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His next sentence explains his point - the food you get at Cuban restaurants is nothing like the food you actually get in Cuba. Most of the food in Cuba is simp
by onethree 10y ago
His next sentence explains his point - the food you get at Cuban restaurants is nothing like the food you actually get in Cuba. Most of the food in Cuba is simple and quite bland
- nerdponx 10y agoGood, finally a place where the foodie plague can't reach
- wtbob 10y agoI wonder if the Cuban food in the U.S. is the authentic version, imported by those who were able to flee the revolution, while the food found in Cuba today is the result of fifty years of poverty.
- big_youth 10y agoThis absolutely true and I've heard it discussed in cooking shows about Miami. Thousands of cubans fled to Florida and started mom and pop restaurants, the people who stayed had to make due with meager rations and the culinary culture died.
- evanlivingston 10y agoWhat do you mean by authentic?
- pakled_engineer 10y agoImpossible to get steady ingredients due to the embargo and low incomes, most restaurants I ate at there would make do with whatever they could secure for that week.
- acjohnson55 10y agoI had delicious food in Cuba, which was quite a surprise after reading so much about how uninspired it is. The liberalization of the restaurant scene has quickly had an impact at the tourist-friendly private restaurants.