A Non-Cuban's Guide To Ordering Food At A Cuban Cafeteria

Remezcla.com:

A white guy walks into a Cuban bodega…

It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but for thousands of Southern flocking Gringo northerners – and plenty of non-Cuban Latinos that venture to America’s nethers – that reality happens on a daily basis. But as much as a British-style Gastropub would drive my abuela completely insane, for some out-of-towners the Cuban bodega is a place of horror and missed delectables.

Maybe it’s the fear of mispronouncing something so easy as a cortadito, or ordering something that is made from the chicken the Santera priest sacrificed last night. Either way, tell your gringo friends to have no fear: ordering breakfast from a Cuban bodega is not quite as hard as one may think.

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Comments

[JacksonHts]

07:07 PM on 02/13/2012

The bread made with lard is what in PR we call Pan Sobao, which was the ofher variant of bread you could get at the bakery from Pan de Agua.

What I dont understand is why he doesnt cover the Media Noche and Cuban Sandwich (no offense to Jibaro del Centro), the Frita Cubana and some of the other typically Cuban things we had in PR growing up that have to be available wherever there are Cuban folks in any number.

[Jibaro del Centro]

05:25 AM on 02/11/2012

When ordering cafe cubqno do not expect anything different from what you get in any other cafeteria where cafe expresso or con leche are served, usually with overly roasted beans of doubtful origins and very poor quality, what you need to know is that Cubans have the mania of adding the word cuban to everything they touch: from a sofa to a yam including cheap cafe con leche.

[dpcemker]

11:00 PM on 02/11/2012

¿Celoso Boricua?

[LMPE]

08:19 PM on 02/10/2012

Trust me. One day, Americans are going to be allowed to go to Cuba.