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Posted: 2/22/2023 7:07:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cuban Food  Try some Ropa Vieja with yellow rice and black beans. There is something wrong with you if you don't like that. |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 7:22:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The hardcore seafood restaurant per capita in southern california is nothing compared to other places. Its kinda sad. I think land/rent might have killed them off, as I do remember having some good stuff when I was younger. Once you get up a little more north, it gets better... like Ventura, Santa Barbra, Morro Bay where you can throw a stone to the next hole in the wall joint. I Love eating local stuff on the docks. Morro Bay https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/21179/PXL_20221228_212124832_jpg-2653523.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/21179/PXL_20221228_212113631_2_jpg-2653522.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/21179/PXL_20221229_204512521_2_jpg-2653516.JPG Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I’ve been to Coronado/San Diego a dozen or more times. I’m always amazed at the lack of seafood restaurants. (Maybe I’m just looking in the wrong places). What I mean is I’ve always expected a bunch of little mom and pop type places like in here in FL. I never see them (again, I’m sure they’re around and I’m simply missing them) The hardcore seafood restaurant per capita in southern california is nothing compared to other places. Its kinda sad. I think land/rent might have killed them off, as I do remember having some good stuff when I was younger. Once you get up a little more north, it gets better... like Ventura, Santa Barbra, Morro Bay where you can throw a stone to the next hole in the wall joint. I Love eating local stuff on the docks. Morro Bay https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/21179/PXL_20221228_212124832_jpg-2653523.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/21179/PXL_20221228_212113631_2_jpg-2653522.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/21179/PXL_20221229_204512521_2_jpg-2653516.JPG The summer prior to covid I took a couple of weeks vacation and stayed with the couple I wrenched on race cars for in the late 80's/early 90's. They live in Palos Verdes right near Malaga Cove. We hopped over to the San Pedro Fish Market. Per the googs it looks to still be open. I had never been there. I was in fish overload. I ate no sides but had like 6 different kinds of fish. I loved the place. Sadly my friend passed at 91 last summer but I did just get an invite from his wife to come stay for a couple of weeks this summer. I might have to head out that way... I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this place to anyone. ETA...make sure to eat at location 1 on the water... San Pedro Fish Market |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 7:30:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Best I have had was when you could buy them at Publix (freshly made in the deli). Tried Miami on a trip and was not all that impressed. That said, I think it has been almost 15 years since I have had one from a Publix. That's my lunch maybe twice a week. Work is just a few miles from a Publix. Not the best, but very good. |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 7:32:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Try some Ropa Vieja with yellow rice and black beans. There is something wrong with you if you don't like that. My lunch was: Mojito Spanish bean soup Shrimp and crabmeat Alcachofas 1905 Salad Ropa Vieja  I would have gotten a flan too but I was just too stuffed to eat one.  Oh, and as to Tampa Cuban sandwiches.. the facts don't lie.   |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 7:37:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This. The Columbia restaurant has the best Cuban sandwich in Florida. Lol, not even close |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 7:37:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Try some Ropa Vieja with yellow rice and black beans. There is something wrong with you if you don't like that. Monica.jpg |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 7:39:06 PM EDT
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I like all of ‘em unless they use mayonnaise. Quality ingredients don’t need an emulsion.
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Posted: 2/22/2023 7:40:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I met a couple of my old Cuban cronies at the Columbia in Ybor for lunch today. My lunch was: Mojito Spanish bean soup Shrimp and crabmeat Alcachofas 1905 Salad Ropa Vieja I would have gotten a flan too but I was just too stuffed to eat one. Oh, and as to Tampa Cuban sandwiches.. the facts don't lie. https://i.postimg.cc/Px52nNfv/La-Segunda-Bakery-Tampa-2.jpg We buy the Columbia dressing at Publix and make our own home made version of the salad. Did y’all play dominoes and drink impossibly strong café Cubano? |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 7:46:38 PM EDT
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Ya'll suck.
ZERO sandwiches like that near me. There was a place that had great ones in Dallas. Need to see if those guys are still around. |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 7:58:28 PM EDT
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Tampa…every fucking time.
