Fusing international cuisines creates provocative new dishes, whereas fusing international languages still just sounds like Latin. Savour flavours without borders with this Groupon.
Choose Between Two Options
$15 for two lunch combos (a $30 value)
- A choice of mixed-greens or sweet potato fries for each person
- A choice of a lunch entree for each person, such as a 12-inch Romeo pulled-pork burrito or a smoked salmon wrap with arugula, pico de gallo, capers, and roasted garlic aioli
- Pop, juice, coffee, or tea for each person
- View the menu (click on lunch)
$30 for a pitcher of margaritas or sangria and two appetizers (a $60 total value)
- Tapas appetizers include calamari and the chorizo tostado with red wine, capers, onions, olives, and green peppers
Mambo Restaurante Nuevo Latino
Head chef Pablo Robaina is out to change minds. “Many people think Latin American food is just beans and rice,” he said in a 2008 interview with the Ottawa City Guide, “but there are so many other ingredients that can blow your mind with flavour.” Though the restaurant’s small plates, such as rollos de pollos, tacos del norte, and chorizo tostado, stay true to the chef’s Mexican and Venezuelan roots, Robaina also looks to other continents for culinary inspiration in such dishes as the Spanish-style tapas and the curried rack of lamb. Since being opened by the creators of Kinki Asian Fusion in 2007, Mambo Restaurante Nuevo Latino has embodied a multicultural culinary tradition as if it were built on the international date line.
