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Post by whollygoats on Jul 30, 2019 23:40:05 GMT
Since Swimmer returned to the farm, she's been dropping by each Tuesday around midday and we go out to lunch at a restaurant. We've been intent upon trying some new places, but we both tend to fall back on favorites when stumped for possible new offerings. She, for one, has a gluten limitation. So, today we went out to Cubo, a Cuban comfort food outlet on the trendy and nearby Hawthorne Boulevard. I had the Spicy Prawn Mojito Bowl, with the prawns, black beans, brown rice, avocado slice, mango chunks, maduros and tostones. The latter two are both plantain products, but very different. The maduros are like fried sweet bananas; soft, warm, sweet and mooshy. The tostones are flat, crunchy and rather 'crispy', with a flavor like a French fry. They are twice deep fried. I also had a guava colada as a beverage. It was a successful lunch and both of us declared that we would return and we would recommend.
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Post by Kye on Jul 31, 2019 0:50:52 GMT
Sounds yummy! I'll bet they won't have anything like that when I go to Cuba at the end of August.
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Post by JoeP on Jul 31, 2019 12:08:15 GMT
I also had a guava colada as a beverage. If you like guava coladas
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Post by JoeP on Jul 31, 2019 12:08:27 GMT
Sounds yummy! I'll bet they won't have anything like that when I go to Cuba at the end of August. ... Because Cuba is not "authentically" Cuban? Or ...
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Post by Kye on Jul 31, 2019 12:12:12 GMT
Cuba doesn't have access to a lot of different kinds of food --there are many shortages. It's not uncommon for them to run out of basics like bread even in the "high end" resorts. People are always complaining about the food in Cuba (although I hear there are some nice restaurants in Havana). The beaches are spectacular though.
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Post by whollygoats on Jul 31, 2019 18:58:21 GMT
I also had a guava colada as a beverage. If you like guava coladas And slips in the rain
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Post by whollygoats on Jul 31, 2019 19:00:54 GMT
"Cuba is not authentically Cuban," sounds like something our bad precedent might utter. Or, text, even.
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Post by Kye on Jul 31, 2019 21:05:15 GMT
This link is pretty accurate when it comes to Cuban food.
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Post by Moose on Aug 1, 2019 23:43:35 GMT
I don't like prawns, black beans, brown rice or avacado but otherwise it sounds .. mediocre?
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Post by Moose on Aug 1, 2019 23:43:48 GMT
I have a very unsophisticated palate
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Post by whollygoats on Aug 2, 2019 0:33:25 GMT
Phyllis Dean.
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Post by Moose on Aug 2, 2019 0:56:19 GMT
*bows head in acceptance of the remark*
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Post by JoeP on Aug 2, 2019 7:52:42 GMT
I don't like prawns, black beans, brown rice or avacado but otherwise it sounds .. mediocre? How about boiled chicken, baked beans, white rice and nothing else?
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Post by whollygoats on Aug 2, 2019 13:56:25 GMT
I don't like prawns, black beans, brown rice or avacado but otherwise it sounds .. mediocre? How about boiled chicken, baked beans, white rice and nothing else? No, no....Navy beans. And, don't forget the steamed cauliflower.
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Post by raspberrybullets on Aug 4, 2019 10:04:06 GMT
Sounds yum to me.
I had my first halal snack pack a couple days ago. Mine was with chicken and tabouleh.
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