Eat in Havana, Where to eat in Havana Cuba

Doña Blanquita Restaurant, Havana Cuba

This is the best place I ate in Cuba. Apart from some really nice “casas particulares” that offer you great meals for around $5 CUC ( vegetarians ) or $7 CUC for normal meals, there’s this restaurant I really enjoyed in Centre Havana. We end up going there more than 10 times, where we ate lunch and dinner. We did try others but not like this one as we arrived there without any guide / jinetero.

It’s very easy to eat and find a decent Paladar or Restaurant in Havana, you’ll easily see them on the streets or you’ll have some “jineteros” trying to instruct you to one of them to get some commission out of you.

View of Prado Avenue from Doña Blanquita Restaurant

This is one family restaurant right in Prado Avenue and you can enjoy the nice view of its balcony. The people there are very nice and was funny to found out a small little Portuguese flag on the wall. It seems they have some Portuguese friends that go there every year.

Apart from tasty and home made style food, they have fresh fruit juices that are so tasty and delicious. My friends and I would ask for 2, 3 or 4 juices each during the meals.

Vegetarian Food Havana, Eat Vegetarian Cuba

This was vegan’s heaven, paradise for non-meat eaters. As we arrived quite late on our first evening in the city, and the next day we went to look for someone, we did manage to sit and enjoy a great meal in this restaurant we decided to order one of each vegetarian dish. We were 3 hungry guys that eat a lot. It was funny because the lady said that was too much food… hehe not for us though.

My friend Palmeirão looking good lunching in Doña Blanquita in Havana

All around Cuba you can manage to get some “moros y cristianos” which is just rice and beans, but better watch out and ask first if they mix meat with it, some times they do and others don’t. I’ll write a few more posts about eating vegetarian in Cuba.

So we ask all we could ask vegan: beans African style, beans and rice Creole recipe, different vegetable roots like yucca and malanga, different styles of banana recipes and lot’s of natural fruit juices. I got one menu from them so I’ll write down all their menu below.

Balcony view during the night. View of Prado Avenue

Menu Doña Blanquita

Starters
Cheese appetizer $2 CUC
Fish cocktail $2 CUC
Chicken salad $1.5 CUC

Soups
Chicken soup $2.5 CUC
Vegetable soup $2 CUC
Consommé $1.5 CUC
Cheese creamy soup $1.5 CUC
Aurora cream $1.5 CUC

Stewed Beans
Sleeping Beans $2.0 CUC
Beans African Style $2.0 CUC

Eggs
Natural Omelette $5 CUC
Vegetable Omelette $6 CUC
Mix Omelette $7 CUC
Cheese Omelette $6 CUC
Omelette $1.5 CUC
Fried Eggs $5 CUC

Sheep
Cuban seasoned sheep Cuban Style $8.50 CUC

Home Special
“Doña Blanquita” Chop $9 CUC

Pork
Fried pork steak $7 CUC
Breaded pork steak $8 CUC
Grilled pork steak $7 CUC
Tender steak with egg $8 CUC
Pork steak with garlic garnish $7 CUC
Steak Uruguay style 8.50 CUC
Cuban seasoned pork $8.50 CUC
Cuban style steak $8 CUC
Fried pork chunk $8 CUC
Grilled pork chops $7.50 CUC
Marinated pork chops $8 CUC
Pork chops stew $8 CUC

Chicken
Chicken San Carlos style $8.5 CUC
Fried chicken marinated in garlic $8 CUC
Chicken stew $8 CUC
Cuban style chicken $8 CUC
Creole chicken $7 CUC
Cuban seasoned chicken $8 CUC
Roasted chicken $7 CUC
Golden blue chicken $8.5 CUC
Barbecue chicken $8.5 CUC

Fish
Cuban seasoned fillet $10 CUC
Cuban style fillet $12 CUC
Grilled fish $10 CUC
Fillet with cheese $11 CUC

Vegetables
Fried cassava $1.5 CUC
Garlic cassava $1.5 CUC
Fried sweet potato $1 CUC
Sweet potato in syrup $1.5 CUC
Banana in caramel and dry wine sauce $1 CUC
Fried shredded green banana $1 CUC
Green banana fried Blanquita style $2.5 CUC
Malanga root with garlic sauce Creole style $1.5 CUC
Fried banana with salt $1.5 CUC
Fried malanga root $1.5 CUC
White rice $1 CUC
Pilaf rice $1.5 CUC
Black beans and rice Creole style $1 CUC
Vegetables rice $1.5 CUC
Mix salad $1 CUC

Wines
White wine $12 CUC
Red wine $12 CUC
Pink wine $12 CUC

Desserts
Flan pudim $1.5 CUC
Fruit cocktail $1.5 CUC
Ice cream $1.5 CUC
Fruit mix $1.5 CUC

Beverages
Beer $1 CUC
Soft drink $1 CUC
Water $1 CUC
Fizzy water $1 CUC
Malt $1 CUC
Fresh home made juices $1 CUC
Lemonade $1 CUC