asia de cuba
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We celebrated Mina's birthday in Guayaquil. As mentioned earlier, there was a strong Asian influence in Guayaquil so we chose a restaurant called Asia de Cuba for the 'festivities'. We noticed that people in Mexico, Central America, and South America eat dinner a lot later than us North Americans, so, often, we were the only people in the restaurants. It was kind of nice. The food was excellent - really fresh, and well prepared. The innovative menu offers several dishes from all over the world from salmon ceviche to sushi to steak. The restaurant housed brightly colored decor and furnishing and it was nice to get out of our beach attire, get dressed up and have a proper meal in a trendy restaurant. We finished the night off with 4 different flavors of crème brûlée - our favorite dessert.
- Alex
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i'm so jealous. you're in a fabulous place and the food looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteMmmm. Now that's a meal.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are such a good looking couple. It boggles my mind sometimes.
ReplyDeletehappy birthday, mina! you look beautiful! and the food looks scrumptious!
ReplyDeletewhat camera did you decide on?
Your photos are always spectacular. Once again, I envy the two of you this adventure! Soak it up and enjoy it enough for all of us. ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd Happy Birthday, Mina! :)
this food looks so delish. yum yum yum.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Mina!! What a way to spend your 26th year!
ReplyDeleteI just featured your blog on my post today with links to your page :)
Safe travels!
That sushi looks amazing! How nice to be able to dress up for a special occasion for a change :)
ReplyDeleteAw gorgeous shots once again, and yes, doesn't it feel good to go all out for a nice meal when you're traveling and backpacking? so nice.
ReplyDeleteps- Mina, you are the most gorgeous, stylish backpacker ever. i'd hate you if i didn't love you so much!!! i cannot say this enough, but i really, really want to meet up in Japan!!
The name "Asia de Cuba" is incredibly confusing to me.
ReplyDeleteAlso, that place looks like the food costs more than my mortgage payments.
ReplyDeleteYou're crazy.
oh my god! this place looks stunning and so does the food. your blog is always getting me hungry and on top of that, it makes me wanna jump in the next plane and just get outta here.
ReplyDeleterecently stumbled upon your blog from another one, and I just wanted to let ya'll know that it is absolutely amazing on what ya'll are doing. I live in South Louisiana, and it's so inspiring to get out and travel just like ya'll are doing. I hope the rest of your trip goes well and I look forward to seeing more about it!
ReplyDeletewow wow wow. look sooo good!!
ReplyDeletemy god, i just cant believe in your lifestyle...
ReplyDeleteOnce slavery was abolished in Peru in the 19th century, many chinese people arrived as cheap labor. later on, japanese people were given incentives, like free/cheap land, to move there. as far as i understand.
ReplyDeleteThe food looks yummy!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Mina! Looks like you celebrated in style. and congratulations on your SLR. I did the same before leaving my job in Ottawa. It was the only materialistic thing I really wanted!
ReplyDeleteWhat kind did you buy?
You've changed my mind about Ecuador! Now I want to go!! Seems like Guayaquil is a happening place! They even have an Asia de Cuba? And by the way, those creme brulees...sigh...don't make a pregnant woman drool - that can only mean, I need to go on a dessert run right now. Well, Tim Horton's is next door to me....
ReplyDeletewow, the presentation of that food is positively amazing
ReplyDeletebklyn76 / My Wooden Heart - We ended up getting a Canon Rebel XS and a 50mm lens.
ReplyDeleteSam - You have a $50 mortgage payment?
Anonymous - Thanks for the info!