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Posted: 2/22/2023 8:13:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I met a couple of my old Cuban cronies at the Columbia in Ybor for lunch today. My lunch was: Mojito Spanish bean soup Shrimp and crabmeat Alcachofas 1905 Salad Ropa Vieja I would have gotten a flan too but I was just too stuffed to eat one. Oh, and as to Tampa Cuban sandwiches.. the facts don't lie. https://i.postimg.cc/Px52nNfv/La-Segunda-Bakery-Tampa-2.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Try some Ropa Vieja with yellow rice and black beans. There is something wrong with you if you don't like that. My lunch was: Mojito Spanish bean soup Shrimp and crabmeat Alcachofas 1905 Salad Ropa Vieja I would have gotten a flan too but I was just too stuffed to eat one. Oh, and as to Tampa Cuban sandwiches.. the facts don't lie. https://i.postimg.cc/Px52nNfv/La-Segunda-Bakery-Tampa-2.jpg Pure Cuban comfort food. No way I could eat that much though. |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 8:19:18 PM EDT
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I prefer the Tampa sandwich and the Miami c-c-c-cof-f-f-feeeeeee. This is all making me homesick.
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Posted: 2/22/2023 8:26:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Mmmmm….now I’m craving a good Cuban sammich. Had one last night with devil crab Ybor Grill
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Posted: 2/22/2023 8:26:34 PM EDT
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You all are full of it. Calle Ocho is more cuban than Havana.
All the real Cubans moved to Miami. What's left in Cuba are the Commies, whores and the ones who are trying to get to Miami. I grew up in South Florida and, after a period of adjustment, learned to love the Cubans and their embrace of the US and capitalism. Burned into my memory are the images of the women coming off the planes in Opa Locka with a suitcase or two or more commonly with paper bags and a kid or two or three in tow. Half of the kids were crying and the women obviously distraught. Any men were old and feeble. Fuck Castro, fuck communism and fuck the leaders in the US who were too chickenshit to go over to Cuba and put a rope around Fidel's neck |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 8:28:40 PM EDT
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There are a couple of places in Mobile that make an excellent Cuban
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Posted: 2/22/2023 8:36:33 PM EDT
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Grew up in Port Tampa and I will always be biased towards green store Cubans.
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Posted: 2/22/2023 8:36:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Tampa…every fucking time. Hell yeah!.. Truly this post & all (Tampa Cuban style) delivers for the supreme sandwich connoisseur. (just saying)..
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Posted: 2/22/2023 8:42:32 PM EDT
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I grew up in Tampa.
My God the Cuban food there was awesome. Pressed Cuban... the best known to mankind. Now just under Canada boarder, under feet of snow. i pray i have a chance to eat another meal of a warm Cuban. Add a Deviled Crab and some roast pork, black beans and yellow rice. |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 8:48:15 PM EDT
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The prison I used to work at we had a guard who was Cuban and 4-5 times a year he would make homemade Cuban sandwiches with all the fixings, and sell them at work. He would come in with coolers full to sell. He sold a lot of them some guys would walk our with 3 or 4 of them.
They were delicious one of the things I miss about working there. |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 8:50:47 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That place is a classic outstanding eatery. This. The Columbia restaurant has the best Cuban sandwich in Florida. |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 9:11:39 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I grew up in Tampa. My God the Cuban food there was awesome. Pressed Cuban... the best known to mankind. Now just under Canada boarder, under feet of snow. i pray i have a chance to eat another meal of a warm Cuban. Add a Deviled Crab and some roast pork, black beans and yellow rice. I hear ya my arfcom brother.. I totally agree. Cuban food is awesome. Hey. Keep warm.. And possibly one day, all is yours maybe- |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 9:15:17 PM EDT
[#22]
Had a Cuban sandwich in little Havana. It was alright. Too much mustard though.
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Posted: 2/22/2023 9:35:27 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Tampa…every fucking time. Grew up in Tampa Bay. Everything is better there, fuck Miami. |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 9:37:55 PM EDT
[#24]
I make no pretense of competing with pro's in Florida.
Homemade cuban bread, with the normal cuban sandwich fixings and some sliced salami because I like it. That and some homemade chili was dinner this evening.  |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 9:40:59 PM EDT
[#25]
Never had a Cuban sandwich except outside of Florida. While I have enjoyed what I had, I'd like to try the real deal.
