I moved here from south Florida, home of the best Cuban Food in the country. Born of Cuban immigrants who moved (Legally) to this country in the late 50's. I've been craving Cuban food this afternoon and decided to pay a visit to Habana Cuban Restaurant on 6th st. As I stepped in the front door I was in dis-belief that they would have hanging on the wall a picture of Che Gavera on it's wall. Any Cuban who fled Cuba or have family still in Cuba would be very offended they would glorify someone who helped bring communisim to their country and responsible for thousand of murders and executions of it's political enemies. But it seems that Austin liberals view him as some great revolutionist with grand ideas. It's very scary that educated people would regard this animal with such high regard.\r
Anyway, enough of politics and lets talk about my experiance at this restaurant. \r
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I was immediatly struck by the awful smell of pine sole and when the hostest asked if I wanted to eat indoors or out, I couldn't say outdoors fast enough! I was amazed how little the waitress knew about the food. They had little knowledge on how the food was prepared. No Cuban bread! I asked if the Lechon Asado was prepared with Mojo. She tried to tell me Mojo was made from Pork drippings...Oh my God! She had no clue...\r
The pork was not made with mojo so it did not taste like Lechon Asado...the rice and black beans weren't bad and the fried plantens no matter how hard you try to screw up, you really can't, tasted good. \r
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Overall, It was overpriced, smelled terrible, politically incorrect to Cuban people and the waitress had no clue of the culture or the food. A poor and embarrasing representation of what is one of the finest foods you can ever eat. Two big thumbs down.
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