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On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 08:33:40 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2016-07-17 1:27 AM, Je?us wrote:
> > Whilst I have a general understanding that the food influences there
> > are African, Spanish and Caribbean, I was wondering if anyone here
> > knows what the food is really like there? By that I mean not their
> > well known dishes/recipes but what to expect if you eat out there?
> > Good, bad, indifferent? Cheap or expensive? Tnx.

>
> My former co-worker used to go to all inclusive resorts in Cuba every
> year, and every year he came back complaining about the food. He said he
> had rice and beans and chicken at almost every meal. My son went there
> in the spring and he liked it so much he made arrangements with a friend
> to go again a few weeks later. He had lobster a couple times because it
> was only about $9 Cdn and he found a place where they served incredible
> Cubano sandwiches for about 30 cents.
>
>

One of my FB friends has in-laws in Cuba and visited a few months ago.
Vegetables are conspicuously missing at their Cuban home table.

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