What's the next best thing to winning the Wicked Lottery? Mozzarepas! Don't know what a Mozzarepa is you say? Have you ever been to a street fair in NYC where they sell corn griddle cakes with cheese oozing out the middle? that's a mozzarepa.
I'm a big fan of corn and also a big fan of mozzarella cheese and when you put them together... it's good times all around. To be fair, the arepas that you can get from the street fairs all over NYC really do not compare to the golden crispy griddle cakes that Mama's serves.
Mama's is a Brazilian empanada place. They had all sorts of different empandas. Some were made from a wheat flour dough and there were a few made from cornmeal. We ordered both and had anticipated that the corn meal empanadas would taste better however the consistency of the cornmeal shell was off putting. It was just too thick and hard and tasted more like cardboard than corn. The flour shell was thinner and flakier.
We found Mama's purely by luck. Having just won the Wicked Lottery, we didn't want to wander too far from the theater and decided to try to find lunch on 9th Ave. Mama's caught our eye right away, it was cute and it looked clean, fast and affordable. Our goal, other than convenience, was to get as far away from the chain eateries that littered every corner near Times Square. I mean really! why would anyone choose to go to Red Lobster or Applebees when there are good joints like Mama's just a block or two away?
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