Cocktails in Cuba
Cuba claims the invention of some of the world most popular cocktails. Regularly they cost around 2-3 CUC depending in the location and plainly speaking are at most average in taste. One think they...
Category: Food
Cuban Chocolate and the Museo del Chocolate in Havana
For a taste of the Cuban chocolate – which no wonder – is “the best chocolate in the world” you should go to Museo del Chocolate in Old Havana. It’s not as much a museum...
The coffee situation in Cuba
Cubans as with most things, believe they have ”the best coffee in the world”. They do not. I am an avid coffee drinker and tasted most of Cuba’s coffee offerings from hotel breakfast coffee...
Street food in Havana, Cuba
You can usually get a bite to eat on each corner of the most populated areas, but use your best judgment. The safest food is fried, boiled or thoroughly cooked. Avoid stuff that has...
Eating at Restaurants in Cuba
Cubans have a saying: “There are three things the Revolution got right: Sports, Education and the Medical System, and there are three things the Revolution does wrong: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.” Food in Cuba...
Cuban Drinks
Welcome to the state monopoly Ciego Montero, a kind of a Coca-Cola Company. They make the local Cola called TuKola. It’s not bad, but it’s not that good either. You should definitely avoid at...
What regular Cubans eat
Not much. And they almost never season their food. No salt, no spices. They have ration cards they use to get the basic supplies like rice, cooking oil and flower from state-run stores. Other...
