APPETIZERS

Lobster Croquettes
Crisp Florida lobster croquettes set on palm leaf with a sweet and spicy pineapple salsa and a palette of dipping sauces.

Yuca Ceviche del Salvaje
Yuca's own "wild" ceviche of fresh grouper, shrimp, calamari, octopus and lobster forged in ginger-lime marinade and laced with scotch bonnet pepper. Some say it's an aphrodisiac!

Tamale de Caracol
Spiced Bahamian conch served in a traditional steamed Cuban fresh corn tamale served with a piquant conch escabeche.

Prince Edward Mussels
Farm raised Prince Edward Island mussels steamed in our own yuca black bean broth with bits of chorizo, fresh basil garlic and cilantro. Topped with a crisp brandade cake.

Cesta de Empanadas
A sampling of our housemade empanadas filled with various, beef, chicken and seafood picadillos. Served in a basket with jalapeño chimichurri dipping sauce.

Spanish Piquillo Peppers
Roasted Spanish piquiilo peppers filled with chorizo and porcini mushrooms and served with a creamy cabrales cheese sauce.

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Soups and Salads

Glorias Frijoles Negros
A rich cuban black bean soup, served with a hot rice pancake, sour cream and chopped scallions.

Gazpacho Sobe
Iberian style chilled soup made with garden ripe tomatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers. Drizzled with a light cilantro oil. A hot weather favorite.

Sopa del Dia
Daily soup featuring seasonal ingredients and made from scratch.

Caesar Salad
The traditional salad (of Latino birth!!) With a Latin twist. Crisp romaine, shaved manchego cheese, yuca croutons and creamy Caesar dressing.

Available with:
Grilled chicken or crisp calamari
Grilled churrasco or grilled shrimp

Churrasco Salad Cubano
Grilled marinated skirt steak strips tossed in chili- garlic mojo on a Caribbean salad with watercress, steamed yuca and avocado.

Calamari Salad
Tender calamari soaked in beer and spice, dredged in seasoned flour a crisp fried. Served on farmer's greens with garbanzo vinaigrette.

Yuca Garden Greens
Fresh picked farmer's greens tossed with a very Caribbean guava vinaigrette and farmer's cheese.

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Sandwiches
All sandwiches served with fresh seasonal fruits and crisp yuca fries

Yuca Media Noche
Thin slices of chorizo, Spanish Serrano ham, and manchego cheese served on pressed Cuban bread with mustard.

The Calle Ocho
Inspired in Miami's Latin quarter! Roast pork tenderloin, sliced thin and marinated in a latin olive, cachucha pepper, olive oil and caper relish. Served hot on Cuban bread.

"Queso" Steak Sandwich
Strips of skirt steak sautéed and tossed with a fire roasted pepper medley, then blended with shredded manchego cheese.

Mar a Mesa
The chef's daily creation using the freshest available fish

Pollo Criollo Sandwich
Citrus marinated and pan roasted breast of chicken served on Cuban bread with mustard, manchego cheese and roasted peppers.

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Entrees

Yuca Rellena
A vegetarian's delight. Steamed yuca filled with a truffle scented wild mushroom picadillo. Served on sautéed fresh spinach with two vibrant vinaigrettes of beet and carrot

Grilled Fillet of Salmon Chino Latino
Marinated in an oriental dressing, seared rare and presented on a light salad of watercress, yuca, black olives, avocado with a Peruvian style yellow pepper dressing.

Guava BBQ Baby Back Ribs
Yuca's famous spicy guava BBQ baby back ribs (accept no imitation!!) Presented on crisp yuca con mojo fries and a cool chayote cole slaw.

Ajiaco de Mariscos
A steaming tropical presentation of lobster, scallop, shrimp, clams and mussels in a delicious Caribbean stew. Drizzled with cilantro oil.

Pollo Criollo
Marinated in tropical citrus juices and grilled. Served on fufu with a creamy cilantro essence, plantain chips and avocado salad.

