Asia de Cuba

For global travellers with a cultured palate and a love of variety, Asia de Cuba at St Martins Lane London is a destination restaurant.

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For global travellers with a cultured palate and a love of variety, Asia de Cuba at St Martins Lane is a destination restaurant with a whimsical, enchanting interior design and a must-taste fusion philosophy.

Teamed with our eye-catching interiors, Asia de Cuba makes for an unforgettable dining experience with surprising cultural flavours.

Try the beautifully prepared ceviche, share our Cuban-style slow-roasted pork, or indulge in the unforgettable Mexican doughnuts...without leaving the sofa.

Let yourself be whisked away to the Tropics on National Ceviche Day with our Rum & Ceviche pairing menu.

Delicious Bacardi cocktails, enhanced with our carefully curated ceviche dishes - all thoughtfully designed to be enjoyed side-by-side.

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January Detox at Asia de Cuba, Covent Garden | Wrap Your Lips ...

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As with most things, I’ve started my January Detox late, and in this instance with the Healthy Menu at Asia De Cuba.

In terms of healthy eating, the new menu at Asia De Cuba works really well.

That’s not to say I’d ever be able to master the art of cooking enough to be able to make these Beet Pica, one of the highlights of the Asia De Cuba healthy menu.

These feature wonton ‘taco’ shells, filled with dressed beets, spanish olives, currants, almonds, toasted coconut and avocado ceviche.

Tofu and yuzu have officially been added to the shopping list :) Our meal at Asia De Cuba was complimentary.

Asia de Cuba, restaurant review: 'We're back at St Martin's Lane to ...

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And fortuitously, St Martin's Lane, the Philippe Starck-designed hotel in Covent Garden which at the turn of the last century was the most ragingly fashionable hang-out in town, has just reopened after a refurb.

Asia de Cuba, the restaurant which introduced London to Chinese/Cuban fusion food , has also defiantly stuck with its unlikely theme, reanimated by a new "executive concept chef", Cuban-born Luis Pous, also responsible for branches in Dubai and New York.

When I reviewed Asia de Cuba (fairly warmly) in 1999, I called it the restaurant equivalent of Philippe Starck's lemon-squeezer: overdesigned, overpriced, but nice to know it's there, even if you only use it once.

Ditto shrimp churros – a huge, filthy hit of salt, seafood and starch served in a ceramic facsimile of a tin can, to be dipped into coconut curry.

St Martin's Lane Hotel 45 St Martin's Lane, London WC2 (020 7300 5588).

Five-course Signature Tasting Menu at Asia de Cuba | TRULY

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Loved by guests and food critics alike, the hotel’s destination restaurant, Asia de Cuba reflects the hotel's signature style.

Cuban-born executive concept chef, Luis Pous, is inspired by old Havana’s Chinatown, creating dishes that put Asian twists on classic Latin dishes.

Using authentic techniques and tropical ingredients, Asia de Cuba appeals to the modern diner looking for variety and experimental cooking.

This experience includes Asia de Cuba’s signature five-course tasting menu.

Welcomed with a glass of Champagne each upon arrival, exclusive to Truly guests, enjoy experimental combinations and a twist on old favourites, with dishes like crispy calamari, tunapica tartare, and a mojito sorbet!

Restaurant check: Asia de Cuba - Business Traveller – The leading ...

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Chino-Latino restaurant Asia de Cuba is located on the ground floor of the 204-room St Martins Lane hotel in London’s Covent Garden.

Mixologist and bartender Andrew Loudon, who managed Bethnal Green’s Satan’s Whiskers and Islington’s 69 Colebrooke Row, has devised a range of concoctions using unusual ingredients such as citrus sherbet, tea syrup, warm cider cordial, cashew milk, caraway seeds and peony flowers.

If you fancy something light, there are six different types of ceviche (£10-£16) to choose from (red snapper, grouper, scallop, shrimp, cobia and calamari) with a blend of Asian and Latin ingredients (Thai chilli, plantain, ginger chimichurri, wasabi, miso vinaigrette).

You can then move on to small plates such as shrimp churros with sesame, jalapeno and coconut curry to dip them in (£10), or salads such as spicy beef crudo with almonds mandarin orange, Napa cabbage, radicchio and baby sorrel (£16).

