Tamale Heaven

In search of a Choco-Taco for my best friend to try we came upon La Chica Tienda on Anderson Lane. No Choco-Taco but there was a little restaurant inside. We were starving so we ordered....Little did we know we were embarking on Tamale Heaven. Leonar Banos-Soute and her husband Bill fed us the best chicken tamales we ever had, black beans with queso fresca and the yummiest and freshest Spanish rice. I had agua de jamaica that took me back to the times I had it in Mexico and the fresh agua de tamarindo was exquisite. We cleaned our plate. The portions were just right. I don't like having to doggiebag things but I hate feeling too full, not a problem at Oaxacan Tamaleos, they were perfect portions. We had room for fried bananas and crema and were pleasantly satiated the rest of the evening.

The atmosphere was awesome. We could hear Infowars softly playing in the background in the La Chica Tienda part but we mostly heard a regular chatting with the owners. Their talk let you in on things in their lives and it was nice. Eventually our curiosity brought us in on the conversation. The entire dinner was a welcomed surprise, not at all what we expected and turned into a MFK Fisher meets Jim Jarmusch event. I highly recommend! Going back to try the rest of the menu.