Hello.
Today is a very special episode
because I am with Miami Culinary Tours
and we are going to take a little Havana food and culture tour.
I am really excited for this because I am starving,
I haven't eaten all day just waiting for this.
First stop is El Pub Restaurant which has been open for 30 years.
Really good.
I'm not really a coffee person.
Wow.
1 dollar, 1 dollar, cacahuate, peanut, organic peanut.
No chemicals, one dollar.
He's being doing this for 51 years since he was a little boy.
Mr Bacco is the founder of this location, that's actually a photo of...
The oldest building in Little Havana, it was built in 1926.
We just got to Ball & Chain which is the second oldest building here
in little Havana on the calle ocho, it's the 8th street.
And I was just getting a mojito,
this is a virtual mojito because I actually don't drink alcohol
and I'm the only one in the tour who...
VIP.
We just sat down at Old Havana Restaurant
and we are about to have some Cuban sandwiches.
These are very hot, very delicate.
They're done by Loco Miami artists actually
and actually they're women, female artists.
The lovely Pastelito de Guayaba.
We just got to this place where we are about to have some juice
but I am so full already.
That sandwich was really, really good.
So, the juice is called guarapo, the machine is the guarapera.
It has these two metal wheels that rotate.
When you pass the sugar cane through it,
it squeezes all of the juice from the sugar cane.
This tree is actually native to Africa, known as the Ceiba tree.
That drink I just had is actually made out of sugar cane,
so it is extremely sweet
but I love it, it's really, really refreshing.
And we are actually on our way to go get some ice cream,
so, more sugar.
...Ice cream anywhere else.
These are all guayaberas, the seat.
Look at that.
That's it, that's the end of the Little Havana food and culture tour
which was organized by Miami Culinary Tours.
It was extremely well organized and it was really fun.
We ate a lot, we drink a lot, we walked a lot
and it was an awesome time.
I was really happy that I was able to do this
even though that I grew up in Miami
I never really spent enough time on Calle Ocho in Little Havana,
so it was a really interesting experience for me.
I hope that you enjoyed watching this video.
If you ever find yourself in Miami then you should definitely check out Miami Culinary Tours.
They have a lot of other different tours
I decided to do the Little Havana one
because I thought that it would be the most interesting
just because of my history and being Cuban.
And, of course, I wanted to share that with you.
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For now I'm gonna go.
So, I will see you when I see you, bye!
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