Wendy's Burrito Phenomenon

I may be on the verge of insanity for what I am about to suggest.

I had no intentions of visiting Wendy's for the Breakfast Bake Off this week, however after your encouragement I decided it couldn't be a bad idea. After all, they just launched breakfast recently and chances are it wasn't going to be that good.

I went to the Wendy's by my house, and ironically no one was in line at the drive thru. In my head I'm thinking: "Great, this really must be bad there isn't even anybody in line." As I glance across the menu board, breakfast isn't any where to be found and then I notice that no one has spoken to me through the magical speaker.

Thinking somehow that they might be able to hear me on the other end I yell - "Hello! Is anybody there!?" No response. I keep glancing over the board and then notice the small sign at the very bottom: "Drive Thru Window Open at 10:3oam". What!? Now I have to go in to get my breakfast? I drive around to the front and as I drive past the door I read the hours of operations and this Wendy's isn't even open for breakfast!

Although I was slightly annoyed, I was also on a mission. There is another Wendy's just a few miles in the other direction so I headed for it hoping that they served breakfast.

I debated what to order, while they had a variety of menu options the Sausage Egg Burrito stood out. I went for it and also got a medium cup of coffee - since they, like every other fast food chain, now have a "premium blend."

It came wrapped up like a Taco Bell burrito, which freaked me a little since I was about to eat breakfast and the feeling and smell of the shell reminded me a lot of Taco Bell too. It also was smaller than I had imagined. At this point I was slightly horrified. What am I doing? I'm eating a breakfast burrito at Wendy's!? I closed my eyes, took a bite and....wow. WOW. I look down at this tiny shell of heaven I just bit in to and what do I see? A perfect combination of sausage, egg and beautifully melted cheese.

You've all had burritos before, and 90% of the time the contents inside are not evenly distributed. Wendy's had it right. The eggs didn't taste spongy, the sausage was sliced nicely and the cheese covered every bite.

I was shocked, amazed and sad that I only ordered one.

The coffee on the other hand was an entirely different story. Yes they do put the cream and sugar/Splenda in for you (not on the side) but their premium coffee tastes more like premium hot brown water. It's "Foldgers" which doesn't impress me, so you can just pass on the coffee all together.

My insanity begins when I say this: Wendy's probably has the best breakfast I have tried so far. I do need time to reflect on all of my choices but at this moment I know one thing: For 99 cents I have never tasted a more perfectly designed breakfast burrito.