dining area. the woman running it, we can t show her face, but she s been here for ten years, serving a mostly salvadorian clientele, looking for a taste of home. first up, a staple done a little differently than the norm tamales, wrapped in banana leaf and steamed. mm, that s delicious. next, the dish of the house, papusas. tortillas stuffed with ground pork or chicharrons. you can get papusas in nicaragua, in guatemala, but for some reason salvadorian papusas get the most respect. general consensus seems to be that they re the best. how come? george: i mean, i would agree. anthony: george azar is our detroit fixer. he s been coming here with his friend, joe, for years. george: this is what makes it, right here. is this curtito. anthony: curtito? george: curtito it s just a pickled slaw. salsa. and i do this, but i don t know if you re up to this. anthony: what are you saying? george: i don t know if you can hang, man. anthony: is it a manly thing? george: i me
what is this place? pupusa house. i call it a pupusa house. it s a cultural thing. traditionally. they serve out of their houses. and it s just something that people bring over and they come. so this is about as traditional as it gets right here. it s just like yeah. this is what s called a pupusa house. literally, a house. this one s serving home-cooked salvadoran meals. once a living room, now the main dining area. the woman running it, we can t show her face. but she s been here for ten years serving a mostly salvadoran clientele looking for a taste of home. tamales. first up a staple done a little differently than the norm, tamales wrapped in banana leaf and steamed. mm, that s delicious. next the dish of the house. pupusas. tortillas stuffed with ground pork or chicharon. you can get pupusas in nicaragua, guatemala. for some reason salvadorian pupusas get the most respect.
and it remains a potential flashpoint for conflict. but that s easy to forget when you first smell the food. there we go. kesar da dhaba, dhaba meaning side of the road food stall. and there are countless dhabas to choose from in this town. but this one is legendary. see tony eat vegetables. and like it. you eat around this part of the world, punjab in particular, get used to eating a lot of vegetarian. chickpeas. daal. and india is one of the few places on earth where even for me that s not a burden. ooh. what s that? yeah, i ll take that. right here, my good man. mm. that s good saad. in the punjab, meat or no meat, you are almost guaranteed a free-for-all of intense colors, flavors and spices.
navrup. it s a chutney, and this is our radish. very, very, very good. generally speaking, punjabis are famous for being a warrior class. taller, bigger. yes. they re big. still maybe not fighters so much but still eaters. oh, yeah. big-time. yes. the religion doesn t matter. food is religion here. first time in amritsar? checking off my list of things to do in the punjab, i got to score some animal protein. it s time. i ve been going all morrissey for like two days now, and frankly, that s enough.
it goes great with crackers, pizza would be nothing without it, if you joked you re addicted to cheese, you may actually be right. a new study finds that a protein in cheese can release opiates that trigger dopamine receptors in our brain like certain drugs do. next time you want an extra slice, blame science. we just had to show you this. the most adorable video of the day comes from the los angeles zoo where a baby giraffe made its public debut today. he doesn t have a name, but quite a neck, under 6 feet tall and 130 pounds. just two weeks after he was born. new york mets are on their way to the world series after sweeping the cubs out of the playoffs. behind daniel murphy s sixth straight postseason game with a home run. that is a new major league baseball record. they ll face the royals or blue jays still battling it out for the american league pennant. when we come back, the new trend in schools that has students standing at attention. a south bay man shot in his own