Top 10 Tamales Restaurants in Los Angeles
Tamales, it tastes so good that for the most of us, it's just not the holidays without tasting this dish.
Nothing can compare to the experience of unwrapping a hot tamales and biting into its soft corn masa and savoring the juicy meat filling.
What's great about a Tamale is, it can be filled with basically anything. Meat, cheeses, fruits, vegetables and chillies. It all depends on personal tastes. With all these talk, Check out these 10 best Tamales restaurant in Los Angeles.
Guelaguetza - This restaurant found in Koreatown seems like an anomaly, but it currently makes four kinds of tamales. Mole and Chicken, Chicken, Tomato, Onion and Jalapeno. Bean and a dessert Tamale with Raisins. Costs $20 for a dozen.
Loteria Grill - This restaurant offers Chile Poblano and Cheese Tamale, Chicken Mole, Carnitas, Zucchini and Sweet Pineapple. Their tamales are sold by the half dozen which costs somewhere between $24 to $26.
Hugo's Restaurant - Foursquare users suggests that people dining here should get the bruschetta and green tamales. It is also hailed as one of the best breakfast places of all time.
El Cholo Restaurant - Cited as one of the best Mexican restaurants in Los Angeles, the blue corn tamales are "to die for." Apart from that, their green tamales are also worth trying.
Border Grill Santa Monica - Their green corn tamales are described as very flavorful and is usually their best seller. Apart from that, the restaurant's Yucatan Pulled Pork Tacos are also highly recommended.
Me Gusta Gourmet Tamales - No it's not the popular meme. Open since 1999, this tamale retail shop and factory is owned by the Ortega family. The restaurant offer a huge variety of the dish that includes beef and chicken, pork with both green and red chile sauce, cheese with roasted chile, vegetable and sweet tamales with sweet corn and pineapple.
Tamales Alberto - Started by Alberto Mejia, this tamales restaurant also offers a huge variety of this savory dish, the Los Angeles Times has learned. Chicken with Green Chile sauce, Pork with red chile sauce, Chicken with Mole, Beans and Cheese among others.
La Mascota - The red Chile with Pork tamale is its most popular offering, but customers are also advised by LA Weekly to try the pineapple tamale, green chile with Chicken or cheese.
Tamales Lillianas - Offering your usual tamale flavors, but also boasts some selection for those who prefer their tamales sweet rather than savory. Check out the Strawberry or Pineapple with Raisins.
Gracias Madre - For those into vegetarian tamales, this is the place to be. Offering both vegetarian variants of sweet and savory tamales, the butternut squash and mole tamales and the tamale witha apples and mezcal caramel are delicious.
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