Alternatively, you can order larger grilled (plancha) plates – I loved the meaty chipotle glazed tofu with Asian greens, green papaya salad and calabaza chips (£21).

Asia de Cuba- London | Covent Garden London

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The new Asia de Cuba retains the same authentic preparations, tropical accents, and sharing-style presentation loved by guests and food critics alike, now enhanced with a creative new menu and a chic new dining sanctuary.

Asia De Cuba’s location in the heart of TheatreLand makes it the perfect dinner option when you’re heading to a show.

Whether you fancy a festive feast with family and friends at Asia de Cuba or decadent cocktails in Blind Spot, all you want for Christmas will be found at St Martins Lane.

Festive Group Party Menus: Whether you’re celebrating with family, friends or work colleagues, Asia de Cuba has you covered.

Christmas Day Menu: Leave the cooking at home and join Asia de Cuba for a Christmas to remember.

Asia de Cuba, restaurant review: 'We're back at St Martin's Lane to ...

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reservations   food   ambience   staff   cleanliness  

And fortuitously, St Martin's Lane, the Philippe Starck-designed hotel in Covent Garden which at the turn of the last century was the most ragingly fashionable hang-out in town, has just reopened after a refurb.

Asia de Cuba, the restaurant which introduced London to Chinese/Cuban fusion food , has also defiantly stuck with its unlikely theme, reanimated by a new "executive concept chef", Cuban-born Luis Pous, also responsible for branches in Dubai and New York.

When I reviewed Asia de Cuba (fairly warmly) in 1999, I called it the restaurant equivalent of Philippe Starck's lemon-squeezer: overdesigned, overpriced, but nice to know it's there, even if you only use it once.

Ditto shrimp churros – a huge, filthy hit of salt, seafood and starch served in a ceramic facsimile of a tin can, to be dipped into coconut curry.

St Martin's Lane Hotel 45 St Martin's Lane, London WC2 (020 7300 5588).

Covent Garden Boutique Hotel in London - St Martins Lane Hotel

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Located in the bustling Theatre district in London’s Covent Garden, St Martins Lane, is a dramatic and daring evolution on English luxury.

This boutique hotel retains all the youthful, unexpected charm of a London hideaway, at the very heart of the energetic West End.

The décor is warm and sophisticated with a tongue-in-cheek British flair – even the art on the walls is irreverent, animating the space with larger-than-life portraits and visual puns.

During your stay, you can also enjoy an invigorating workout at Gymbox Covent Garden, London’s most unorthodox fitness experience or go for a striking new look at London's finest hairdressers at the neighbouring Jones & Payne salon.

Valet parking also available at £5 per transfer.

Pioneers of the fusion revolution Asia de Cuba sign up for ...

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ES Food Newsletter Trailblazing fusion restaurant Asia de Cuba was today confirmed as the latest top signing for the Evening Standard’s Night Market.

Now Asia de Cuba’s executive chef Luis Pous, who was born and raised in Havana, is bringing a selection of his signature dishes to the London Food Month Night Market for six days.

Eight highlights at London Food Month’s Night Market It is the longest period for which the restaurant has dedicated its team — led by head chef Michael Hanbury — to a festival-style street food stand.

Book tickets for London Food Month's Night Market now ​Calamari salad, the most famous of the restaurant’s signature dishes, will also be served.

Mr Pous said: “The [restaurant] market in London has exploded and we are very, very excited to be coming to the Night Market.

Asia de Cuba | Restaurants in Covent Garden, London

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The culinary focus at this good-looking dining spot at the St Martin's Lane Hotel is, mostly, a fusion of Chinese and Cuban flavours.

It's a cuisine that was borne from Chinese migration to Cuba in the late 1850s, to work in the Cuban sugarcane fields.

The dinner menu here features dishes such as crispy wonton served with Spanish olives, currants, toasted coconut, almond and avocado ceviche, spring rolls filled with slow-braised short rib and sweet and sour chilli, chipotle-glazed tofu, and swordfish served with vegetable escabeche, yuca dumplings, bok choy, toasted garlic and a spicy shrimp coconut curry broth.

Tasting menus, bottomless brunches, bento boxes and an Asian-influenced Sunday roast also feature.

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