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12801 Harbor Blvd. Garden Grove, CA 92840

714-539-0181 

 

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12801 Harbor Blvd. Garden Grove CA 92840

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  • Mexican
    Daily 10am-9pm
    $$ $$
  • MasterCard, Visa, Discover, cash
    Delivery
    Dinner, Lunch
  • Beer/Wine
    Not Necessary
    No Parking
Description

This is where you find corundas: a specialty of triangular masa slabs made from white corn, then topped with pork sluiced in a gentle salsa-an inside-out tamale, essentially. A dollop of crema ranchera (Mexican sour cream) oozes down the masa and the meat. The masa is moist and puffy, the pork lean and shredded, the crema ranchera salty and sweet.








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  • Masas of This Domain

    Masas of This Domain

    Thu, January 04, 2007

    Every Christmas Eve, my mother and her sisters retire to their respective kitchens and create the annual Miranda batch of tamales. And, oh, what masa beauties they slap out! Tamales of pork sluiced with red salsa. Chicken tamales doused in green... More »

  • This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

    This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

    Thu, October 12, 2006

    You can't get more unassuming than Rivera Mexican Food. The only decoration so far at the new Garden Grove restaurant is a giant painting of a koi pond with Chinese characters. The music is generic ranchera. It's located in the center of a... More »

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