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El Golfo Restaurant
Kensington, MD

Cuban Plates — Masitas & Pollo al Horno in Kensington, MD

Masitas de puerco in Sevilla bitter orange, and half a mojo-criollo roast chicken. We're 14 min · 7.4 mi from Kensington, at 8739 Flower Avenue in Silver Spring.

El Golfo is fourteen minutes from Kensington down Plyers Mill and Georgia. Stop in after Antique Row for dinner, Pan-Latin favorites and the patio in season.

From Kensington we're 14 min · 7.4 mi, which makes Cuban plates a short trip rather than a whole day's errand.

Cuban Plates — Masitas & Pollo al Horno at El Golfo Restaurant

Cuban Plates — Masitas & Pollo al Horno done properly

Masitas de Puerco are Cuban-style oven-baked pork morsels marinated in Sevilla bitter orange and mojo criollo, served with sweet plantain ($26) — another of the dishes their own story page says customers rave about. Pollo al Horno is half an oven-roasted chicken in the same mojo criollo treatment topped with sweet Spanish onions ($26), and the kids' Moros y Cristianos plate ($10) keeps the Cuban corner honest.

What's included

  • Masitas de Puerco with sweet plantain — $26 (GF)
  • Pollo al Horno — half roast chicken in mojo criollo — $26 (GF)
  • Moros y Cristianos kids' plate — $10
  • Plátanos with crema fresca and beans — $6
Around Kensington

Antique Row · Washington DC Temple · Kensington MARC station · Plyers Mill Road

Kensington FAQs

Cuban Plates — Masitas & Pollo al Horno questions

What is mojo criollo?
A Cuban citrus-garlic marinade. Both the masitas and the roast chicken are built on it.
Are the Cuban dishes gluten-free?
Masitas de Puerco and Pollo al Horno are both marked GF on the menu.
Tonight, then

Cuban Plates — Masitas & Pollo al Horno in Kensington?

8739 Flower Avenue, Silver Spring — parking on site for 30-plus cars. Order takeout online, or come in for the version with a sizzling platter and a warm welcome.

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