What is Cuban-Chinese Food? Dining on a Dime
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Date: 2020-05-20
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Luna
I LOVE GARLIC, BAY LEAF, DARK MEAT (CANNOT STAND WHITE MEAT) LET'S GET MARRIED! I'm part Cuban: DDDDMy grandma is from Cuba and I never knew about the Chinese labour over there, so she might have some Chinese ancestry in her DNA! Oddly enough Mulan has always been my favourite Disney princess/character/technically Empress of China because I always felt misunderstood, like her, but also because whoever designed her parents used a picture of my mom and dad to model their concept art off of. at least, I'm convinced. Long story short, I've always been fascinated with Asian culture, and my dad worked in Japan during my childhood, so my siblings and I became mesmerized by the anime and video games, etc. Maybe I should take a trip to a few of the HUNDREDS of beautiful cities in China to find myself hahaAlso, I was once on chatroulette and some guy was like, you look Chinese when you smile, and he was actually from China, and I was like, oh, okay! Sure lolIdk, it's all so weird for me because I've always known more of my Haitian background, but if my grandma is from Cuba and could possibly be part Chinese, I think it'd be pretty cool to know! Someone plz HALP!
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I LOVE GARLIC, BAY LEAF, DARK MEAT (CANNOT STAND WHITE MEAT) LET'S GET MARRIED! I'm part Cuban: DDDDMy grandma is from Cuba and I never knew about the Chinese labour over there, so she might have some Chinese ancestry in her DNA! Oddly enough Mulan has always been my favourite Disney princess/character/technically Empress of China because I always felt misunderstood, like her, but also because whoever designed her parents used a picture of my mom and dad to model their concept art off of. at least, I'm convinced. Long story short, I've always been fascinated with Asian culture, and my dad worked in Japan during my childhood, so my siblings and I became mesmerized by the anime and video games, etc. Maybe I should take a trip to a few of the HUNDREDS of beautiful cities in China to find myself hahaAlso, I was once on chatroulette and some guy was like, you look Chinese when you smile, and he was actually from China, and I was like, oh, okay! Sure lolIdk, it's all so weird for me because I've always known more of my Haitian background, but if my grandma is from Cuba and could possibly be part Chinese, I think it'd be pretty cool to know! Someone plz HALP!
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gk891
Chinese food is very common throughout the Caribbean due to a long history of Chinese labourers who migrated there in the 19th Century. The food in this episode didn't look all that exciting but the Chinese food that you find in Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, and Jamaica are all amazing. I don't even like Chinese food but when I tried some Chinese dishes from these countries years ago, I was seriously hooked. It's to my understanding that the Chinese population in Cuba has dwindled significantly since the 19th century. From what I've read, there were well over 120 000 Chinese labourers in Cuba at one point back in the day but they were almost all men and so they intermixed with local women. I guess this just goes to show what an extremely rich melting pot the Caribbean is. If you're looking for Chinese-Latin American fusion, the best type might be Peruvian Chinese as there's a huge Chinese population in Peru as well. I've only tried one of their dishes (lomo saltado) and it was very interesting. I think Panama has a significant Chinese population as well but I've never been able to try their dishes.
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Chinese food is very common throughout the Caribbean due to a long history of Chinese labourers who migrated there in the 19th Century. The food in this episode didn't look all that exciting but the Chinese food that you find in Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, and Jamaica are all amazing. I don't even like Chinese food but when I tried some Chinese dishes from these countries years ago, I was seriously hooked. It's to my understanding that the Chinese population in Cuba has dwindled significantly since the 19th century. From what I've read, there were well over 120 000 Chinese labourers in Cuba at one point back in the day but they were almost all men and so they intermixed with local women. I guess this just goes to show what an extremely rich melting pot the Caribbean is. If you're looking for Chinese-Latin American fusion, the best type might be Peruvian Chinese as there's a huge Chinese population in Peru as well. I've only tried one of their dishes (lomo saltado) and it was very interesting. I think Panama has a significant Chinese population as well but I've never been able to try their dishes.
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Armando
Logical that Cuban Chinese food exists. Cuba had a very large Chine community, of a population of 1, 900. 000 in metropolitan Havana in 1959, there were about 200, 000 citizens of Chinese origin. Havana's Chinatown was the largest of any Latin American capital. Today about 125 Cuban-Chinese remain in the city. Well, 30% of Cuba's population has fled the country since 1960. How many points for communism?
