Latin infused cuisine
808 Fifth Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
732-988-8806
http://www.lailaslatincuisine.com
Dinner
Tuesday thru Saturday 5pm
•January & February•
Dinner
Thursday thru Sunday
Reservations accepted
BYO
Available For On And Off Site Catering
“It’s good food, tasty food, enjoyable food”. “with feisty garlic shrimp: neither shy nor overstated, the moist shrimp are invigorated by garlic made sweet by deft cooking. I want to lap up every bit of the simple, focused sauce.”
- Andrea Clurfeld, Asbury Park Press
Aperitivos-appetizers
Alcapurias-bolitas – a new take on a traditional island favorite; a mixture of fried seasoned nuggets made of green plantain, green bananas, eddo’s & ground pork meat
7
Albondigas estilo cubano – cuban style meatballs – lean beef, cumin & latin spices
7
Mini pastelillos – homemade pastry filled with seasoned spinach and white cheese
Or ground beef and potatoes
6
Bean humus – black garbanzo beans, latino spices, fresh garlic – served with homemade plantain chips
7
Chorizo spanol – spanish chorizo – served on a bed of tostones
7
Camarones al ajillo – garlic shrimp
10
Coctel de camarones - jumbo shrimp cocktail
11
Sopa – frijoles negros – black bean soup
5
Ensaladas – salads
House salad – organic greens, red tomatoes, white cheese & croutons
7
Cuban garbanzo bean salad – red, green peppers, sweet yellow onions, lime juice, garlic & latin spices
6
Beet salad – field greens, julian carrots, pear, white cheese topped with olive oil vinaigrette
10
Platos’sfuertes – main dishes
All main dishes can be served with
Steamed vegetable medley or your choice of side
Pork
House specialty – pernil roast pork – slow baked, pulled pork, chose your favorite side
18
Carnitas de cerdo – fried marinated pork loin chunks – served with sweet plantains or tostones
15
Pork adobo tacos - 2 soft shell tacos topped with small chunks of seasoned pork, cheese, onions & guacamole
12
Poultry
Les’s pollo relleno – stuffed chicken – grilled chicken breast with cranberry, spinach and white cheese – topped with a white wine cranberry sauce – choice of rice
19
Arroz con pollo – chicken & rice – seasoned yellow rice mixed with tender slices of white meat
13
Open – range all natural grass-fed beef
“Imported from the fields of uruguay”
Best steak- best of new york- new york magazine “a huge grilled steak exceptional”
- the new york times
Choose your favorite side…
Churrasco – skirt steak – topped with chimichurri sauce
25
Rib eye – seasoned with peppercorn and latin spices
25
Ny strip steak – seasoned with organic herbs and latin spices
26
Seafood
Camarones alajillo – garlic shrimp – served with fufu- seasoned
Mashed plantains
18
Pan fried shrimp – marinated in black, white and red pepper, coriander seeds, limejuice & latino spices – served with garlic marsh
18
Grilled salmon – topped with sautéed onion, peppers, julian sweet potato
Or choose our special cream corn sauce
25
Grilled tilapia & scallops – seasoned in a lemon herb seasoning- served with
Garlic mash
24
Sandwiches (panini style) serveds with spanish fries
El cubanito – cuban sandwich – roast pork, swiss cheese, ham, pickle, topped with mojito
20
Grilled chicken sandwich – sautéed with our own special spices, topped with organic mixed greens
10
Acompanamientos – sides
Steamed yucca with mojito – garlic & olive oil, topped with seasoned red onions
6
Tostones – thinly sliced fried green plantain served with mojito
5
Arroz con gandules – island rice
4
Arroz amarillo – seasoned yellow rice
4
Moro – black bean rice
4.50
Maduros – sweet plantains
4
Papas majadas al ajillo – garlic mash potatoes
5
Habichuelas negras - black beans
3
Spanish fries – thinly sliced fried potatoes
5
Ninos – children
Chicken nuggets & fries
7
Beverages
Coke – diet coke – sprite – 2
bottled water – 1
bottled sparklingwater – 4
coffee – 2.50
Espresso – 3
sangria mix – 7
