Portland Tribune 2005 Guide To Where Portland Eats

March 18, 2005 by Eric Bartels
“… John Connell Maribona’s loving tribute to his ancestral Cuban homeland, honors the full-bodied tastes and personal warmth of his grandfather’s Cuba. The tasty, deep fried croquetas filled with chicken and chorizo, the succulent Cuban sandwiches, the arroz con pollo (the island staple of chicken and dense, paella style rice), the camarones enchilados, piquant, garlic-heavy prawns served with white rice, fried plantains and a coffee cup of black beans.

If, by some miracle you’ve still got room left for something sweet, prepare to sin on a large scale. The Torta Domino  is a chocolate riot. The flan, always an acid test of liberian-based cuisine, is flawless and the tres leches, a layered sponge cake so moist it’s almost in a liquid state, is unspeakably good…”