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Logical that Cuban Chinese food exists. Cuba had a very large Chine community, of a population of 1, 900. 000 in metropolitan Havana in 1959, there were about 200, 000 citizens of Chinese origin. Havana's Chinatown was the largest of any Latin American capital. Today about 125 Cuban-Chinese remain in the city. Well, 30% of Cuba's population has fled the country since 1960. How many points for communism?
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Wong
OMG. hit a Cuban-Chinese place in NYC back in the '90's. Found it in a Lonely Planet guidebook. Totally forgot about this kind of food. Hope this cuisine continues and just doesn't end up a reference on the internet. at least Lucas has documented this for prosperity. Trinidadian food kind of mixed up like that too. Chinese, Indian food items along with more regional creations.
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OMG. hit a Cuban-Chinese place in NYC back in the '90's. Found it in a Lonely Planet guidebook. Totally forgot about this kind of food. Hope this cuisine continues and just doesn't end up a reference on the internet. at least Lucas has documented this for prosperity. Trinidadian food kind of mixed up like that too. Chinese, Indian food items along with more regional creations.
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Wanda
Cuban Chinese restaurants had the best Chinese food. The rice was outstanding and the flavors were incredible. Chinese restaurants are all the same now and the food is sooo bland. I rarely eat chinese food now. It's just not the same. NYC still has better Chinese restaurants than other places, but, not what it was.
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Cuban Chinese restaurants had the best Chinese food. The rice was outstanding and the flavors were incredible. Chinese restaurants are all the same now and the food is sooo bland. I rarely eat chinese food now. It's just not the same. NYC still has better Chinese restaurants than other places, but, not what it was.
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Joel
Best ever chines food i test was in London, Singapore, Boston and in Lima, Peru, tje the rest just nice, i didn't understand very good if the chines food here is made with Cubans condiments as well or just the restaurant has cuban cuban and chines chines! Thank you anyhow vI test cuban food is delicious!
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Best ever chines food i test was in London, Singapore, Boston and in Lima, Peru, tje the rest just nice, i didn't understand very good if the chines food here is made with Cubans condiments as well or just the restaurant has cuban cuban and chines chines! Thank you anyhow vI test cuban food is delicious!
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Bcat
The style of food is great, sadly they wrecked it by using cheap ingrediant and turning it into a fast food style quality restuarant. There's a reason so many of these places are gone, the food just arent great if you can't afford to buy better ingredients. Look at how tough that pork is, jeezes.
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The style of food is great, sadly they wrecked it by using cheap ingrediant and turning it into a fast food style quality restuarant. There's a reason so many of these places are gone, the food just arent great if you can't afford to buy better ingredients. Look at how tough that pork is, jeezes.
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Kay
There are over 5 million Asians in Latin America and they've lived there for centuries. It's only surprising for outsiders that don't travel often. Asians live literally amongst every culture. There are Asian Jamaicans, Asian Africans, Asian Iraqis etc. Nothing new.
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There are over 5 million Asians in Latin America and they've lived there for centuries. It's only surprising for outsiders that don't travel often. Asians live literally amongst every culture. There are Asian Jamaicans, Asian Africans, Asian Iraqis etc. Nothing new.
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Eduardo
There used be a cuban chinese place on 109st and broadway called La Bella China and the food there was sooo good. Unfortunately Manhattan lease is high and they closed. I just miss the thin steak, the chicharron de pollo, fried frice, and the sopa china.
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There used be a cuban chinese place on 109st and broadway called La Bella China and the food there was sooo good. Unfortunately Manhattan lease is high and they closed. I just miss the thin steak, the chicharron de pollo, fried frice, and the sopa china.
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osvaldo
dude you went to La Caridia. the real original, oldest, and by far the best spot for Chinese-Cuban food in the neighborhood is La Nueva Victoria on 96st and Broadway in manhatten. im from this area and so is my family for 4 generations so I'd know, fyi!
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dude you went to La Caridia. the real original, oldest, and by far the best spot for Chinese-Cuban food in the neighborhood is La Nueva Victoria on 96st and Broadway in manhatten. im from this area and so is my family for 4 generations so I'd know, fyi!
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