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It is so hard to find Cuban food in Mississauga. Our Latino food culture is mostly Colombian, but when you want a good Cuban sandwich, going east to TO seems like the only option.
Thankfully, Cafe Havana brings a bit of the home of the real rumba to your table in the Halton region. Cuban sandwich galore, a different ingredient palette for pizza, and Cuban pastas.
The small interior felt homey with the red walls, chalkboards, flags, and straw hats that covered the area. A TV rolls Latin Pop classics of the 90s and if it weren't for the lack of space and my own shame, I'd probably have danced.
Food. The sandwiches are awesome. I had the Cuban sisters with a non-spicy chorizo, ham, roasted pork, pickles, cheese, and mustard. The combination of the three meats was a lovely, and succulent bite of pork. Pickles and mustard were perfect cuts of bright flavours to the palette.
The tostones were perfect. Not dry, still a little thick, and a light crust of starch on the outside. The yuca fries were also delicious. The garlic sauce served was a nice saltiness. I'd have liked some sort of vegetable or salsa to cut the starch.
Nutty Cuban espresso, a dense flan, and a tres leches cake made the rest of the dinner. The tres leches does not have a real cream on the outside which I regret, but the yellow cake and condensada in the middle was lovely. Coming back for the guava turnovers if they have them!
Thank you, Cafe Havana. You've brought so much flavour to a neighbourhood that wouldn't have expected it. Coming back many times.
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