Our first dinning experience in Orlando - Cuba Libre

How much sleep do you need to counter being awake for 30 hours? The answer is a lot!

We’ve just woken up in our very comfortable beds at the Rosen Plaza Hotel on International Drive. Fingers crossed our 30 hour day yesterday has been completely erased by some serious shut-eye and we don’t get any jet-lag (at the moment we’re both feeling rather fresh – excitement and adrenaline are probably helping us out here too!).

After arriving yesterday evening, we were met by Steve from the Orlando CVB. He took us on a whirlwind tour of International Drive so we could get our bearings before dropping us off at the Rosen Plaza Hotel. Our quick spin up and down one of Orlando’s most famous stretches of road raised one very perplexing question; how in the world where we going to choose which restaurant we wanted to have dinner at?! There were so many and so varied options. In the end we decided on Cuba Libre at Orlando Pointe and we weren’t disappointed!

From the staff greeting us at the door to the food itself, if this is what eating out is like in Orlando, I’m looking forwards to the next week even more! :-) We went all carnivorous and ordered the mixed meat grill (yes ma, we had side orders of vegetables :-p). The two cuts of steaks were sublime, especially the one that came out coiled up and skewered, talk about juicy! The most interesting taste we had though, one that was new to me, was actually served free with our bread – mango flavoured butter. It was really very good. Kinda amazing how even amongst as great a meal as we had last night, sometimes the smallest parts can have such an impact – kudos to Cuba Libre for such a great feed, and for looking after the little details too!

So, we had planned on being good today and resting up before the other finalists arrive... but... Wet n’ Wild is just up the road from us and its lure may prove too much for us to ignore. We’re going to see how we’re feeling after some breakfast.
And on that note – we’re out of here, off to find some food to get us started – I think I saw an all you can eat American breakfast sign at a place just down the road...

NEED TO KNOW

Stay
Rosen Plaza Hotel
Where: 9700 International Drive, Orlando 32819
Web:http://www.rosenplaza.com/
Phone: 407 996 9700

Eat
Cuba Libre
Where: Pointe Orlando, 9101 International Drive, Orlando 32819
Web: http://www.cubalibrerestaurant.com/
Phone: 407 226 1600