March 5,
2015
I’ve always been kind of on the fence about tamales I’ve had
a few decent ones and some that were awful. We had been to Roberto’s previously
and saw them on Diners Drive-ins and Dives making tamales and figured this
would be a good place to try them since they’re homemade. They are however only
available on Thursdays so when we were in Phoenix on Thursday we had to make a
stop. Also it sounds like there tamales are very popular so since we drove so
far and wanted to make sure we got some we called ahead to reserve some and the
guy said they had two kinds red chili beef and green chile corn tamales and
they were both mild in spice. So all three of us decided to get one of each.
Once we arrived we told them we reserved some tamales and that we want to eat
there. They asked us if we wanted to add
rice and beans to them for their special. Dad did this, but neither mom nor I did. We
also ordered some chips and salsa as well as three drinks. The tamales also
came with a couple little cups of salsa. In just a few minutes they brought all
our food out and Roger the owner of the place we met a couple years earlier saw
us and made sure to stop by and say hello as well as get my address to send me
a shirt.
And when the tamales arrived I started in to the beef and thought oh
my God this was delicious then I took a bite of the green corn chili and
thought it might even better than the beef, but good thing I got one of each
because I never could figure out which one was better. The beef was shredded
beef with red chili inside the Masa and the green chile corn had green chile
and corn with some cheese. Usually my problem with tamales has been them being
dry and these definitely were not in were very moist and both the fillings were
excellent and even though we had salsa these did not need anything on they were
so delicious just by themselves. I also liked the chips and salsa the salsa
tasted very good but was a little runny so it made a little difficult to dip
the chips in not get stuff dripped all over the place.
Now I know tamales can be really good, but I think they just
have to be fresh and made the right way and Roberto’s definitely does that.
Anthem Crossroads, 39510 W Daisy Mountain Dr #170, Anthem, AZ 85086
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