Mark Bittman

"Four Mexico City Restaurants That Stay Close to Their Roots: El Bajio - Gorditas infladas are puffed breads, poori-like, with brown sugar and anise or black beans -- a wonderful substitute for muffins -- light, airy, sweet and crisp."

Celia Marin Chiunti

"Prepared in corn tortilla and passed through hot oil to get that crunchy consistency, merging with pork, delicate spicy onion and jalapeno pepper and herbaceous scent of cilantro... just remembering it makes me "salivate".

Ana Saldaña

"Gorditas accompanied by black sauce (made with chile meco and brown sugar) are a dream. There are also irresistible bean gorditas."

Lesley Tellez

"The gordita crunched just perfectly in your mouth, leaving little beads of oil on your tongue before you got this onslaught of soft, anise-scented beans."

Karen Taylor

"I love the way she does her gorditas—they look just like hockey pucks before you slice them open and dress them."