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Side Dishes and Extras

White rice
Tostones
Japonica Rice
Maduros
Shredded Yuca Fries
Roast Garlic Mash
Steamed Yuca
Fufu

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Dinner

Appetizers

Yuca garden greens
Fresh picked farmer's greens tossed with a very Caribbean
Guava vinaigrette and farmer's cheese

Doña Glorias Frijoles Negros
A rich Cuban black bean soup, served with a hot rice pancake,
Sour cream and chopped scallions

Gazpacho Sobe
Iberian style chilled soup made with garden ripe tomatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers. Drizzled with a light cilantro oil. A hot weather favorite.

Cesta de Empanadas
A sampling of our housemade empanadas filled with various, beef, chicken and seafood picadillos. Served in a basket with jalapeño chimichurri dipping sauce.

Lobster Croquettes
Crisp florida lobster croquettes set on palm leaf with a sweet and spicy
Pineapple salsa. Painted with a palette of dipping sauces.

Tamale de Caracol
Spiced Bahamian conch served in a traditional steamed Cuban fresh corn tamale served with a piquant conch escabeche.

The Famous Seafood Puteria
Fresh local fish, shrimp and calamari, sautéed with white wine, tomatoes and capers. Presented in a flowering plantain basket with avocados and imported black olives.


Sugar Cane Skewered Guava Shrimp
Sugar cane skewered and seared jumbo shrimp, caramelized with a guava-chili glaze and served on West Indian sweet potato cakes.

Yuca Ceviche del Salvaje
Yuca's own "wild" ceviche of fresh grouper, shrimp, calamari, octopus and lobster forged in ginger-lime marinade and laced with scotch bonnet pepper. Some say it's an aphrodisiac!

Tasajo
A yuca original. Ripe sweet plantains wrapped around a savory cured beef filling. Served with an herbal salsa verde and cool sour cream.

Coco de Camarones
Large shrimp sautéed with chorizo and coconut milk. Presented in a ripe green coconut.

Steamed Little Neck Clams
Farm raised little neck clams steamed in our own yuca black bean broth with bits of chorizo, fresh basil, garlic and cilantro. Topped with a crisp brandade cake.

Spanish piquillo peppers
Roasted Spanish piquiilo peppers filled with chorizo and porcini mushrooms and served with a creamy cabrales cheese sauce.

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Entrees

Guava BBQ baby back ribs
Yuca's famous spicy guava BBQ baby back ribs (accept no imitation!!) Presented on
Crisp yuca con mojo fries and a cool chayote cole slaw.

Grilled Pork Tenderloin
Marinated pork tenderloin grilled to order - the finished with a rioja wine reduction and served with a congri rice and a ripe avocado ensaladita.

Churrasco
A Latin favorite! Grilled marinated skirt steak on garlic mashed potato with pico de gallo and jalapeño chimichurri. Also available as mar y tierra.

Yuca Rellena
A vegetarian's delight. Steamed yuca filled with a truffle scented wild mushroom picadillo. Served on sauteed fresh spinach with two vibrant vinaigrettes of beet and carrot

"South Beach" snapper
Served minuta style; crisp, semi-boneless and filled with a crazy avocado and jalapeño rice. Topped with a relish of sweet and hot peppers and chili-garlic sofrito.

Tuna Chino-Latino
Ruby red tuna marinated in an oriental dressing, crusted with yuca and seared rare. Presented on a light salad of watercress, yuca, black olives, avocado and a Peruvian style yellow pepper dressing.

Pepita Crusted Grouper
Fillet of grouper crusted with green pumpkin seed and cumin. Served on a crisp
Catalan style bacalao cake with a sweet and spicy poblano pepper sauce.

Rabo Encendido
A true taste of Cuba; tender slow braised oxtail in a fiery rioja wine sauce with
Roast garlic and yuca mash. Accompanied by a sweet plantain and ginger flan.

