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03-15-2015, 08:04 PM #1
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03-20-2015, 05:21 AM #2
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Thanked: 49My brother says that he will convert me eventually. I don't like pickles and I am picky about what I put mustard on, so when I am eating any of the Cuban concoctions, I tend to go with the ones that have a lot of favor in the meat with cooked onions as the secondary flavoring agent. That is why I like the palomilla and roast pork. As far as the Miami vs. Tampa thing, i grew up on Miami Cuban food but I do like the Tampa stuff that is closer to the Spanish original like the Columbia. For my biased South Florida tastes, some of the Cuban stuff in Tampa shows a bit too much Sicilian and redneck influence. The Miami and Key West stuff is a bit more pure. I have yet to find any place up here ( or in Miami today for that matter) that does the palomilla steak with onions and the 3 inch high MOUNTAIN of shoestring french fries on top hiding the steak from view like Lila's in Miami used to do in the old days. At their peak, they had one guy in each of their three restaurants whose only job was to peel and julienne potatoes an the are fried in some horrifically fatal animal fat concoction so they tasted incredible!!!!!.
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03-21-2015, 10:32 AM #3
Friday night snack.
Crab, fresh from the fjord next door, and mayo on white bread.
"Cheap Tools Is Misplaced Economy. Always buy the best and highest grade of razors, hones and strops. Then you are prepared to do the best work."
- Napoleon LeBlanc, 1895
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03-29-2015, 12:36 PM #4
I have to agree with you on the Columbia, it's been years since I ate there but it is a very true representation of the classic dishes... I will say that the Tampa Cuban sandwich does seem like kind of an Americanization compared to the Miami style, sort of like a "tex-mex" effect... But I grew up in Tampa not Miami so I will have to take your word since my knowledge is lacking!
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03-29-2015, 01:19 PM #5
Ah Columbia. Love that place. There is a place here in Orlando that is pretty good. Numero Uno Cuban. Their Medianoche is really good.
Banh Mi is another great sandwich. Its vietnamese with pork cilantro and other stuff on french bread, really good.Last edited by cosperryan; 03-29-2015 at 01:27 PM.
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03-29-2015, 01:49 PM #6
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03-29-2015, 07:28 PM #7
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Thanked: 49The only real difference is that addition of the Genoa salami to the Tampa version of the Cuban. Some of the bigger differences between Tampa and Miami/Key West Cuban food probably arise out of differences in local ingredients like the presence of things like blue crab up here in the Tampa Bay area and things like the aforementioned breading of palomilla and the more widespread use of yellow rice. The Tampa cuisine seems to sometimes be more true to the Spanish original as is seen at the Colombia, yet also shows a lot of the Sicilian and Southern influence that you don't see in the Miami stuff like you would see at other local institutions in Tampa such as he Silver Ring or a true Cuban-Italian hybrid like Carmines. As for the Key West version, while it may have been different 100 years ago, it pretty much follows the Mimai pattern today. On the other hand, the Miami Cuban cuisine has probably gone a lot more "upscale" and "fusion" of late because it is a dominant form of cooking in a very wealthy and fashionable city.
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09-17-2016, 07:27 PM #8
Crab sandwiches
One of the advantages of living next door to a fjord is
fresh crab.
Most of it went into a crab and pasta dinner.
The leftover crab was put to good use
crab sandwiches.
"Cheap Tools Is Misplaced Economy. Always buy the best and highest grade of razors, hones and strops. Then you are prepared to do the best work."
- Napoleon LeBlanc, 1895
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01-21-2018, 03:07 PM #9
Egg salad on rye.
"Cheap Tools Is Misplaced Economy. Always buy the best and highest grade of razors, hones and strops. Then you are prepared to do the best work."
- Napoleon LeBlanc, 1895
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01-21-2018, 03:29 PM #10
My favorite sandwich would have to be the one I eat the most of. Baloney. cold or fried with mayo. That's my go fast food. Oh and if it's fried then it should be browned dark so I can taste it ALL DAY