DineLA 08: Asia de Cuba
We went to Asia de Cuba for lunch today for the dineLA event. 11:30 reservation. The restaurant was empty when we arrived. All in all the food was good, but service sucked.
I got the pulled pork empanadas for starters, which was excellent.
The pulled pork was tasty, and the empanada skin was flavorful and crunchy.
My friend got the lemongrass skewered chicken.
This was not bad but I liked the empanadas much better. The chicken was a bit tough IMO. So I can't eat spicy and this dish was pretty spicy. I ran out of water, but my waitress never came. I raised my hand etc etc finally got the attention of a bus boy. I asked him for water, but he didn't come back with the water for a while while my mouth was burning.
I had the butterfish as the entree.
This was good, fish was tender. Black bean and edamame salad was also very good. I also liked the shishito pepper. (It was like any other miso butterfish, and it was one of the better ones).
My friend got the BBQ chicken and I had a bite.
Chicken was tender and sauce was good. The sticky rice though, my friend claimed was soggy and no good at all.
We had the carrot cake and cuban opera for dessert (no one wanted to get the sorbet so we had 2 opera cakes). We watched as other tables that came after us and finished entrees after us get served desserts first. It seems like they screwed up the order - afterwards they brought us desserts but didn't get the right orders. Either that or our server was just not as attentive as other servers.
Desserts were good, although nothing particularly special.
Asia de Cuba
MONDRIAN LOS ANGELES
8440 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, California 90069