Dinner at a Cuban restaurant - Paladar! A colleague spoke of Cuban food and mentioned of a restaurant which I googled and I found out portions are small and pricey. So, I looked for other recommendations and this place popped out. It got good reviews. Food was really great!
For our drinks, I chose Old Cuban which is made of dark rum, cava, fresh mint, lime, sugar, soda water and Angostura bitter. This is a recommended drink in the menu. SEK159 for 50ml. So many ingredients in a 50ml drink. I was not drunk with this drink and I suppose that there is more soda water than rum. It tasted slightly bitter. I did a quick check and the difference between rum and whisky is that rum is made from sugar cane while whisky is from cereal grains for example wheat. rye and barley.
We received complimentary bread and paprika paste (could be ajvar?). I think we should have been given 4 pieces or 2 pieces as we were 2. So odd to be given 3.
For the meal, I chose the dinner set made of starter and main dish for 390kr. So, I took a combination which if ordered separately, is more than 390kr.
Starter - Tostones Cubanos com salsa de Aguacte. 140kr. Fried green plantain served with garlic mojo and avocado salsa. I did not know that mojo is a kind of sauce. I got two pieces of plantain. One long and the other was cut into half. The plantain was served in a seashell. It reminds me of banana fritters (goreng pisang in Malaysia) and the price is too much for banana fritters. Haha! So, the difference between banana and plantain is plantain has more starch and banana has more sugar.
From Wikipedia - Mojo is a herb sauce of finely chopped cilantro or parsley with salt, plenty of crushed garlic, and olive oil. In Cuban cooking, mojo applies to any sauce made with garlic, olive oil, or pork lard, and a citrus juice, traditionally bitter orange juice. It is commonly used to marinate roast pork or as a dip for plantain chips and fried cassava.
For the main dish, I had grilled entrecote with grilled potato, grilled avocado and bean salsa. 320kr. The entrecote is not a thick meat but the meal was sufficient for me. I thought it was a big entrecote but the meat was placed on the bowl of grilled potatoes. I did not know that avocados can be grilled!
My boyfriend had the Ropa vieja which is Cuba's national dish - pulled beef with congri (Cuban black bean and rice), banana chips and avocado salsa. 270kr. The congri and pulled beef were very delicious!
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