I went for Cuban with Karem around Christopher St. The food was all well seasoned and delicious, albeit a little pricey. I don't think I would say this is the best Cuban meal I've ever had, considering JC has some great cheap places. But a worthy competitor.
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| Tostones rellenos - crispy green plantains, shrimp fricasse stuffing. Well seasoned and a great mix of the soft shrimp inside the cirsp plantains |
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| Fufu con camarones - crispy green plantains mashed with garlic shrimp and garlic sauce. It reminded me of mofongo. This needed some seasoning |
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| Rabo Encendido - oxtail, piquillo pepper, tomato, red wine sauce and rice and beans. Karem got this and I tried a little meat. The meat was so tender and the sauce was great as well |
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| Ropa Vieja "La Bodeguita" - shredded skirt steak braised in tomato salsa criolla, rice and beans. This was excellent. The meat was so flavorful and juicy. I loved the plantain bowl it came in as well. It was dark in the restaurant though so I didn't realize how many onions were mixed in with the meat |
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| Tres Leches de Pina - pineapple sponge cake, layered with meringue and fresh whipped cream. I didn't realize there was pineapple in here :( I'm not into fruit in my dessert, so I didn't love this |
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| Churros con chocolate - the chocolate sauce was on point! Usually people have more of a hot cocoa chocolate, which is wrong. But the churros themselves were too thick for me, very doughy, and not crispy enough |
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