Roger’s photographic archive

A Cuban dinner on the Upper West Side

· Archive date · Historical record

A Cuban dinner on the Upper West Side
Original photograph by Roger Ma · Preserved from the Flickr archive

From the original post

The photo note

#Cuban #grub for #dinner! #empanada #sopa #pescado #bistec #porkshank #foodforfoodies #foodpics #foodography #foodphotography #livetoeat #sharefood #foodporn #foodgasm #foodspotting #foodstyling #nomnom #latin #comida #nyc #upperwestside #newyork…

Looking back

The SD Foodie take

Editorial commentary written from Roger’s original photograph and caption. Roger’s own words are the quoted photo note above.

Six plates fill the collage: a crusted fish fillet, a small appetizer with a red sauce swirl, braised pork shank, rice with a fried egg, fish with chickpeas in broth, and a steak with fries.

The hashtags list empanada, sopa, pescado, bistec and pork shank, and the plating is more polished than a lunch counter. Without a restaurant name the record stays general, but it shows how widely Roger ate in a single New York day — fishball noodles and dim sum in Chinatown, Cuban plates uptown.

The quick critique

What stood out

  • Braised pork shank
  • Bistec with fries
  • A six-plate spread

Bottom line

Archive verdict

A generous uptown Cuban dinner that rounded out a very full New York eating day.