Mom's Tamales

3328 Pasadena Avenue, Los Angeles, CA - (323) 226-9383

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Posted By Samuel Shor on September 2, 2009 2:16 PM

Mom's Tamales is way out-of-the-way and I didn't believe it was actually going to be there. It was like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. I arrived at around 1 pm on a Wednesday and there was not a customer in sight. There were three ladies working the kitchen, studiously making tamale after tamale. I'm guessing one of them was Mom.

They have several different varieties, from pollo, to pineapple, to carne, to spinach and cheese. They also offer yesterday's leftover (cold) tamales for $.50 but it's only what's available, and meant more to take home and heat up. I got a pollo and a spinach and cheese tamale. I also got a day old mole pollo; I asked for extra mole sauce which came to the table hot and heated up my tamale perfectly.

One of the problems that I have is forgetting to take a picture before I dive in. As you can see this happened here. The spinach and cheese tamale was phenomenal; I really should have just ordered three of these. The pollo tamale was average, and the mole pollo was good but obviously not at its best, which is my fault not theirs. The chips were extremely good, as was the salsa. The have a sweet corn tamale on the menu which sadly is no longer available, as I would've loved to have tried it.

The staff is amazingly accommodating. My total tab was $5.40 for all three tamales, extra mole, and chips and salsa. When I went to pay I told her I'd have to run to my car for the $.40; she said don't worry about it. This is a fantastic place run by really sweet people. I would surely come back here any time I am near.

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