There's certainly no shortage of tacos de canasta (steamed tacos in a basket) in Mexico City, but La Abuela has been doing it for three decades – and it shows. Corn tortillas come filled with delectable ingredients such as refried beans, mashed potato and cochinita pibil (shredded pork), and they're dispensed by a kind man known as 'El Abuelo' (grandpa).
La Abuela
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