Asia de Cuba is an interesting fusion of asian and latin flavors, though I'm not sure I buy everything they're trying to accomplish - it's a little too slick and trendy for my very traditional tastes. It's not that I dislike innovation, but I'm extremely skeptical about the claim that two cuisines can be stuffed together with anything but dubious results. Still, it's tasty food, as the description below should demonstrate.
Dining is so called "family style" - that is, you share with everyone else at your table, and portions are ludicrously sized. We started with an excellent tuna tartare spread over fried squares of wonton, an equally good fried calimari salad of frisee and banana, a thai beef style salad, and beef dumplings both steamed and fried - the former was served with a heady soy based sauce. Main dishes included a sort of flank steak served in a lime and jus sauce and topped with jicima slaw, seared tuna sliced and served with wasabi mash, braised pork ribs mixed with bok choi (entirely the stars of the show), and some relatively pedestrian jamaican jerk chicken. Side dishes included the excellent coconut infused sticky rice, a fried rice of plantains topped with guacomole like avocado salad, and two orders of lobster mashed potatoes. For dessert, the group indulged in the utterly preposterous "Bay of Pigs", which consisted of a brownie topped with 7 or 8 scoops of ice cream and decorated with various cookies and a few bananas, all slathered with caramel, and the equally unhealthy "Latin Lover, which is apparently what one calls a flourless chocolate cake these days.
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