Plátanos al Horno

In Los Angeles, we have eloteros selling corn on carts all throughout the city and, in Oaxaca, you have the plantain and sweet potato cart guy. He comes through neighborhoods pushing a makeshift aluminum cart with a fire going strong inside of it. You know he’s arrived at your corner of town because you’ll hear the notorious steam-powered whistle that sounds more like a speeding train than a street food vendor. When you order from him, he opens a drawer full of roasted plantains cove