RESTAURANTS
In addition to the STATE run restaurants where you can OFFICIALLY
eat lobster, there are also a myriad of table d'hôte or Paladares
to choose from. For about 8 dollars, you'll get a taste of a very savory
cuisine and discover some new and surprising flavors. 
The meats most used in Cuban cooking are pork and chicken. But most
Cubans eat them only too rarely. On a daily basis, most Cubans can only
afford rice, red beans and a mango for dessert, due to the very high
cost of living and shortages due to the embargo. You won't find fish
in a typical Cuban meal. Most fish is exported or sold at exorbitant
prices on the black market. Cuban lobster is only available in official,
state-run restaurants.
In fast food restaurants and petrol stations, you can get a sandwich
or some chicken for about 2 dollars.
As far as drinks are concerned, Cuba has a number of delicious cocktails
to offer (Mojitos, Daiquiris, Cuba Libres...) but only one kind of wine.
Sora, as its called, isn't exactly a quality wine, but it does have
one thing going for it in that it is 100% Cuban. There are two or three
good brands of beer such as Cristal or Hatuey that you can enjoy while
basking in the sun on the terrace of a café for about a dollar.
Try not to drink the tap water, it tastes a bit like dirt. There are
many excellent bottled waters available, sparkling or not, that come
from local Cuban springs. |
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