CJ forgot to mention our dinner at Little Havana, a Cuban restaurant in
North Miami Beach, not far from my mom's place. We've been going there
for years. Large selection of traditional Cuban items. Reasonable
prices and no pretentions (the food looks like food rather than abstract
sculpture). My fave is their pork filet in tamarind sauce, served with
plantains, black beans and rice. CJ likes their ropa vieja (literally
"old clothes", this is Cuban pot roast). They also have a nice
assortment of flan deserts, tres leches, etc.

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Julian Vrieslander