The weather's getting better, and a lot of cruise ships were floating around in the Bay today. After a meeting in the Financial District, I decided to see if there was anything good to buy at the Ferry Building farmers market before heading to Birley's for a sandwich. As it turns out, I got so stuffed with free samples I couldn't even think about a roast beef sandwich. Recchiuti was giving away free chocolate, the Village Market had fresh strawberries in balsamic syrup, and the Indian guy is always forcing everyone to try his eggplant spread (not that anyone minds).
Lured to the water by the warm breeze and sunshine, I grabbed a butternut and black bean tamale from Donna's Tamale cart and parked myself on a bench out behind the Ferry Building. It was so relaxing. It's not like I've been particularly stressed out or anything lately; it's just been sort of a crazy January and I could feel all my tension melting away as I sat there in a carefree post-lunch stupor. It's as close as I'll ever get to meditating.
The tamale was nice. The cornmeal was warm and moist, though not as tender as some restaurant offerings. The filling was a black bean paste with cubes of butternut squash and kernels of corn throughout. Since it was a vegan tamale, it was very light and non-greasy. Donna's also has a few different salsas to choose from. I got some tomato salsa, salsa verde, and slaw. It wasn't anything more than a nice tamale with a slightly unusual filling, but it was the most satisfying lunch I've had in a long time.
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butternut squash in a tamale. cooool. well i've never had a tamale anyway, but it sounds good. the view is quite pretty. it was sunny in davis, but then it rained for a little while. When i drove out of the parking lot I saw a rainbow! it reminded me of hawaii
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