strictly speaking, legal. what is this place? george: papusa house, i call it the papusa house. i mean, like a papusaerie, i guess you could say. joe: it s a cultural thing. traditionally, they serve out of their houses, and it s just something that people bring over when they come. so this is about as traditional as it gets, right here. anthony: it s just like home? joe: yep. anthony: this is what s called a papusa house. literally a house, this one serving home cooked salvadorian 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 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
so this is about as traditional as it gets, right here. anthony: it s just like home? joe: yep. anthony: this is what s called a papusa house. literally a house, this one serving home cooked salvadorian 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 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.
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 mean, it s turn