The best gorditas? - Tlacolula Market

Gorditas are different everywhere you go, but for me, the best are right at the top of the street ,just as one enters the extended Sunday market.  It is under an orange tarp which messes with the color of these photos, but the tacos and gorditas are sublime.  They know me there.  I remember a time when I went seven Sundays in a row just to get one and I live on the opposite side of the city.  What's an hour drive for one of these. 

First the masa is flattened by hand.  Today it was made from blue corn. 

 Then it is filled with chicken, pork or vegetables like potatoes,

Then a little cheese,

Then formed into a ball and flattened.

Into the oil.

Until they are done, golden and crispy.

Then filled with lettuce, onions, various salsas and sour cream..... just stop!  Soooo good.
It's a popular place.  The tacos are also really exceptional.

And the wait staff is especially charming.

Hungry yet?