I'm sure you've gone to Cuba de Ayer for lunch after all of your
curling excursions. If not, you should go! Honestly, I wasn't sure where to dine on this outer-beltway excursion, so I did what I always do: ask the
Washington Post. I'm not sure I've ever had Cuban food (I can hear the clucking of my Florida friends from here--I'm sorry!!!), but I've been meaning to go to
Cubano's in Silver Spring for a while--it just hasn't happened yet.
First we shared the two orders of the papa rellena and tostones rellena. The first is a lightly breaded stuffed potato with beef filling, the second came with 3 fried green plantains, again stuffed with beef. These were both super tasty, but J liked the papa rellena better. If these were hors d'oeuvres at a party, I'd totally fill up on them and not bother with dinner.
For lunch we mostly got sandwiches, except for one veggie platter. The sandwiches clocked in at about $7, and they were pretty huge. SOME people couldn't finish theirs, but I had no issue (as per usual). Curling can really work up an appetite, people. I enjoyed the pan con ropa vieja (shredded beef in a tomato sauce on a baguette) and I'd get it again. We even had a carafe of the very-fruit-filled sangria--if you don't like grape juice-type sangrias, then this one isn't for you. But we finished it.
For a quick & cheap meal Cuba de Ayer really hit the spot. Spelling sticklers, I apologize in advance. The menu is rife with error.
Cuba de Ayer
15446 Old Columbia Pike
Burtonsville, MD
Metro: You gotta drive.
Burtonsee6
That looks pretty authentic!
ReplyDeleteAcM - that's what I read in the review, but because it was my first Cuban experience I wouldn't know the difference. Your visual confirmation gives me more confidence!!! Any other places in the area that I should check out for authentic Cuban eats?
ReplyDeleteI keep asking my friends to try out NYC Cuban places with me. Ahh, I love black beans and plantains :-)
ReplyDeleteThose sandwiches look delish! Cubano's is yummy but overpriced for what you get and their sangria is nothing to write home about. Plus it doesn't taste like anything I've had in Little Cuba in Tampa. But hip-hip-hurray for Cuban food!
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