Havana, anyone?

[marionhaste]

Anyone been? Wossa the coffee like?

[BazBean]

Great, excellent, marvelous the best in the world ever ...
of course I could not possibly tell you where, due to preceeding information being withheld on Whitby locations.

Edit - typo

[leecb]

Hehehehehe

[TheBreeze]

maybe marion is relocating

[CakeBoy]

Donde esta Marion?

[marionhaste]

Hoist by my own petard. Aaaargh.

[BazBean]

Those petards do cut in and smart a bit don’t they !

[CakeBoy]

I prefer pain au raisin; no chafing either

[leecb]

Yes, I suspect that being blown up by your own bomb (a la hoist by you own petard) would rather smart!

[marionhaste]

Have you lot not tried Petard yet, then? Of course, it is rather rare. Especially when roasted to perfection

[Tristan]

I've been to Havana.

Cocktails are fairly disappointing as is the food so don't expect too much from the coffee. We did go to a nice Middle Eastern restaurant one night which did a nice turkish style coffee. Shouldn't be too hard to find as it's the only Middle Eastern restaurant in Havana!

[CakeBoy]

Pain au petard? More chafing tho .......

[Wulip]

The food is horrible in cuba / havana. I gave up on coffee and switcht to buccanero ( the local beer)

[Ed]

Marion

Start at La Bodega del Medio which was apparently Ernest Hemmingway's favourite haunt - that's if you can get in!!

My experience in Havana itself is limited and doesn't involve the coffee there I am ashamed to say. It was hot the day I went and beer seemed the better option.

If it's anything like the hotel where I stayed in Varadero then, as noted before, give up and drink the beer or spice it up with a little rum.

Ed

[marionhaste]

Thanks Ed. Reading up in the old guide book, there were coffee plantations there way back when. I thought there might be a bit of a heritage, like.

I have no objections to drinking cold beer. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it.