The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-09
IN 4
CUBAN HOTEL
Cool, Clean Bedrooms
and Novel Things
on the Menu.


room with freshly washed stone floors,
crisp and dainty net curtains and linen
of hne texture. makes up for the hard
bed and absence OF hot and cold run
ming water.
AT the table the lack Of good beef
steak Is more than supplied by very
excellent omelets, a variety OF fish,
unrivalled cheese, together with fruits
and vegetables IN infinite variety.
The butter throughout Cuba is I'M
deniably bad; but the bread, accord
ing to q correspondent OF Leslie's
Weekly. IS alone worth a trip TO Cuba.
The first thing a woman tourist sees;
after the boy has brought up the Ing
gage pulled up the curtains, asked IN
soft Anglo-Spanish patois if she
would ike to have a glass of orange
Juice or a plate OF pineapple, and, in
the conscious way OF beiiboys the world
over, fingered until TIE Inevitable coin
has reached his palm is quaint, old
fashioned eandlestick.
A second glance falls upon stone
bottle which contains the drinking
water, and. even on seorching hot days,
keeps it moderately cool.
Being a woman; she next examines
the bedspread, which is crocheted, and
ten 10 one is of dainty lavender or
old blue color French windows open
wide upon a balcony, and a general
impression of the room is pleasing.
Rocking chairs are everywhere in Cuba.
In the diningroom walls that fold up
like screens leave the room like
garden with the exception of the roof.
A narrow rod separates the diners
from the sidewalk The early morning
meal of coffee and rolls. with fruit, IS
served in the rooms and genuine break
| fast is served in the diningroom from
| 10 until 2.
The table is gay with fruits of vari-
Gus eolors, iavors and degrees of paiat-
! ability. Like the .Iamaicans, the Cur
bans peel their small, deiiciousiy sweet
oranges like apples, stick fork
through them. and literally gnaw them
off. a process when results Ia extract
! ing all the juice without eating the
pulp.
4 plate of slieea pineapple Is set on
each table Assorted native fruits,
! Tnalnevs. sapotas, anols, m2ngOes, etc,
are always served Shell 6sh ia abuD-
dance and fish Of every variety are g
feature Of Cuban meals. Generally
three kinds on one plate are served to
each guest-soft shell crabs. white bait
ard sea bass, or some similar salt water
fish
The Cubans have the arr OF cooking
eggs to perfection. The most popular
method with Americans is that called
Cuban Eggs" A small earthen dish
is flied with sauce previously pre-
pared and consisting Of tomatoes,
mushrooms and green peppers. highly
seasoned. Two eggs broken on top are
sprinkied with a little parsley, salt.
pepper and butter and the whole is set
in a very hot oven for moment
Aside from the olives which are DIFF
ferent from anything in the same line
seen in this country. the next best
thing on Cuban menu is the guava
jelly and thu cheese which are served
together The cheese is Of two yarie-
ties the Cuban. made from goats milk
ard ordinary cream cheese.
The Jelly is thick and is cut in strips
Even in The most primitive hotels in
Cuba this dessert is served; and. in
fact, the natives seem TO consider it as
much d part Of the every day meal as
bread
Orange juice Is a favor1te drink at
meals. Excellent ice creams are made
with the native fruits
Cuban coffee is a curiosity 10 the
American The bean is burned 20 a
cfuder. the Cubans claiming that this
destroys the toxic qualities The waiter
brings q pot OF coffee with one hand
and a pot Of boiled sailed milk with the
other
IT. zs-e ,,e,,e.,-a 71., av-v,e~E-yssz-z4s NTH
this combination. first trying half milk
and half coffee. then varying the guam
titles until he has a mixture to suit
his taste. A few Americans Ike salted
milk and coffee. but to the majority
the Cuban coffee IS a joke Cuban choc-
oIate IS unusually good
During the heat Of the day IL summer
many Cuban families prefer to order
their dinners from the hotels TO cook
ing them IN their own homes. and a
frequent sight IN the street Of Havana
Is the dinner carrier. The food Is plae-
Cd in z series o casssroIeIike dishes.
which. being of heavy ware and each
fitting closely upon the other. keep
the contents hot for a considerable
length Of time.
The Cuban stoves are al primitive
affairs In whch charcoal IL burned
Few modern stoves nave lpula theAf
way 70 the little republic. and even the
American families who live IN Havana
seem to prefer the Old fashioned method
: q cooking
A charming feature Of al Cuban
homes and many hotels. Is the coUrt
around which the house IS built The
average Cuban house is barulIke and
r1-attractfTe on the outside. but 10 The
--sss~rr .~-o stems within a tr2DsfoTrua-
ton ike fairyiand meets the eye. The
? majority OF the courts are filed with
) flowers and small stru bbery, and many