This little taqueria called "Rosa's Kitchen in Espanol just opened a couple of weeks ago with the desire to sell tamales, barbacoa, and menudo to Seguin's hungry food explorers.
The restaurant is in a little 10x10 foot walk up brick building in Seguin's downtown. Stephanie, the owner is cooking all of her family's long held recipes, especially the tamales. On this night, and yes, I said night--as she is expanding past her normal lunch hours--I tried a trio of her spicy pork tamales $2.25, and a large cup of menudo for only $3.
Her whole family was helping tonight, which was the epitome of a small, local, Yelpy business. The tamales were small but had a thin masa, and the meat to masa ratio was about 50/50. The pork was spicy and flavorful. Although, they are small, they are only 75 cents each, so just buy more.
The menudo was very rich and contained tender tripe. It was loaded with the good honeycomb tripe, not the tougher cut of tripe (the smooth one). I'll bet you didn't know the cow's stomach has four distinct compartments.
The menu at lunch will have tacos, enchiladas, menudo, and of course T A M A L E S. read more