There’s something about fresh tortillas that can bring people to their knees. It doesn’t happen just anywhere, because a tortilla is something that is very much like French bread. To some people, French bread is just that, with way too much gluten to bother with, but to others, it’s a potential for paradise on earth, but only if it’s made in the proper way.
Anyone can make French bread, apparently, but few understand that it’s a sacred trust between the loaf and the cook, and the one who comes to eat it enters into the same sacred trust. That’s the same with tortillas, and when they are good, then there’s a reason to celebrate breathing for another day.
Travelers coming to stay in the hotels Amarillo offers, then, will likely find a lovely place to become engaged in this sacred trust as a little restaurant called La Campana . It’s been getting some well-deserved attention of late, but even with a million articles in the press, the business is driven here based on their traditional recipes cooked in traditional ways, and that pulls in regular customers better than any advertising can.
When it comes to Mexican food, there are some who think it all tastes the same, and they’ll eat anything anywhere and still complain, because they don’t understand, or care enough to learn about the regions and origins of anything. And probably don’t know how to tell the sides of the tortilla apart. However, for those who do know it, La Campana is a very bright spot in a pretty bright town.
Good tortillas have a way of reaching the hidden parts of the soul, and offering a little bit of a break from the rush of things. It’s a taste that grows deeper and more profound with age, surely, and cooking them properly requires the same. This is one place to find that particular door to paradise.
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