If you’re staying in Palm Beach County, Florida, the place to go for Cuban food is Havana Restaurant. It’s a couple of miles south of downtown, at the corner of US 1 and Forest Hills, just a 7 minute drive from Mar-a-Lago, if you’re staying there. We don’t. We stay on Singer Island, well north of downtown, so it’s a bit of a hike for … Continue reading Havana, West Palm Beach, Florida
Versailles is ground zero for Cuban cuisine in the United States. A few years ago, Nancy and I spent a few days in western Miami, near Doral, with our friends, Joyce DeRoy and Willie King. We relaxed in the sun, went on an Everglades tour, watch alligator wrestling at a Miccosukee village, and ate a whole lot of lechon asado, Cuban-style pork. We ate … Continue reading Versailles, Miami, Florida
Another reason to go to South Florida, as if you needed another one this time of year, is the Cuban food, especially the Cuban-style roasted pork. Cuban pork gets its distinctive flavor from marination in mojo, a mixture of a bulb or three of garlic, sour orange juice (not orange juice that has soured, but the juice of sour oranges, or naranjas ágrias, or citrus x … Continue reading Rumba Cafe, Naples, Florida
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