Sunday, February 26, 2012

Uno Chicago Grill


Uno Chicago Grill
801 Neshaminy Mall
Bensalem, PA 19020
(215) 322-6003










Muchos Nachos


Tortilla chips, tomato salsa, beef chili, cheddar, mozzarella, jalapenos and sour cream

Price: $9.99

Add house-made guacamole .99


Uno Chicago Grill (formerly Pizzeria Uno), or more informally known as Unos, is the title for a franchised pizzeria restaurant chain under the parent company Uno Restaurant Holdings Corporation. Thank you Wikipedia for this confusing history lesson! If Unos put as much thought into their nacho platter as they do into naming and renaming their business I might have something delicious to blog about. Unfortunately, this will not be the case. With more than 7,300 restaurants in city of Chicago, Uno Chicago Grill is regrettably the only one that has made the great and historical journey into my digestive system.

Now, I must admit that the Chicago Classic Deep Dish 9 Grain Pizza we ordered was as damn good as it damn sounds. But we are not here to talk about pizza, are we? We are here to talk about nachos. With this "Muchos Nachos" platter we once again run into a situation where convention is king: No surprises were uncovered, no ingredients were atypical and no chances were taken. As stated before, I know large chain restaurants are generally not a breeding ground for originality, but it is still possible to find that authorized-diamond in the corporate-rough. All the ingredients were "good," all the flavors were "fine," and I certainly did not regret polishing off the entire platter of nachos. However, I certainly wouldn't recommend them to my mother in a letter I spent time writing on a quite Sunday afternoon.

  • Presentation: 5
  • Assembly: 4
  • Uniqueness: 3
  • Value: 5
  • Taste: 5
  • Overall: 4.4

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Mad Mex


Mad Mex
2862 W Moreland Rd
Willow Grove, PA 19090
(267) 495-5000










Nachos Grande


A mountain of our fresh tortilla chips with melted Montery Jack cheese, jalapeno peppers, black beans, guacamole, salsa and sour cream. Add chicken, steak or taco beef for $1.95.

Price: $8.50


To enjoy this uninspired review for this uninspired platter please use the Google Translator for comedic purposes: En el extremo oscuro de Mad Mex es donde nos encontramos. Ubicado en el resto de los que normalmente saludables tonos de la piel los clientes que se encuentran tres viejos amigos, una conversación que van desde el significado de Donnie Darko a los beneficios del vinagre de manzana, y este nido de ratas de nachos. Tal vez sea más apropiado comparar los nachos a la de una tela de araña gigante que los grupos enganchadas de los chips de tortilla, trozos de chiles jalapeños, y grupos de crema agria. En última instancia, se parecía más a una jaula de hámster que no se ha limpiado en 2 meses y tiene pequeños pedazos de mierda de frijol negro por todo el lugar.

Realmente es una lástima que un lugar llamado Mad Mex tenía un plato por debajo del par de nachos. La parte más emocionante estaba tocando el plato caliente con el dedo. Los tres de nosotros queríamos disfrutar de estos nachos, mal, pero al final fue la cerveza y las alas que pegó la noche juntos. la imagen granulada por encima de la perfección y, por desgracia captura el sabor, la presentación y la memoria de este mediocre disco de Nacho.

  • Presentation: 3
  • Assembly: 4
  • Uniqueness: 3
  • Value: 3
  • Taste: 3
  • Overall: 3.2