Happy to see The Culture-ist piece I wrote about Mamacita’s featured in The Huffington Post. Man do I miss those burritos!
Photo by Alex Marrs
Oisin Barr speeds on a Honda Win motorbike, comes to a halt, parks, and begins setting up shop. Off comes his helmet and out come frying pans, flour, and containers of freshly made pico de gallo, Argentinean-style beef, and shredded cheese. He plugs in the portable gas tank, powers up the stove, and begins rolling tortillas. Within five minutes, a line has already begun to form in front of Mamacita’s. Within fifteen minutes, the mobile burrito stall is open for business.
“I call first burrito,” Ricky Forester, a Mamacita’s regular, shouts. Ricky is originally from the Tex-Mex border and says he’s been on the hunt for good Mexican food since he came to Vietnam five years ago. “I used to miss it so much I would set up Mexican food nights at my house. Now I come here for a taste of home.”
Mamacita’s is the first South American pop-up stall to hit the Hanoi streets, and it’s gained a hungry following of people who crave their gourmet street food, which include items such as crispy pork belly burritos served with turmeric and saffron rice, caramelized onion and wine jam, homemade garlic mayo, and salsa verde.
Founder Oisin Barr says his reason for starting the stall was simple: “Ever since living in Spain and traveling through South America, I’ve loved Latin cuisine. I couldn’t find high-quality, affordable Mexican food in Hanoi,” he explains. “So I figured I would make it myself.” Read more on The Huffington Post.
One of the first Mamacita’s burritos…
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