Tam and I went to Taste Of Havana for lunch yesterday -- Cuban sandwiches, of course, and once you've had the real thing, you'll snicker at the various amateur efforts. They were outstanding! The owner is a pleasant, avuncular fellow, larger than life, and his family/staff were just as nice. Alas, no time for coffee but we'll be back. At 2:00 p.m. on a work day, they were so busy that Tam peeled off to grab a table and had me order, otherwise we wouldn't have had a table.
That evening, I went to visit Mom X and my siblings. It was Mom's birthday and we had (ice cream) cake (I about froze my teeth!) and presents, small things and flowers suitable for the hospital-type room she's still in. Her aides had outdone us, giving her new pajamas and an easy-on outfit for visits to the doctor; they'd gotten size information from my brother and cleared it with us in advance. It was a nice visit and Mom is doing better and better with every passing day. She's hoping to get back to her apartment elsewhere in the retirement complex before too long.
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4 days ago
6 comments:
Great to hear that she is doing much better. Happy Birthday Mom X, and best wishes to the rest of the family.
Raz
The real test of a Cuban restaurant is if they have Matuk's Island sauce. (HOT HOT HOT!)
That and a decent roast-pork Cuban. (Don't be taken in by the ham-version found in Tampa! Demand the real thing.)
Glad Mom X is on the mend.
Good news all around. And Happy Birthday to Mom X.
Happy birthday to Mom X!
gfa
Good to hear.
A minor amount of internettin' shows that the Cuban Sandwich was a Tampa tradition 50 years before there was a Little Havana in Miami. Those cigars didn't roll themselves.
Mojo roasted pork, ham and yes, salami on a Cuban roll, which was really an Italian roll from the Italo-Cuban Spanish neighborhood of Ybor City; which explains the bread, salami and panini press.
I had my first one in central Florida 1976 and it left an indelible imprint.
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