Victor's Cafe Cuban Restaurant

Cuban restaurant, 236 W 52nd St, New York, NY

VeganScore 60 · 1 vegan main dish

Menu

Mains

• Plato de Vegetales — Sautéed mushrooms, broccoli, cipollini onions, mixed peppers, side of yucca, sweet plantains, and white rice. Vegan
• Ajiaco de los Indios — A light seafood stew with shrimp, clams, mussels, yuca, malanga, boniato and corn.
• Pollo de la Manigua — Adobo-roasted, bone-in chicken breast with boniato purée, watercress and mojo vinaigrette.
• Pargo del Cacique — Whole oven-roasted red snapper marinated in citrus juices.
• Pulpo a la Barbacoa — Fire-grilled octopus with roasted boniato, onions and charred peppers.
• Camarones Enchilados — Shrimp in spicy Creole sauce with wine, boniato purée, boniato crisps.
• Lechón Asado — Traditional roast pig marinated 24 hours, slowly roasted overnight in Cuban style mojo, garlic mojo yucca, moros.
• Arroz con Pollo — Saffron infused bomba rice, braised all natural chicken and rice casserole with sofrito and beer.
• Ropa Vieja — Slow cooked and pulled braised prime hanger steak in a pepper sauce laced with garlic, tomatoes and onions.
• Vaca Frita al Mojo Agrio — Crisp, pan-fried shredded prime skirt steak with red onion and Seville orange mojo.
• Churrasco con Chimichurri — Grilled 9 oz prime Black Angus skirt steak with chimichurri.
• Rabo Encendido con Fufú de Plátanos — Slow-braised oxtail in wine sauce, with mashed plantain and pork cracklings.
• Ponle Ropa a la Vaca — A taste of both: braised ropa vieja and crisp vaca frita in plantain baskets.
• Dale Puerco a la Vieja — Mojo-roasted pork and braised ropa vieja together in plantain baskets.
• 8 oz Filet Mignon — Mashed Potatoes, Mushroom Sauce
• Braised Beef Short Rib
• Pollo Campestre — Slow-roasted chicken in a hearty wine reduction, with potatoes and baby carrots.
• Salmón Carnaval — Seared Atlantic salmon, charred pineapple, chives and cilantro over creamy Cuban polenta. Simply grilled also available.
• Pargo en Camisa de Plátano — Florida red snapper fillet in a green plantain crust, with sofrito and mashed plantain.
• Paella de Mariscos — Saffron Calasparra rice with shrimp, squid, mussels and clams, white wine and chervil.
• Sandwich Cubano — Pressed roast pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles and mustard, with tropical chips.
• Paella de Vegetales — Saffron bomba rice with seasonal vegetables and Manchego cheese.

Breakfast

• Torrejas — Guava-and-cheese-stuffed French toast with maple syrup.
• Tres Leches Pancakes — Fluffy pancakes infused with three types of milk.
• Tortilla Cubana — Cuban-style frittata with onion, ham, chorizo, diced potato and sweet plantain.
• Tortilla Blanca — Egg-white omelet with goat cheese and spinach.
• Cuban Eggs Benedict — Two eggs over ropa vieja on toasted baguette, with hollandaise sauce.
• Vaca Frita Hash Rice Bowl — Crisp shredded prime Black Angus skirt steak, red onion, Seville orange mojo, potatoes, white rice and a fried egg.
• Bartolito — Sweet plantain croquettes filled with pork, with black bean purée and goat cheese. While available.

Starters

• Mariquitas Surtidas — House-made tropical chips with tomato-cachucha sauce. Vegan
• Frituritas de Malanga — Malanga fritters with mango-habanero sauce.
• Ceviche Taíno — Citrus-marinated red snapper with mango and avocado.
• Medias Lunas de Yuca con Camarones — Handcrafted cassava bites filled with shrimp stew.
• Empanadas de Pollo — Baked savory puff pastry shell, braised all natural chicken, mango-habanero sauce.
• Ceviche de Salmón — Atlantic salmon, citrus marinade, red onion, mango, avocado.
• Ensalada de Palmitos y Mandarinas — Hearts of palm, greens and mandarin with Marcona almonds, Manchego and champagne vinaigrette.
• Ceviche de Pargo — Citrus-marinated snapper, red onion, mango and avocado.
• Havana Guac — Avocado, tomato, lime, cilantro and onion, with tropical root chips and fried cheese.
• Croquetas Corral — Crisp Berkshire ham croquettes with fig jam sauce.
• Fritas Cubanas — Cuban beef, pork and chorizo sliders with shoestring fries.
• Quesadilla Cubana — Baked cassava tortillas with Creole shrimp and Manchego cheese.
• 1492 Aperitivo Cubano — A selection of classic Cuban appetizers to share. Serves two.
• Frituritas de Bacalao — Cod and corn fritters with house-made tartar sauce.

Desserts

• Sorbete Vegan
• Piña al Fuego — Fire-grilled pineapple, vanilla ice cream, rum and honey-pineapple syrup.
• Buñuelos de Yuca, Boniato y Malanga — Golden yuca, boniato and malanga fritters with cinnamon-anise syrup.
• Flan — Traditional Cuban-style egg custard topped with a light caramel sauce.
• Helado
• Guayabitas de Maria — Warm guava cobbler with vanilla gelato.
• Zuly’s Tres Leches — Three-milk sponge cake with toasted meringue.
• Flan de Huevo — Traditional Cuban egg custard with light caramel sauce.
• Flan de Café — Espresso coffee flan.
• Pastelitos de Guayaba con Queso Crema — Handmade puff pastries filled with guava and cream cheese.
• Churros con Tres Salsas — Cuban-style doughnuts with chocolate ganache, dulce de leche and sweet condensed milk.
• Helado o Sorbete — Coconut, vanilla or chocolate gelato; mango or guava sorbet.

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