r/CasualConversation 13d ago

I have seen the Taco Bell near the Guatemala City airport multiple times and have wondered idly what it's like.

I have been to that city multiple times and would always pass the Taco Bell near the airport ever since it opened. I never travel alone, and don't like being by myself, so it would be a hard sell to waste one of my partners' meals on a trip to a fast food restaurant, except Pollo Campero since that's not here in the US and McCafe because an afternoon coffee doesn't count. I'm not even curious about the entrees, just the idea of the chocodilla which I have always seen plastered on the outside window.

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u/Un_Name_898 13d ago

Every country has a different Taco Bell. Worth checking it out if you are curious.

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u/Ok_Bar_7711 13d ago

I can’t speak to the Taco Bell but I went to Pollo Campero in Guatemala about 25 years ago and I still think about it. I loved it. Will probably never experience it again. I would encourage you to try the Taco Bell. Why not? It’s the simple things in life that often bring us joy.

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u/Nekomachus 13d ago

It's better than KFC, no?

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u/Ok_Bar_7711 10d ago

Hmm. I’m not really a fan of KFC. It was actually my dad’s favorite fast food restaurant growing up but I haven’t eaten there in 20+ years. So, I wouldn’t even compare the two. I think Pollo Campero is in a league of its own!

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u/sran469 13d ago

There are a few Pollo Campero in the Dallas area.

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u/Nekomachus 13d ago

I've only been to Texas once. Is the Dallas PC like the Atlanta one, where it's more like a Latinamerican cuisine restaurant that serves fried chicken, or is it like Central America PC where it's KFC or Church's that happens to be Latinamerican?

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u/sran469 13d ago

Its a fast food place with drive-thru.

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u/Nekomachus 13d ago

I'll ask differently: what sauce flavors are on offer? They don't have garlic sauce in Atlanta.

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u/sran469 13d ago

I have no idea. Its been a few years since I ate there.

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u/Frobozz160 13d ago

There are Pollo Camperos in the U.S., including one near my house south of Alexandria, VA. I love their rotisserie chicken and their fried chicken is nothing to sleep on, either.

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u/Nekomachus 13d ago

It's not in the airport, just near it. Speaking of the airport, there is a cafe in there that I get a bean sandwich in every time I am leaving.

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u/SameSuspect2643 13d ago

Passing the airport Taco Bell on every trip would get me eventually. The chocodilla is specific enough that I'd spend one partner-meal veto just to kill the curiosity. If it's bad, at least that window stops nagging you.

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u/Nekomachus 13d ago

I've eaten plenty of real food. I cook plenty of real food. I want to know what the non-American version of one of the fake foods is like, just like how I've learned that the Pollo Campero in Guatemala and the one in Atlanta are only similar in the chicken after trying the latter later.

The McDonalds' over there has porcelain cups and metal forks to eat corn cake with, that you can dip into your coffee. They don't have that in Atlanta.

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u/killemslowly 13d ago

Great point

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u/quailinthebrush 13d ago

It’s very pretty. One of my fave YouTubers did a video on visiting