It come’s but once a year, scent’s of cinnamon, and pine fill the air, christmas carol’s play in the background, and without fail come’s a craving for tamale’s. I have to say that is one of the FEW thing’s I miss about corporate america....the holiday potluck’s with dozen’s of tamale’s! In my absence my fix goes, well unfixed. Today I find myself on a mission, to find the best tamale’s in San Antonio.
I received over ten suggestion’s. While I couldn’t try all ten (although I intend to) I did try three.
My first stop was Molino Luz Verde on Potranco and 1604 (I think it’s renamed Lina’s). I checked the review’s first, and saw it had four and a half star’s! Although none of the review’s were on tamale’s, my tip said they were great there. I have to wonder if they were having an off day because I have eaten dinner at her place twice, both great dinner’s, and the food she has recommended has always been good. Well this place had the blandest one’s. The tamale’s were so light, I almost thought they were just corn tamale’s. The masa was also super moist, and sticky, too wet. They were the biggest one’s though, they had that going for them. They weighed in at 2.8 oz each! It came out to $3.50 for half a dozen.
Second stop was Delicious Tamale’s. I liked here because of the variety of tamale’s, and you can order tamale’s ala carte for $.90 each. This one flavor wise I felt was the best. I really liked the masa, it was a very dark orange color, and it had a little spice to it so that you got a kick in flavor. The only thing is that they were very small! It weighed in at 1.8 oz each. Lame.
My last stop was Adelita’s on Fresno. This one is probably the best for your buck. The masa was the good dark orange. They only had pork, but I felt like I got more for my money because this one had pretty good flavor, and weighed in at 2.3 oz each.
I am still in search of a great tamale because I could have gone down the street to
H-E-B, saved myself the time, and still have gotten a similar product. I did get some great suggestion’s that are on my list to try next, so stay tuned!
