While at the Palo Alto California Avenue farmer’s market today, I picked up a tamale from The Oaxacan Kitchen booth. That was the extent of my Cinco de Mayo activity for the day. It’s not much compared to whipping up a tableful of Mexican dishes or hanging out at a party, but it sure was tasty.
There’s only one vegan tamale, the Roasted Butternut Squash – Fresh corn, guaillo salsa, big chunks of butternut squash and zucchini. Really good flavor. Available mild, spicy or extra spicy. I got the middle spice level, spicy but not mouth-on-fire kind of spicy (at least for me), $4.00 for one.
I haven’t tried anything else there but while waiting for my food, I spotted the lady making corn tortillas to order. She would grab a bit of the dough from a giant pile, flatten it out in a large hand press and then cooked it up. Man, she was fast.
And all this in basically the middle of the street (a section is closed down for the farmer’s market). Next time, I going to have to try to get something that has those handmade tortillas.
Noelle (@singerinkitchen) says
wow looks delicious!
Andrea says
A roasted butternut aquash tamale sounds so good to me right now. It looks like it’s got great mouth appeal as well as being eye-friendly. It looks yummier than the vegan tamales at our market.
Hannah says
One vegan tamale at the farmer’s market is one more than I can get anywhere locally! The butternut is an inspired addition too, really unique and so delicious-sounding.
LittleMonsterx14 says
mmm looks so good!