Cinco de Cuba
The island is in news these days as US policy toward Havana thaws. A Beijing restaurant showcases five dishes that will make you an expert on this tropical cuisine, Mike Peters reports.
Even in winter, the atmosphere at Caribeno is warm, thanks to brilliantly colored murals with palm trees and the eager faces of staff members with ethnic roots in the Caribbean, Spain and Africa.
The atmosphere is electric, with a small stage for live music (salsa lessons and dance shows are held on Friday nights). Photos on the wall include ambassadors and entrepreneurs from many Latin countries, as well as scenes of Havana life, Caribbean beaches and icons like Che Guevara, who looks across the restaurant from an enlarged print of a Cuban 3-peso bill. (Guevara was once head of the central bank.)
