048: killa bee that be holdin down his honeycomb

Not much of a dessert person by nature, but apart from the ice creams a few posts down, here are the sweet things we mashed in Cuba.

Some soft-serve in Old Havana. Vanilla-caramel. Actually pretty dope.


Sometimes, restaurants or casas give you fruit before your meal. I guess it's a slight cultural difference that we tend to eat fruit after. Still, have you ever eaten sliced guava? Me neither.


A pretty epic rice pudding.


This was new to me. Apparently marmalade con queso is a regular dessert there. Translation: liquified jam with CHEESE. This one was mango but we also had guava at a couple places. It's supposed to be a beautiful contrast between the salty cheese and the sweet jam but I was just too revolted.


Shared this. The brown slabs in the corner are the nut bars Jose was crazy about. Also, grapefruit, rice pudding, ice cream and a random white slab of nuttiness.


These flans were the dessert at the same place with the spoon con queso. Guess which one was mine. I hate wobbly foods, so this was pretty gross to me.


Cuba is known as a cheap country but unless you stay at an all-inclusive or have access to civilian pesos, that is not the case! This pastry was the best value I got the whole trip (and on the final day. alas). Still haven't figured out what was inside... best guess is appley coconut paste. Either way, it was phenomenal.


Chow!