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Posted: 2/22/2023 9:45:41 PM EDT
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The "Cuban Sandwich" was not invented in Cuba but in Tampa.
There is some very good cuisine in the Miami area but Tampa set the standard for Cuban sandwiches. |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 9:45:58 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I make no pretense of competing with pro's in Florida. Homemade cuban bread, with the normal cuban sandwich fixings and some sliced salami because I like it. That and some homemade chili was dinner this evening. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/103648/IMG_0251-2721323.jpg That looks real good! |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 9:46:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: La Segunda makes a good sandwich. My regular place for Cuban sandwiches (and hot Cuban food) to go is the Interbay Meat Market. Go in, order the sandwiches, grab a couple drinks and then drive down the street to the Ballast Point Park and eat on a picnic table by the water. I work on Henderson in S. Tampa, will have to try. I do like the carved cuban at Alessi Bakery on Cypress. Huge sandwich. If you have never been and are in the mood for tacos, Bahia on Dale Mabry near Henderson is my go to. Asada tacos and a side order of the chorizo queso, Add a bit of that on top and some hot sauce and you're in taco heaven. |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 9:52:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Any suggestions for top sandwiches in Miami Beach near 52nd street and Collins? Castle Beach Club? It’s been a while but there was a shop that made sandwiches downstairs by the Russian Turkish Bath. |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 9:54:44 PM EDT
[#30]
Tampa>Miami for Cubans. Flan factory makes some amazing ones.
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Posted: 2/22/2023 10:01:45 PM EDT
[#31]
Love the Cuban. But it better be pressed. After that I’m flexible.
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Posted: 2/22/2023 10:08:25 PM EDT
[#32]
I’ve eaten Cuban sandwiches all over Miami, Tampa, and once in NJ. Best one I ever ate was in some shithole gas station way past MIA on the way to the range one morning. No idea where we were, couldn’t find it again if I tried.
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Posted: 2/22/2023 10:16:38 PM EDT
[#33]
Lived in Miami most of my life and am now in Tampa. Miami Cuban is way better. From the roasted peek to the bread.
Croquetta preparada is the best version of a Cuban sandwich. Media noche is good too. |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 10:34:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Silver Ring or Brocato's. |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 10:38:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Seriously, i could live on cubans and grouper sandwiches. Are you my dad ? |
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Posted: 2/22/2023 10:46:01 PM EDT
[#36]
I'm not Cuban and I live in north Central Florida. There was a Cuban restaurant nearby that I went to a few times. I had both Cuban and Midnight sandwiches there, Pretty sure only difference was the bread, midnight had sweet bread?. If i remember correctly theirs had sweet sliced ham, roasted pork, swiss cheese, mustard, pickles..then pressed flat.. I hate pickles so I ordered them without pickles.. I thought both were darn good. I also miss their guava and cream cheese pastries.
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Posted: 2/22/2023 10:47:43 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Grew up in Port Tampa and I will always be biased towards green store Cubans. This guy gets it (Interbay Meat Market for others' map search) |
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Posted: 2/23/2023 12:25:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Used to live right at the corner of Mississippi and S. Howard ......we would get the chicks on AOL and Yahoo to meet us at the Laundromat next to the Rainbow store.... If it didn't work out, you still got a sandwich and clean clothes @Villafuego Hell, We were neighbors. I lived at S. DeSoto Ave. in the old brick apartment a couple of buildings before you hit the Bayshore. Few chicks from The Mons lived there, the stories, holy shit. You lived right by the Rainbow. I would walk up to the Rainbow and get a Cuban a few times a week I did my laundry next door lol. |
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Posted: 2/23/2023 12:25:46 AM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Seriously, i could live on cubans and grouper sandwiches. Arizona grouper have got to be rare. |
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Posted: 2/23/2023 12:30:01 AM EDT
[#40]
Last time I was down with my son we had a good cuban sandwich at a place a few blocks away from the stadium. I don't remember the name but the sandwich was very good.
