A couple of weeks ago, I had the chance to visit what is apparently the only vegan Cuban restaurant in the world.
It happened to be right next to LAX airport, which was super convenient.
They seemed to have everything – vegan “wings” with different sauces, nachos cubanos, tostones and heaps of different vegan meats.
The first time I was there I got El Cubanoso and the Fire Agave wings.
Both were delicious. The fire agave sauce was amazing – the perfect combination of sweet and spicy. The vegan “wing” meat was eerily similar to chicken meat – I don’t know how they do it. There was even a skin. Very convincing.
The cuban sandwich had roast pork which was also very meaty, along with all the fixings.
The second time I went (on the way out from LAX), I ordered the yuca a la yama with the lechón asado – which is shredded “pork”.
The yuca were crispy and tasty and came with black beans and fire agave sauce. The lechón was flavourful and had a great texture, and the sauce complemented it very well.
I will definitely be back. Check it out if you’re in the area!