Tamales is a signature dish of Mexico; we have verified places to eat it in Mexico City. Steamed corn masa parcels wrapped in corn husk or banana leaf, filled with chicken in mole, pork in red or green salsa, rajas con queso or sweet versions with strawberry. Start with where to eat Tamales in Mexico City.
Tamales · Mexico City
Steamed corn masa parcels wrapped in corn husk or banana leaf, filled with chicken in mole, pork in red or green salsa, rajas con queso or sweet versions with strawberry. Eaten with atole for breakfast.
Tamales date to Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica, originally a portable food for the Aztec army made from nixtamalised corn masa wrapped in corn husks. Spanish lard transformed the texture after 1521. The modern Mexico City tamal includes the corn-husk style of the highlands and the banana-leaf style brought from Veracruz and Oaxaca. The Feria del Tamal runs every January 29 to February 2 at the Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares in Coyoacan for Candelaria.
Where to eat in Mexico City:
- Tamales Dona Emi
- El Cardenal
- Cafe de Tacuba
- Azul Historico
Where to eat Tamales in Mexico City: the editor picks