Asia de Cuba... This is a famous restaurant which I have to admit, refused to eat at. Very pretty and well located at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood, this restaurant has a magnificent view of LA. I simply expected the food to be bad. Plus, I guess it probably helped that my family had a bad experience at the Asia de Cuba - Buenos Aires, Argentina. I thought they would all be the same. Well, I was wrong!
I had a tofu dish that was unbelievably good! Very tasty and satisfactory! I was initially happy to see that they had a couple of very good options for vegans on their menu. It is an Asian-Cuban fusion restaurant so, I guess that is somehow expected. Vegans can always eat well at Asian restaurants. Lots of veggies!
When my tofu dish arrived, I felt a little disappointed to see how small it looked. There were maybe three small to medium squares of tofu on one side of the stark white, rectangular plate. On the other side of the plate, there was a tiny little accumulation of thinly sliced salad (that I have no idea what consisted of) and a skinny strip of a yellow (what I think was mango) sauce.
Trust me... don't judge by the looks! It was amazing!!! Extremely tasty and more than enough in quantity.
Maybe I am still just not really used to eating small amounts of food. Oh yes, I am changing that too. Along with the change in my diet, I am also changing my eating habits to smaller amounts of food and fewer meals a day. I used to be proud of eating a lot. Still working on it :)
Unfortunatelly I don't think this restaurant has a website independent from the hotel. Therefore I wasn't able to check the name of the tofu dish I had or the price, but this can now be, my great excuse to go back and take some notes! I was planning on going back anyway!!! I really enjoyed it! The food was excellent, service was great and the scenery.... exactly what you need from LA.
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