Tamales Lupita
Brush up your Spanish and come early to this slot of a shop before the tamales sell out. Count yourself lucky to take whatever is left, be it a warm corn-husked sheath of masa marbled with mole or a Oaxaqueño, square and nearly flat, whose banana-leaf wrap seals in the steam so that the dough, extra-larded, is as opulent as custard.
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Brush up your Spanish and come early to this slot of a shop before the tamales sell out. Count yourself lucky to take whatever is left, be it a warm corn-husked sheath of masa marbled with mole or a Oaxaqueño, square and nearly flat, whose banana-leaf wrap seals in the steam so that the dough, extra-larded, is as opulent as custard.
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