I've been home for a week now and I'm still processing all the wonderful things I got to do and experience in Miami. I'll be writing about the trip little by little as I sort through my stuff and check my mental rolodex to remind myself of the stories I want to tell.
This particular one, I videotaped. (I know! Shut up!)
I'm starting to get more things on film and I'm finding that I enjoy telling my stories this way. I have even stopped cringing when I hear my voice on tape. Weird, right?
My Tiki Tiki blog-partner and Cuban friend, Carrie, took me to the Palacio de los Jugos on Flagler and 57th when we were in Miami last week.
Usually, I hold out for Versailles or La Carreta, but Carrie convinced me that the best "comelatas" are to be had at the Palacio.
What I found: All Cuban food is not alike. (The thing about Cuban food, though, is that it's sooo affordable, wherever you go.)
We managed to eat our way around the building (very cheaply!). Don't judge us. We both live far from Cuban restaurants (and La Dieta empieza mañana).
But can I just say….THIS over-abundance of Cuban food on every corner is why I could never live in Miami. (Well, and the humidity, but that's not important right now.) I have no self-control when it comes to Cuban food. And I couldn't be held responsible for my actions if I lived so close to all that deliciousness.
In my life I've never seen so much fabulous Cuban food in one spot….. except for maybe here, at my house, on Nochebuena. =D
Cuban girls "do" the Palacio: L-to-R – Amanda, Yllien (my cousin), me, & Carrie after we successfully tasted everything in the building.
Follow us, as Carrie and I explore the wonders of the Palacio de los Jugos….I miss it already. * heavy sigh*
We ARE cute, aren’t we? 😉
so delicious!
Look how cute we look!
GREAT! Now I’m hungry;) This blog is dangerous!
You know what we call those big Cuban crackers that we got a glimpse of in the video?Nalga de vieja.
Yes, but I should have kept my shapewear on when I went home to get the boys!
That’s what I told her!
You just like to say “nalga,” don’t you? (You’re like a child, sometimes.) =DAmanda told me. I covered my ears and made noise so I wouldn’t have to hear her say it again.
I brought home a package of those umm…beauties….
Besos!
Marta,I love the video and music 🙂 Glad you went to el palacio… It went through a major upgrade a few years ago….it’s much bigger now 🙂
Maura
Maura,I can’t even tell you how deliriously happy I was to be there.
Thanks!