Alma de Cuba

Name: Alma de Cuba
Address: 1623 Walnut St., 19103, PA, 19103
Telephone: 215-988-1799

1623 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19103, US

• Monday: 5:00PM-11:00PM •Tuesday: 5:00PM-11:00PM •Wednesday: 5:00PM-11:00PM •Thursday: 5:00PM-11:00PM •Friday: 5:00PM-12:00PM •Saturday: 5:00PM-12:00PM •Sunday: 5:00PM-10:00PM •

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Cuisine: Nuevo Latino
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Dress Code: Upscale Casual
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DINNER MENU

APPETIZERS

Kurobuta Fritas

Cuban chorizo sliders with matchstick potatoes and mustard

Empanada de Verde

Red kale, manchego cheese and artichoke escabeche

Smoked Tuna Empanada

Served over tuna carpaccio, tomato escabeche and aji amarillo

Duck Empanadas

Watercress salad with duck ham and bing cherry mojo

Pulpo con Causa

Grilled Spanish octopus, warm potato puree with aji amarillo, Peruvian olive sauce and sliced avocado

Royal Palm Dates

Almond-stuffed dates wrapped in bacon with cabrales blue cheese

Kobe Beef Picadillo Tacos

Black beans, avocado and guindilla pepper

Smoked Marlin

Rum-cured served in malanga boats with pickled jalapenos

Oysters Rodriguez

Crispy fried over fufu (mashed sweet plantains with bacon), sauteed spinach with horseradish and huacatay sauce

Alma Sampler

Tasting of: Oysters Rodriguez, Smoked Marlin, Royal Palm Dates

CEVICHE

Poached Lobster Ceviche

Ruby red grapefruit, fennel, vanilla oil and habanero sorbet

Ecuadorian Shrimp Ceviche

Roasted tomatoes, chives, avocado and corn nuts

Ceviche Mixto

Shrimp, scallop, crab, celery, habanero, tangerine sauce and tarragon

Corvina con Yucca Fritas

Scallop and rocoto sauce, key lime and cilantro over yucca fries

Big Eye Tuna

Watermelon, kumquats, rocoto chili, and Thai basil

Mixto de Pulpo

Octopus, red lipped clams, black bass, lime, tomatillo, poblano, green olives and roasted sweet potato

Hamachi Nikkei

Marinated in yuzu togaroshi, thai basil, sweet soy paint and nori sesame sprinkles

Shima Aji Tiradito

Thinly sliced, garlic key lime vinaigrette with jalapenos and aji amarillo vinaigrette

Rainbow Ceviche

Tuna, salmon and black bass marinated in lime juice and jalapeno with roasted sweet potato slices

Madai Tiradito

Japanese red snapper, key lime, red onion, chili limo and sliced sweet potato

Ceviche Tasting

Your choice of Three, Five, Seven or Nine

SIDES

Papa a la Huancaina

Steamed potatoes with spicy cheese and egg sauce

Crujientes

Plantain, malanga chips, corn nuts and Russian sun corn

Camote with Ocopa

Sweet potato with pistachio shrimp and jalapeno sauce

SOUP AND SALADS

Sancocho de Pollo

Coconut-chicken broth with poached chicken slices, yucca, carrots, cilantro, green peas and a touch of lime juice

Guiso de Maiz

Cuban corn chowder with pumpkin and potato in tomato broth with ham croquettas

Crunchy Alaskan King Crab Salad

King crab, chayote, jicama, radish, calabaza, cucumber, mint, basil and crispy malanga with spicy red pepper vinaigrette

Ensalada Valadero

Mixed greens with oven-roasted tomatoes, smoked corn, pan de bono croutons with avocado espuma

TIERRA-LAND

Duck Raspado

Pomegranate marinated duck breast and crispy rice with duck confit, sherry raisins, scallions and pine nuts

Vaca Frita Fried Cow

Twice cooked crispy skirt steak with onions and Cuban oregano with black beans, white rice and tomato escabeche

Lechon Asado

Crispy skinned pork with garlic-oregano mojo, black bean broth and a salad of creamy yucca with marinated cabbage

Chicken Combo

Marinated grilled breast over "Arroz Imperial" with shredded chicken, manchego cheese, peas and olives

Beef Tenderloin

Churrasco-style with mushroom fricassee, sweet corn humita with chipolte sauce, and marinated heirloom tomatoes

Pan Roasted Lamb Loin

Three bean salad, pistachio aji and tostones

Pionono

Puerto Rican sweet plantain roulade of zucchini, basil-tomato sauce and queso fresco served with roasted garlic and broccoli rabe

OCEANO-SEA

Panela Chilean Sea Bass

Creamy quinoa with a cubanelle sauce and a baby cucumber and poblano pepper salad

Corvina Culichi

Black bass with chili verde sauce, mushroom ceviche and chiltepin salsa over moros

Pan Seared Scallops

Pastel de chocolo, royal trumpet mushrooms and piquillo chimichurri

Grilled Whole Bronzino

Served with a garbanzo bean stew, tempura lemons and a South American provencal sauce

Cilantro Honey Mustard Glazed Salmon

Served over a banana-lentil salad with fresh horseradish cream

Sugarcane Tuna

Costa Rican coffee-rum glaze, malanga fondue with shrimp and roasted tomato escabeche

Cuban Shrimp Enchilado

Verde rice with clams and spicy tomato sauce

SIDE DISHES

Black Beans and White Rice

Fried Sweet Plantains

Tostones

Sweet Corn Humita with Chipotle Sauce

Roasted Garlic Broccoli Rabe

Yucca Fries with Mojo

Ajillo Spinach

Respado de Arroz con Pato

DESSERT

Traditional Caramel Flan

Creamy caramel custard served with honey pecan ice cream, apple ceviche and tamarind puree

Rum Soaked Tres Leches

Grilled pineapple sorbet, mango-pineapple salsa and vanilla-avocado paint

Chocolate Cigar

Award winning almond cake wrapped in chocolate mousse, dusted with chocolate and served with dulce de leche ice cream

Creamy Old Fashioned Tapioca Pudding

Served in a young fresh coconut with warm guava oatmeal bars

Caramel Cheesecake

Caramel coffee cheesecake with salted vanilla crust, blackberry reduction and a chocolate coffee batido

Sticky Toffee Cake

Date cake filled with a cream cheese truffle, topped with warm brandied toffee sauce and served with walnut ice cream

Dulce de Leche Crepes

Vanilla crepes filled with dulce de leche and served with truffled streusel, bitter chocolate glaze and smoked vanilla ice cream