Little Havana cooks up a Caribbean getaway - most popular mexican restaurant dishes

This review is published in The Washington Post's 2019 spring food guide, numbered No.
There are 9 on the list of the 10 best new restaurants this year.
The review was updated on May 2. 9. Little Havana(Good/Excellent)
The cheapest way to go to Cuba is probably to have dinner in Little Havana, where $12 bought a stewed chicken home, one of several brightly colored walls was painted as a driveway through the island's capital.
Opening in last August, chef
Alfredo Solis, the owner, said: "We want to take Cuban food to a new level.
In the open kitchen, he fulfilled his promise.
My last dinner, under the turquoise ceiling, with the rhythm of salsa dancing, nothing was seen but home run.
Comparable to braised chicken, covered with chopped onions and tomatoes, grilled shrimp skewers, glazed with guava sauce, stung with jalapeno, decorated with a grill --
Pineapple striped bite.
Then there is a smoked red pepper filled with pots of black beans, corn, peas and salty green olives, all on the ruddy romesco sauce.
Little Havana bar for food justice (the white rum-
Headquartered in El Presidente, the smell of orange, is the Sun flowing)
If the weather matches, the terrace in front will give you a front-
Living row seats in Columbia Heights
Or the Caribbean?
Little Havana drove us out of our daily work.
At least for now.
Solis has been busy changing Mexico's theme in 1st day of this month and may do so later this year.
Buy Cuban goods as much as you can.
Havana 1/2 starsLittle: 3704NW. 202-758-2127. littlehavana. com.
Dinner is served daily and brunch is served on weekends.
Price: dinner for $12 to $28.
Sound check: 75 decibels/must speak with raised sound.
Ten new restaurants in 20:10. Gravitas9. Little Havana8.
Sushi Nakazawa7. Estuary6. St. Anselm5.
Cuban social club.
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This review is published in The Washington Post's 2018 fall food guide, numbered No.
There are 9 restaurants on the top 10 list this year. 9. Little Havana(Good/Excellent)
This young Cuba-
The Caribbean storefront of Alfredo Solis, owner of nearby Mezcalero, said: "cookie cutter.
The whimsical murals drawn by local graffiti artist Ernesto Zelaya immediately attracted customers.
Drinker's whistle will get wet after the first sip
Taste the benefits.
Even a basket of bread with salt cod and cream cheese will be announced.
As the best black bean soup in memory goes through my lips, I rotate around the chair to see who's in the open kitchen: Joseph Osorio, his Colombian descent and Cuban godmother's recipes inform the cooking of the Colombian highlands. Slow-
The roast pork became tasteful as it was soaked overnight in bitter orange juice, beer and peppers.
The seafood stew tastes like lobster, Green mouth and shrimp. they all have their own serious chefs.
Who cares that every dish is not based on authenticity?
Spring rolls filled with Cubano sandwich stuffing, a novelty created by the chef for his children, also make adults smile.
Did I mention that piña colada has half a pineapple?
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Lechon belly9 in Kuya JaLittle Havana8.
Three black men.
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Osorio said that after Alfredo Solis, the owner of Mezcalero, a popular Mexican restaurant in the Colombian highlands, hired Joseph Osorio to work for him, Little Havana became more and more "I can't feel that.
"Osorio, the former head chef of lenawood --
Alexander's pizza is big, the kitchen is small and what the chef really wants to do is get closer to how he grew up in Queens, a descendant of Colombian parents and head of a Cuban godmother.
Fortunately, Osorio.
Finally, this area
There is also a restaurant in Solis's pocket, just outside several stores.
Little Havana opened in August with local artists Ernesto Zelaya and top-
Fly drinks from Heriberto Casasanero, the former imitation company
Soak the walls on the wall while drinking half of the pineapple piña colada, just like driving through Havana, which will boost anyone's mood.
"We want to do it the right way," said the owner of the new kid in the neighborhood, thanks to nice-to-see-
You can enjoy the service, or you can enjoy a mixture of toast, cream cheese and bacalao.
Osorio has plenty of room for maneuver in the open kitchen, where he can see the reception for the food.
After eating his black bean soup, my eyes were exposed.
Stripes with sour cream, heated with cumin, and thick pork belly in a bowl. The soup —
Now my black bean benchmark
With the addition of Ham, it became more like a mealand-
Cheese patties on the surface.
Other valuable can opener include boneless chicken thighs soaked in garlic paste, thick fried plantains coated with juicy beef, and tender grilled octopus on the potato bed --bean salad.
In the company of cocktails, everything is better.
I can guarantee it, no-too-
The sweet daikiri naturally dropped its manufacturer in person.
Ropa vieja is the braised beef you want, chopped like "Old Rag", taste: Soft
Cooked chili and red wine, and the meat that collapsed when touched with a fork. Fresh-
Taste the light dishes, shrimp and lobster and stew them out of the bowl with a stew soup
Tomatoes, onions and green olives are the best broth to enjoy.
Beer, garlic and bitter orange make lechon caribe unforgettable: marinated pork, rice with tomato and pepper red, fried pork skin.
"We want to take Cuban food to a new level," Solis said . "
My pet dishes list gets longer and longer each time I visit, and I notice some lovely design details. Look up.
The metal ceiling is covered with turquoise.
Opposite the kitchen, you can also see a brick wall with Osorio's godmother painted on it, which is the source of the chef's recipe.
Andrea De Costa is gone, but she is still focused on important things. portant.