I was driving home from work tonight and noticed a restaurant, Hot Tamale Heaven. The thing about this particular restaurant that caught my attention was that it is simply a portable metal building (like a construction site trailer) parked on a gravel lot with a drive up window and walk up window installed.
I guess I should explain that tamales are a big thing here in the Delta for some reason, not sure why, but you can check out Alton Brown's Feasting on Asphalt 2 for some information.
Anyway, so I was intrigued by this place and decided to give them a shot. The menu was interesting for a drive up shack: tamales, wings, burger, ripper dog, fish platter (it is the Delta), hush puppies (again, it is the Delta), country fried steak sandwich, fried tamales, and tamale pie. I decided to try some tamales and some wings. The tamales were ok, not too bad, the wings were just not worth a second try although they did smell really good.
I will probably go back and try some more items off the menu though. For those not familiar with a ripper dog, it is a hot dog tossed in a deep fryer until the skin rips open......mmmmm cardiologist friendly. I will also probably give their hush puppies a try because I still have not found any really good hush puppies here yet.
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