cafecito

We went to Cafecito last night: a cute Cuban restaurant on our block, right around the corner. I can't believe we've been in this flat so long and never even realised it was there!!

It has a nice looking (although smallish) bar and then you turn right into a bigger room with lots of small tables which is the restaurant. The cocktails are strong (I had a mojito and James had the Cuban Punch). We shared the Bollos (roasted corn and black bean fritters) as an appetiser and James had the Churrasco (char grilled skirt steak with Cuban chimichurri sauce and lime cured onions, served wtih yellow rice, black beans, and tostones) and I had the Ropa Vieja (cuban style beef stew made with pulled flank steak, fresh peppers, onions, plum tomatoes and freshly ground cumin, served wtih white rice, black beans, and tostones). The food was so yummy and James' steak was cooked perfectly.

Neither of us knew, in our ignorance, what tostones were but they turned out to be delicious slices of fried plantain - sliced quite thickly so they were still soft in the middle and not like plantain chips (which are also nice). It came with a delicious garlic dipping sauce too.

The prices were fantastic too - no wonder the place was packed and there was a long queue forming by the time we left!

Cafecito - Avenue C between 11th and 12th streets