Potato Wedges and Steak and Cheese Taquito

They say if you've had one Taquito you've had them all, but how would you know without trying them all? That's exactly what we set out to do in this Taquito and Potato Wedge meal from 7-Eleven at Lombard & Denver, in Portland. That's store #19909 at 1931 N Lombard St.
And though unadvertised, I was offered sauce with my purchase and happily accepted both Tapatío brand hot sauce and Heinz brand ranch dressing.

The Potato Wedges were heavy, hearty pieces of potato with less of a previously frozen texture than I expect. We know they aren't cut on site, but their quality was better than expected.
They were slightly chewy, yet crunchy on the edges. They were warmish but could have been warmer, or if they were I could have assumed a higher level of freshness. There are a faint taste of the 7-Eleven signature spice, as if the Spicy Big Bite Hot Dog and the Potato Wedges had commingled at some point. The spice flavor exuded that 7-Eleven standard heat, omnipresent, and maybe spicy to someone from the mid-west.

The Steak and Cheese Taquito was warm, mildly cheesy, and perhaps undistinguishable from many other tacquitos, other than Jalapeño and Cream Cheese. The Taquito, too, could have benefited from being warmer, and seemed to be filled with a tasty, salty, cheese and meat sauce. To this palate, it wasn't far from delicious.

Both the Tapatío and the Heinz Ranch Dressing made it on to the Taquito and the Potato Wedges. The sauces weren't necessary but allowed for variety between bites - something that was welcome to this blogger. Tapatío is a much more pleasant and gratifying hot than 7-Eleven's signature spice, and while a bit gritty in consistancy, the Tapatío was a good condiment choice. The Heinz Ranch dressing gets the ranch flavor across adequately. It doesn't drive home the ranch experience like other brands due to a lack of creaminess, but makes due with an oily texture that is less appealing.

Pair of sixes.
Potato Wedges 6/11
Steak and Cheese Taquito 6/11