Moros Cuban Restaurant

This was only the second Cuban restaurant I’ve been to, so I can’t say I I know what authentic Cuban food should taste like.  But frankly, I don’t care which cuisine any restaurant cooks up, as long as it tastes good, I am game.

Allen and I were meeting a few friends for dinner.  Since they live in Fullerton, I thought I would look for something near them.  I searched on Yelp and Moros Cuban Restaurant was on the top of the list with 4 1/2 stars rating.  I also saw a Mexican restaurant with similar rating, but my friends decided to try Moros.

The restaurant is located in a strip mall in La Habra.  The exterior is rather plain but the interior is cozy and warm with red tile counter, earth-tone walls with city scape silhouette on one side and dancer silhouette on the other.  As many reviewers on Yelp have mentioned, the staff is very friendly and welcoming.

While Allen and I waited for our friends, the server brought a basket of dinner rolls with bean dip.  The dinner rolls were nothing special, but the bean dip was quite good.  I later asked for something spicy and got a jar of habanero chili/onion.  ‘Be careful with it’ was what she warned me.  I only used a tiny spoonful and it was burning!

We ordered some Chicken and Beef Empanadas and Deep Fried Mash Potato Filled with Meat (sorry, can’t remember the name and can’t find them on their website) for appetizers.  These were smaller than what I had before but were pretty good.  The sauce that came with the empanadas was really good!

Knowing that the Paella Valenciana was going to take awhile to cook, I placed the order as soon as we got there while we were waiting for our friends to arrive.  It was ready for us was soon as we were done with the appetizers.  Perfect!  This was made with saffron rice with flavors of aromatic herbs, sautéed in cast-iron skillet with fresh clams, mussels, fish and calamari, chicken and Spanish chorizo.  I thought it was quite flavorful.

Allen and our 2 other friends ordered the Pollo Asado which is chicken roasted in orange -garlic herb and served with mojo sauce.  I thought it was bland.  The chicken was tender but not much flavor to it.  It needed some more ‘MOJO’!!!  One of our friends ordered Arroz Frito Cubano which is Teriyaki-soy wok-fried rice, with smoked ham, pork, shrimp and chicken, scallions and bean sprouts.  This was really good fried rice.  I never knew Cuban used Teriyaki soy!

For desserts, we tried the Flan, Rice Pudding, Bread Pudding, and Cuban Guava with Cream Cheese.  Honestly, I didn’t care for any of them.  Rice pudding was too watery.  I didn’t try the Flan because I don’t like it.  The bread pudding tasted more like custard than bread.  And the guava didn’t taste anything like guava.  All I tasted was the cream cheese.  I would skip dessert next time and go to Yogurtland for some yummy yogurt!

We had a great time but with great companies, we knew we would no matter where we went.

Moros Cuban Restaurant
380 N. Harbor Blvd
La Habra, CA 90631
(562)694-4169