What is your favorite Cuban food?
Oct 7th, 2006, 03:36 PM
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What is your favorite Cuban food?
We will be traveling to the Keys(Marathon) and Miami in a few weeks and are looking for suggestions of local foods. We are from PA Dutch area but enjoy trying regional food. Husband and one daughter enjoy spicy food but the rest of us tend to stay with less spicy foods.
Any recommendations of your favorites? Especially Cuban foods?
Any recommendations of your favorites? Especially Cuban foods?
Oct 9th, 2006, 02:36 PM
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Cuban food isn't spicy like Mexican food. There are lots of great suggestions listed above. The "local foods" for the Florida Keys are the local fishes - yellowtail snapper, grouper and dolphin. Conch (pronounced Konk) chowder is a tomato based chowder that can be spicy. Don't forget the key lime pie. You may decide you need to taste it everywhere you go so you can pick the best in the Keys. Pick up a bottle of Nellie's Key Lime juice so you can make a pie for your friends when you get home!
Oct 10th, 2006, 05:50 AM
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cubano sandwich ... but it must be on real Cuban bread ...
If you visit Key West, find Jose's Cantina, an extremely low-key, family-owned restaurant on White Street. I've only been to Jose's for lunch, and the cubanos are extraordinary!
If you visit Key West, find Jose's Cantina, an extremely low-key, family-owned restaurant on White Street. I've only been to Jose's for lunch, and the cubanos are extraordinary!
Oct 10th, 2006, 07:40 AM
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I love camarones al ajillo too. An even heartier meal would be pollo asado al ajillo, moros y plátanos. Anyone who's familiar with the West LA Versailles (on Venice)-- completely unrelated to the Miami institution-- will know that combo dish well.
YUM!!
YUM!!
Oct 10th, 2006, 08:19 AM
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For Breakfast:
Cafe con leche (cuban coffee w/milk)
Tostada con mantequilla (cuban toast w/butter)
For Lunch:
Croqueta Preparada (Sandwich made with "croquetas" which are made of breaded ground ham. Can also include a slice of pork and a slice of ham)
For Dinner:
Bistec Empanizado (Breaded Steak)
Arroz Blanco (white rice)
Frijoles Negros (black beans)
and Platanitos Maduros (Soft Fried Plantains)
Cafe con leche (cuban coffee w/milk)
Tostada con mantequilla (cuban toast w/butter)
For Lunch:
Croqueta Preparada (Sandwich made with "croquetas" which are made of breaded ground ham. Can also include a slice of pork and a slice of ham)
For Dinner:
Bistec Empanizado (Breaded Steak)
Arroz Blanco (white rice)
Frijoles Negros (black beans)
and Platanitos Maduros (Soft Fried Plantains)
Nov 27th, 2006, 03:26 PM
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I TOTALLY second Winkz40's list and would like to add:
paella
pastellitos: guava, guava y queso
arroz con leche (rice pudding)
flan con queso (cream cheese flan)
breaded steak sandwiches with the little french fries
YUM!!
ok, Mojitos up!
Salud y amor y tiempo para disfrutarlo
(health and love and time to enjoy it)
paella
pastellitos: guava, guava y queso
arroz con leche (rice pudding)
flan con queso (cream cheese flan)
breaded steak sandwiches with the little french fries
YUM!!
ok, Mojitos up!
Salud y amor y tiempo para disfrutarlo
(health and love and time to enjoy it)
