Baton Rouge makes a ‘Cuban Connection’

Baton Rouge resident Alex Dalmau grew up surrounded by the culture of Cuba: the music, the people and especially the food. The son of Cuban immigrants, he waited in vain for years for a proper Cuban restaurant to open in Baton Rouge. “I finally realized no one else was going to step up,” says Dalmau with a laugh. “I was craving real Cuban food, and if I wanted it to happen here, I had to make it happen. Feed myself, I guess you’d say.” Dalmau’s dream comes true when he and his chef-partner, Ed Tomlin, roll out the new Cuban Connection food truck next week. Between Tomlin’s kitchen experience and Dalmau’s expert Cuban palate, the resulting menu is a pitch-perfect pastiche of Latin-American flavor, from fried plantain chips to black bean soup, and includes a mouthwatering selection of pressed sandwiches. Cuban Connection will also serve breakfast, featuring hot Cuban coffee—strong enough to put hairs on your chest—and fresh-made pastelitos with sweet guava and savory meat. You can see where this new food truck will be popping up by checking their website here. For more food news, check out 225 Dine here.