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Posted: 2/23/2023 12:33:32 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Wrong about the salami. They were not even created by Cubans either. Europeans that cured meats Nobody cares who invented cured meat. We are talking about Cuban sandwiches, which are vastly superior when served without Genoa salami. |
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Posted: 2/23/2023 12:48:22 AM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I grew up in Tampa. My God the Cuban food there was awesome. Pressed Cuban... the best known to mankind. Now just under Canada boarder, under feet of snow. i pray i have a chance to eat another meal of a warm Cuban. Add a Deviled Crab and some roast pork, black beans and yellow rice. I used to get a decent Cuban in south MPLS at a place called Viktor’s. |
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Posted: 2/23/2023 12:52:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Arizona grouper have got to be rare. Very! |
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Posted: 2/23/2023 12:58:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There are a couple of places in Mobile that make an excellent Cuban @cyclone names of the shops ? |
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Posted: 2/23/2023 1:18:15 AM EDT
[#45]
on a trip to Tampa I ordered a Cuban sandwich from a restaurant close the airport. The roasted pork was shredded, not sliced
bread was like a French baguette not like "the Cuban pan de agua" Is shredded pork (looked like Mexican carnitas) common?
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Posted: 2/23/2023 1:54:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You all are full of it. Calle Ocho is more cuban than Havana. All the real Cubans moved to Miami. What's left in Cuba are the Commies, whores and the ones who are trying to get to Miami. I grew up in South Florida and, after a period of adjustment, learned to love the Cubans and their embrace of the US and capitalism. Burned into my memory are the images of the women coming off the planes in Opa Locka with a suitcase or two or more commonly with paper bags and a kid or two or three in tow. Half of the kids were crying and the women obviously distraught. Any men were old and feeble. Fuck Castro, fuck communism and fuck the leaders in the US who were too chickenshit to go over to Cuba and put a rope around Fidel's neck I had a dry, inedible cuban sandwich at Versailles on 8th, 2 days ago. Another dry, inedible sandwich at POLO Norte in Hialeah the day before. I'm going to Little Havana again tomorrow to see if I can fix that. Pastelitos at Vicky Bakery are still the best. |
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Posted: 2/23/2023 8:05:23 AM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: @cyclone names of the shops ? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: There are a couple of places in Mobile that make an excellent Cuban @cyclone names of the shops ? Las Floriditas and Bluegill Restaurant @whiskerz |
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Posted: 2/23/2023 8:37:39 AM EDT
[#48]
Quoted: I had a dry, inedible cuban sandwich at Versailles on 8th, 2 days ago. Another dry, inedible sandwich at POLO Norte in Hialeah the day before. I'm going to Little Havana again tomorrow to see if I can fix that. Pastelitos at Vicky Bakery are still the best. |
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Posted: 2/23/2023 9:24:43 AM EDT
[#49]
First place I went to after departing the plane in Tampa was the Cuban Sandwich shop. Not bad.
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Posted: 2/23/2023 1:06:42 PM EDT
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I grew up in W. Palm Beach.
Little Havana restaurant had a 24-hr walk-up window where you could get cafe Cubano, guava pastries, and sandwiches all day and night. I was there several times a week for all of my teenage years, and most of my early twenties. (I even met Donald Trump at the Mobil gas station across the street. He was gassing up his electric blue Diablo as I was filling up my ‘88 Mustang LX hatch. He was actually very nice, we chatted about our cars for a few minutes & went on our ways.) I’ve had Cuban sandwiches all over S. FL, all delicious. It wasn’t until I moved to Orlando that I knew a “Tampa style” even existed. I went to a Cuban deli in Apopka and got a sandwich, relishing in the nostalgia that was about to get in my tummy. When I took my first bite, I knew instantly that something was very, very wrong. As I peeled apart the pressed bread, I was aghast to see not only salami, but POTATO STICKS on my sandwich!!! I stormed back in to the store, requesting that my order be corrected, as I had ordered a Cuban Sandwich, not whatever blasphemy-on-bread I was served. That’s when the Cuban owner explained “that’s how we do it in Tampa.” I’ve never been back to that particular establishment. Now, I have nothing against salami (I’m actually eating a salami & Swiss on rye right now as I type), but it (and POTATO STICKS) has no place on a proper Cuban. Either way, the most difficult part in re-creating a proper Cuban is the bread. If it’s not authentic, crusty Cuban bread (I believe it’s made with lard), it’s just not going to taste right. After 20 years in Orlando, I have not been able to find authentic Cuban bread anywhere north of Palm Beach County.  |
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