Ajiaco de Mariscos
A steaming tropical presentation of lobster, shrimp, clams, scallops and mussels in a delicious Caribbean stew. Drizzled with cilantro oil. Served with a spicy crab enchilado empanada.

Chef Andy's Plantain Coated Dolphin
The!!! Original plantain coated dolphin served on sweet plantain fufu with seasonal vegetable-roast pepper pistou and tamarind tartar sauce.

Mar y Tierra
Tenderloin of beef, seared to your liking, then gratineed with
Spanish cabrales cheese. Presented on yuca's original lobster mash with grilled lobster tail and truffled rioja wine sauce. Accompanied by serrano wrapped asparagus. An elegant inspiration from the "madre patria".

Onion and Yuca Crusted Rack of Lamb.
Pan roasted rack of Australian lamb crusted with toasted yuca and caramelized onions. Presented on malanga-goat cheese mash with a black bean and red wine reduction sauce.
Served with fire roasted peppers.

Pollo Criollo
Semi boneless half chicken, marinated in tropical citrus juices and grilled. Served with a citrus vinaigrette on fufu with plantain chips and avocados.

Grilled Chilean Salmon
Grilled fillet of Chilean salmon served with a nutty japonica black rice and a light mango mustard sauce. Finished with a garlic-tomato concasse

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Side Dishes and Extras

White rice
Tostones
Japonica Rice
Maduros
Black beans
Chips and Dip
Malanga Goat Cheese Mash
Shredded Yuca Fries
Roast Garlic Mash
Steamed Yuca
Yuca's Own Lobster Mash
Fufu

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Desserts By Josefa

"Tres Leches de Chocolate"
Chocolate sponge cake soaked in three milks, finished with a decadent chocolate mousse and crowned with homemade chocolate ice cream. Definitely a chocolate lover's dream!!

"Tres Cocos Muy Locos"
A luxurious coconut custard natilla, caramelized and presented island style in a fresh green coconut.

Key West Napoleon
Layers of flaky pastry sheets, filled with a key lime cream and topped with dulce de leche caramel.

Josefa's Cuban Rice Pudding
A classic ending to a perfect Cuban meal, served in a sugar almond basket with homemade ginger wafers and cinnamon.

Buñuelos
Cuban sweet potato biegnet presented with sweetened boniato mousse and crunchy almond turron ice cream.

Peras en Cartucho
Fresh pears slow roasted with anise and aromatic spices, filo wrapped and stuffed with dulce de leche. Caribbean rum raisin ice cream completes this popular dish

Night and Day Flan Duet
Traditional vanilla flan paired with chocolate gran marnier flan.

Classic Cuban Bread Pudding
From vieja Habana to pequeña Habana, our famous bread pudding served with fresh guava sauce and helado diplomatico.

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Ice creams, Ices and Sorbet
All made in house by our pastry chef Josefa Balbin.
Also ask your server for any of Josefa's daily inspirations

Ice Cream Sorbet
Vanilla Mango
Belgian Chocolate Passionfruit
Café Cubano Coconut
Guava Cream Cheese Green Apple
Almond Turron Pineapple
Rum Raisin Fresh Berry
Dulce de Leche

Fresh fruits and select cheeses available on request all ice creams and sorbets

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After Dinner Wines

Chateau D'yquem, Sauternes

Chateau Lefaurie-peyraguey, Sauternes

Essencia Orange Muscat by Quady, Sonoma

Elysiu Black Muscat by Quady, Sonoma

Satinela "Vendimia Tardia" by Marques de Caceres


End your evening with a cigar seclection from our humidor and a fine after dinner drink from our extensive collection.

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Mojito

Our bar serves an assortment of cocktails including our specialty "the Mojito" which is a unique type of rum drink. The Mojito is a smooth-tasting mixture of rum, sugar, limejuice, club soda and crushed iced to complete your meal and is a must to complement your dining experience that you cannot leave Yuca without trying one.

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