I absolutely love the interior of this place, so vibrant! Earlier this year IF had a catering from this place, see old entry. Mojito, very good, it’s a little stronger than the other ones I had at other place. It looks very good on the kitschy vinyl table cloth. 🙂 Paella Valenciana, Fresh shrimp, scallops, […]
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Heard much about this Cuban (?) Bakery for their delicious meat pastries. Unfortunately when we got there they were all sold out. They sold out by 11am! We did grab some little beef pastries (they reminded me of Cantonese dim-sum pastries!) and this one I got: Guava Pastry! It is buttery but light, fresh and […]
Heard much about this famous Cuban restaurant in LA, for it is quality, traditional cooking and value. It is famed for the garlic chicken and pork. The place is packed though fortunately no line because we were late. Long ago I mentioned about the Cuban Malta drink. Here it is again, the label saids “A […]
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Discovered a new area right by the Marina del Rey beach (see previous entry) where there’re many restaurants, horrible surfer beach clothes and bike rental. We chose this Cuban & Caribbean place. The dishes sound creative, especially the seafood entree…but they are too pricey. ($18+, a bit guilty high for a regular work day lunch). […]
Tags: Cuban
The last entry of 2004…. Finally tried Xiomara, the more upscale sister restaurant to one of our favorites: Atlantic Cafe. But unlike Atlantic which was strictly Cuban, Xiomara is a fusion of French, Spanish, Cuban and Asian cusine. They don’t open for lunch during weekends and their dinner is too expensive for me to afford […]
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