux.. add milk.. shredded cheese (cheddar and monterrey jack) and to keep it easy add salsa (let's you skip basically adding all the salsa ingredients).. or some rotel.
Fucking done and delicious.
Tapioca starch, vinegar, dried peppers? Fuck all that noise.
Too much shit in there. Also flour is a better thickener than corn starch for this kind of thing. Basically fry up some onions, peppers and garlic in butter.. add some flour.. make a roux.. add milk.. shredded cheese (cheddar and monterrey jack) and to keep it easy add salsa (let's you skip basically adding all the salsa ingredients).. or some rotel.
Fucking done and delicious.
Tapioca starch, vinegar, dried peppers? Fuck all that noise.
peteykirch
Member
Bingo, for a company that once preached no fillers, and simple recipes that taste good, there's no reason for them to use those things in their queso.
Azzurri
Member
Qdoba's queso is pretty fucking good.
There is a Qdoba and a chipotle like right next to each other where I live and Chipotle is always packed, and Qdoba is always pretty empty and it blows my mind. Qdoba is 10x better than Chipotle.
As a born an raised Texan, I can officially say this is the worst Queso I've ever had. I've never had anything with cheese in it this bland before. You'd be better off melting a Kraft Single over some chips.
I wonder if they used to work for Trump lol
I wonder if they used to work for Trump lol
Goro Majima
Kitty Genovese Member
Earthbound64
Banned
It's all downhill from there for Arby.
Zoe
Member
That is in fact Torchy's.
They have the Hillbilly now with chorizo, but I haven't tried it yet.
The compuesto is from Chuy's.
$1.30 to add it.
Definitely wasn't worth it when i tried it over the weekend. Burrito's still great, but could hardly taste the queso.
Aquavelvaman
Banned
Yeah what were they thinking putting red wine vinegar in there?
MasterMenace
Member
I just recently had Chipotle this week and I saw their new queso when I went to order and was kinda excited because I thought it could change up the flavor profile a bit, but then I saw a sign saying you gotta pay $ to add queso lulz...
Thanks Chipotle, you actually helped me avoid trying your crappy queso..
Thanks Chipotle, you actually helped me avoid trying your crappy queso..
rainking187
Member
It seems to be pretty easy to mess up. Pretty much every fast food queso I've tried seems to be terrible. I think Del Taco is the only fast food restaurant I've been to where the queso isn't that bad.
Damn, I'm no cooking man, but that sounds really unappealing. And the talk of it being gritty... who wants a gritty cheese sauce? Should never have gotten out of the test kitchen.
Absoludacrous
Member
I fucking love Chipotle and their queso did nothing for me, so I'm not surprised
Earthbound64
Banned
Why would guacamole be different?
Aside from the fact that having it on toast prevents millennials from owning houses.
KibblesBits
Member
I won't even try their Queso and I eat Chipotle ALL the time.
I'm the Mayor on Foursquare of my local Chipotle and none can take my crown there and I won't even eat that yellow soup.
I'm the Mayor on Foursquare of my local Chipotle and none can take my crown there and I won't even eat that yellow soup.
finalflame
Member
Where the fuck do you eat that gives out free queso? I'm about to become a regular customer.
SkateorDi3
Member
I've only been to Chipotle once since they got me sick the weekend before Cyber Monday, my company's busiest day of the year. They're so good, but I haven't been that sick since I was in middle school.
PrivateWHudson
Member
It's yellow? Qdoba is my jam, but even if I was somehow forced to eat at a Chipotle, I would never add a yellow queso. Always associated yellow cheese with processed Velveeta...
I nice white cheddar or american is the only acceptable base.
People still use Foursquare?
Zoe
Member
Freebirds lets you choose shredded cheese or queso. I always end up getting ground beef nachos there.
Though the best free queso is Chuy's queso bar (including pico and meat) during Happy Hour.
Brock Reiher
Banned
Focus testing tends to produce the most bland thing possible.
I don't know how you fuck up queso. Go to your local mexican or tex mex place, they probably have queso dip as an appetizer. Copy that recipe. Done.
SchrodingerC
Member
No wonder twitter is so negative about the queso, it is so not worth the asking price.
I'm so hungry I could tweet @ arbys
Agent Cooper
Member
It tastes gritty and bland. It makes sense people don't like it.
Swass
Member
This could describe all of their food. Chipotle use to be soo good, me and my wife would eat there 2 or 3 times a week. But around 2013ish, around the time they jacked their prices up, you can tell execs were looking at cutting costs and corners. Food started getting bland and even more bland. We thought it was just our location, but it sucks everywhere. We don't even eat there anymore unless we get a b1g1 coupon. Crazy how bad they have f'd up and that isn't even taking into account the health issues. Hard to believe this is the same company once considered to have the potential to rival McDonald's.
Qdoba is okay, but there is a flavor in their food that I don't care for. I think right now Cafe Rio is the best, but it's too far to eat there often.
Suspicious_Jug
Neo Member
Tried it on Saturday in a burrito, and I couldn't taste it at all. No there was no spice or cheese flavor.
Garrett 2U
Member
I love Chipotle. Who is going to pay $1.25 for a small amount of mediocre queso?
Let alone 3$ extra for guac and queso. I might as well go to Qdoba.
Let alone 3$ extra for guac and queso. I might as well go to Qdoba.
keep meaning to try this but always forget.
CO/Tucson gaffers, how does this compare to Illegal Pete's queso?
wasn't that also around the time they went GMO-free? maybe to offset the cost of avoiding GMOs they had to settle for lower quality ingredients.
CO/Tucson gaffers, how does this compare to Illegal Pete's queso?
wasn't that also around the time they went GMO-free? maybe to offset the cost of avoiding GMOs they had to settle for lower quality ingredients.