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Potato stuffed with meat sounds appealing enough
Cuban oasis in Chula Vista shopping center
A spinach and cheese empanada, and a papa rellena de carne, cut open.
I can't pretend to have much experience eating at a Cuban bakery. To be specific, I was dealing with exactly zero experience before I stumbled across Los Pollos Rotisserie & Cuban Bakery.
An unassuming shopping center restaurant.
Which was all the reason I needed to try it. But if I'm being honest, it didn't hurt that the name, and the two chicken heads in the logo, reminded me a little of Los Pollos Hermanos in Breaking Bad.
The place has a small storefront in a large shopping center in Chula Vista; nothing fancy, a few plastic-coated tables and terra cotta floor tiles. Pastries are presented in a glass case, while a menu behind the counter offers rotisserie chicken and other Cuban specialties.
I tried a couple of things, with mixed success, but one thing in particular fascinated me: the papa rellena de carne. My Spanish tells me this is a potato stuffed with meat — which sounds appealing enough.
But when the proprietor explained it, I was sold. It's basically a seasoned stew of ground beef, folded inside a ball of creamy mashed potatoes, dipped in egg, coated in bread crumbs, and fried. Like a European croquette, but bolder. At $1.05, the golf-ball size morsel is an easy win. There's another papa rellena promising pollo picante for the same price.
I ordered a flaky spinach and cheese empanada for $1.79. By adding a $1.95 side of congri — Cuban rice and beans cooked together with bay leaf and garlic — I found myself enjoying an interesting meal.
It didn't leave me enough appetite to explore the Cubano sandwiches or rotisserie chicken, not to mention a pastry case filled with the likes of Cuban cheese puffs and flan.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Potato stuffed with meat sounds appealing enough
Cuban oasis in Chula Vista shopping center
Potato stuffed with meat sounds appealing enough
Cuban oasis in Chula Vista shopping center
A spinach and cheese empanada, and a papa rellena de carne, cut open.
I can't pretend to have much experience eating at a Cuban bakery. To be specific, I was dealing with exactly zero experience before I stumbled across Los Pollos Rotisserie & Cuban Bakery.
An unassuming shopping center restaurant.
Which was all the reason I needed to try it. But if I'm being honest, it didn't hurt that the name, and the two chicken heads in the logo, reminded me a little of Los Pollos Hermanos in Breaking Bad.
The place has a small storefront in a large shopping center in Chula Vista; nothing fancy, a few plastic-coated tables and terra cotta floor tiles. Pastries are presented in a glass case, while a menu behind the counter offers rotisserie chicken and other Cuban specialties.
I tried a couple of things, with mixed success, but one thing in particular fascinated me: the papa rellena de carne. My Spanish tells me this is a potato stuffed with meat — which sounds appealing enough.
But when the proprietor explained it, I was sold. It's basically a seasoned stew of ground beef, folded inside a ball of creamy mashed potatoes, dipped in egg, coated in bread crumbs, and fried. Like a European croquette, but bolder. At $1.05, the golf-ball size morsel is an easy win. There's another papa rellena promising pollo picante for the same price.
I ordered a flaky spinach and cheese empanada for $1.79. By adding a $1.95 side of congri — Cuban rice and beans cooked together with bay leaf and garlic — I found myself enjoying an interesting meal.
It didn't leave me enough appetite to explore the Cubano sandwiches or rotisserie chicken, not to mention a pastry case filled with the likes of Cuban cheese puffs and flan.
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