Media Noche Cuban Cuisine Menu (Update 2025)
Media Noche Cuban Cuisine is a vibrant buffet offering authentic Cuban and seafood dishes in Covina, CA. With a Latinx-owned establishment, the restaurant provides a casual dining experience with options for outdoor seating and waiter service. The menu showcases Cuban classics like Ropa Vieja, Carne con Papas, and Pollo Encebollado, each prepared with fresh ingredients and traditional recipes. Customers rave about the flavorful dishes, with Alma C. praising the Tostones mofongo, and Its Yo Boy M. describing the Cubano sandwich as a must-try. The warm ambiance and attentive staff create a welcoming atmosphere for diners to enjoy a culinary journey through Cuba. Be sure to save room for desserts like flan and tres leches cake to cap off your delightful meal at Media Noche Cuban Cuisine.
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Fiesta Cubana
Ham croquettes, potato stuffed, empanada, marquitas and more.
Yuca Frita
Fried cassava root.
Mariquitas
Thin plantains sliced, fried and served with mojo sauce.
Tostones
Fried green plantains.
8 Piece Platano Maduro
Sweet fried plantains.
2 Piece Empanadas
Beef or chicken meat filled turnovers.
2 Piece Tamales Cubanos
Savory pork and warm soft corn filling steamed inside a corn husk.
Ceviche
Chopped red basa, fresh lemon juice, onions, tomato and cilantro.
4 Piece Tostones Rellenos
Beef, chicken or shrimp filling on open green plantains.
Croquetas
Ham croquettes.
Fufu
Mofongo. Smashed green plantains with pork.
Calamares al Fogon
Fried calamares with suchini.
3 Piece Papas Rellenas
Potato balls stuffed with onion and savory ground beef filling.
Yuca con Chicharron
Steamed cassava served with mojo sauce and crispy pork.
Yuca al Mojo
Steamed cassava root with mojo sauce.
Chicharron de Pollo
Crispy chicken bites.
Media Noche Sandwich
Ham, marinated pork, Swiss cheese and pickles.
Cubano Sandwich
Sliced smoked ham, marinated pork, Swiss cheese and pickles.
Ropa Vieja Sandwich
Braised marinated beef Cuban style with Swiss cheese.
Pan con Lechon Sandwich
Pulled pork with sauteed onions.
Pan con Bistec Sandwich
Grilled steak with sauteed onions.
Bistec de Pollo Sandwich
Iron grilled chicken breast with sauteed onions.
Sandwiches
Beef
Ropa Vieja
Braised marinated beef Cuban style in a light tomato sauce.
Carne con Papas
Top sirloin beef stew with potatoes and green olives Cuban style.
Vaca Frita
Fried shredded beef with onions and bell peppers.
Picadillo Criollo
Cuban style ground beef in criollo sauce with green olives.
Bistec Empanizado
Breaded steak with onions.
Bistec Encebollado
Grilled steak with onions.
Rabo Encendido
Tender ox-tail braised in red wine sauce.
Churrasco
Prime skirt steak grilled crispy and sauteed onions with chimichurry sauce.
Lechon Asado
Marinated slow roasted pork and hand pulled pork with mojo sauce.
Masa de Puerco
Citrus marinated fried pork.
Chuletas de Puerco
Juicy grilled pork chop with onions and mojo sauce.
Arroz Frito Cubano
Rice with chicken, smoked ham, pork, shrimp, egg, bean spouts and green onions.
Pork
Chicken
Fricase de Pollo
Tender chicken slowly cooked in a white wine red sauce.
Pollo Encebollado
Iron grilled chicken breast with mojo sauce.
Pollo Empanizado
Breaded chicken breast with onions and mojo sauce.
Pollo Asado
1/2 chicken roasted and orange garlic herb with mojo sauce.
Arroz con Pollo
Cuban style saffron rice with chicken.
Paella del Mar
Saffron rice with reminiscent flavors aromatic herbs, sauteed in a castiron skillet with fresh clams, mussels, fish and calamari jumbo shrimp.
Camaron Empanizado
Breaded jumbo shrimp in salsa roja.
Camaron Enchilado
Shrimp cooked with vine and criollo Cuban sauce.
Camaron al Ajillo
Jumbo shrimp sauteed in garlic infused obeo sauce.
Pescado Frito
Breaded bass fish with garlic lemon sauce.
Filete de Salmon
Grilled fillet salmon with scallops in a zesty light wine sauce.
Pinnacle Sea Bass
Bass fish with jumbo shrimp in a light vodka criollo sauce dusted with Parmesan cheese.
Florida Lobster al Ajillo
Jumbo shrimp sauteed with mushrooms.
Halibut Apanado
Crusted halibut fish, served with white rice, muscles jumbo shrimp, shallots in sesty light wine sauce and grilled asparagus.
Paella a la Tinta
Our saffron rice with reminiscent flavors of aromatic herbs, sauteed in a castiron skillet with fresh clams, mussels, fish and calamari ink jumbo.
Paella Vallenciana
Saffron rice with reminiscent flavors aromatic herbs, sauteed in a castiron skillet with fresh chicken, pork, Spanish chorizo and seafood.
Casuela de Mariscos
Combination of seafood sauteed with roasted peppers and garlic.
Seafood
Salad and Soup
Ensalada de Aquacate
Mixed greens, tomatoes, avocado and cucumber.
Ensalada de Churrasco
Mixed greens, tomatoes, avocado, cucumber and crispy grilled prime skirt steak with onions.
Ensalada de Salmon
Mixed greens, tomatoes, avocado and cucumber.
Ensalada de la Casa
House salad.
Ensalada Vaca Frita
Mixed greens, tomatoes, avocado, cucumber and fried shredded beef with onions and bell pepper.
Sopa del Dia
Chefs choice soup.
Arroz Blanco
Frijol Negro
Papas Fritas
Aquacate
Pan Cubano
Arroz Moros
side of mojo
Sides
Drinks
Ironbeer
Cuban Traditional soda similar to root beer and Dr.Pepper very unique & very delicious.
Jupia
A Cuban pineapple soda
Materva
Cuban tea soda made from Yerba mate.
Malta
non-alcoholic malted beverage.
Inka Kola
popular Peruvian soft drink it has a sweet fruity flavor similar taste to cream soda maybe even better!!
Coke
Dr.pepper
Sprite
Agua Fresca de Maracuy
Natural fruit water made from the delicious tropical fruit Maracuy also known as passion fruit.
Agua Fresca de guanabana
Natural fruit water soursop flavor
unsweetened Ice tea
Freshly brewed unsweetened ice tea
Maracuy ice tea
freshly brewed Passion tea.
Caf Cubano
cuban expresso.
Caf con leche
cuban expresso with steam milk.
Cuban cortadito
sweetened cuban espresso with steam milk.