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You had never been to America when I watched your first video and now you’re practically here every weekend. 😂 I’m a Floridian myself, I’m glad we’re providing an enjoyable vacation spot for you. 😊
My old stomping grounds. Grew up and lived in Miami for almost 60 years. That Cuban coffee will have you bouncing off the walls. I usually only drink one or two shots of it. lol. It is made to share with others using little paper shot glasses they give you.
The most popular official foods of Florida are key lime pie and stone crab claws. There is great Seafood in Florida. The seafood industry in Florida is 19 billion😊
Shaun - Versailles is the OG - near Flagler!!! A must try! And you need to ride the Water Taxi off of Las Olas when you go to Ft. Lauderdale so you'll have a beautiful view of the intercoastal!! Take the outbound boat!
My worlds colliding in the nicest ways. I live in Miami Beach and I started watching your videos back in the day to help me learn Portuguese and helped me a lot with Brazilian Culture with my girlfriend from Brazil and my two trips to Brazil since - 😅
congrats you've survived calle ocho in summer, i warned you about the coffee in your last video we don't play in miami. if you get a chance i would suggest Viscaya for an old miami vibe. miami isn't really a touristy place anymore unless you want to spend a ton of money. dinner suggestion if your in the mood for meat Texas de Brazil.
WHILE IN FLORIDA GO TO ONE OF THE FLORIDA SPRINGS!!!!! ICHETUCKNEE, RAINBOW SPRINGS, OR ANY OF THE MANY BEAUTIFUL SPRINGS, THEY ARE SO WORTH GOING!!! ESPECIALLY WHILE ITS SUMMER!!!!!
Shaun and Teka, have you ever heard that Miami has the unofficial title of "Capital of Latin America?" Also, about 52% of Miami-Dade County residents were born outside the United States, while 71.9% of the population spoke a language other than English at home in 2022. I agree: Cuban sandwiches are great. There's a restaurant in a store up here in northern IL which has them on their menu. Did you also try the local chain Pollo Tropical? The statue at 10:16 looks like the mascot.
@@bruxi78230, gracias, mi amigo.😀 Several summers ago, I was on vacation as far south as Dry Tortugas, and spent several days and nights hosted by a family in Homestead. During that time, they got some takeout from there several times, and I really liked it, as well as going along for the ride for a pickup.
I grew up in Florida, now live in another state. One thing I miss are real Cuban sandwiches. The things they have here are NOT Cuban sandwiches. The ingredients might be similar, but that's it. Glad you got to eat one.
You were melting 😂 You came in the off season, like others mentioned the “winter” season is less hot but gets more touristy with all the snowbirds in town. That means that sometimes places pack full, some places that don’t take reservations in the off season DO, and there are people and cars everywhere especially at all the touristy places. So bring patience… but you won’t melt as much 😊 it’s getting and staying hotter every year, I can remember as a child having a cold snap to make the citrus sweet each winter. Almost gone now.
A cubano is one of the best foods to go with a baseball game, if you can eat it before it gets completely soft. I wish all ball parks would make exceptions for cubanos.
The other big Cuban area in Florida is Ybor City in Tampa, which is where was born and still live 37 years later. After watching this I need a Cuban, so I'm gonna walk across the street and grab one...
Are you still in Miami Shaun? Spoke to you before. Originally from Kirkcaldy but have lived over here in Miami for 25 years. Looks like you are having a great time. Enjoy!!!!
I’m a new subscriber! Can’t go on the trip because of money and my husband and I are both disabled…..we also have three dogs that we could never leave even for a trip because they just wouldn’t understand! I married a Scottish man twenty years ago and I’d love for us to see Scotland in the future…..we live in the states…..I can dream can’t I?! Anyway, looking forward to watching your videos!! ❤️💫🐶🐶🐶💫❤️
Hi Shaun and Teka! Thanks for all you have shared, it is so fun to see you discover my country. Please consider going to the Albuquerque Balloon Festival- you will get the added bonuses of Santa Fe and Taos.
I totally would love to see you checking out Cuba. The daily life of people can be very challenging but it still a beautiful country. I wonder what did Teka think of Miami. Were there any similarities to Brazil?
The first time I was in Miami was in 1974, there was almost no Cubans. There was a large population of Jewish people from New York City. They still live there but in the richer areas and in Northern Miami. 😊
Shaun, come back to South Florida when it's NOT summer - nobody in their right mind comes to South Florida in the summer - it's when the people who live here go to the mountains in North Carolina & Tennessee! Come in November! Miami, the Keys and the Gulf Coast are so much nicer then. Not cold but you also won't get heat stroke. And next time check out Wynwood Walls for some very cool wall art. The Cuban sandwich is a Cuban sandwich in the US, but not in Cuba. And I have no idea what the roast beef sandwich you had was all about. Maybe someplace in Little Havana trying to be a deli? The coffees you had were also completely new on me - you definitely stopped into some places that are very modern something or other, but coffee with strawberry? Mango? NOT cuban coffee, even the cup of "Cuban coffee" you had. Cuban coffee is served black (condensed milk?? what???), in a cup roughly the size of a large thimble. I was born & raised in Miami, and have never had anything Cuban like the stuff you had to eat or drink! It may have been delicious coffee, but it wasn't Cuban coffee! Next time also come just over the north Miami-Dade County line to Hollywood since you like to swim in the ocean. Hollywood has a beautiful beach along the Broadwalk, with plenty of places to eat, a Margaritaville if you want to do the wave rider, and large public parking garages right on the beach.
I don't think or talk about Little Havana at all. When I think of Miami I think of South Beach and the beautiful ocean and seafood and stone crab claws. Actually Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach are much nicer😊
You look either drunk or dying from the humidity haha Miami will do that to us white boys. I went in MAY and it was still like 100 degrees and humid as shit.
Here’s a tip. If you’re planning a trip with your viewers, some will join you, but some are probably already at your destination of choice. I know I have several Universal Studios employee tickets sitting around, I could’ve gotten like 6 people in for free… perhaps you could communicate with viewers in your planned destination to help with the financial burden and help plan the trip. 😊
@@shaunvlog I’m in Orlando nowadays so if you do Disney World or anything here, Let us know! 😃 Love your videos. I lived in Miami about 60 years so enjoyed the memories.
I was afraid that dessert coffee would give you a sugar rush and then crash, totally erasing the caffeine from the first coffee. I love my Caribbean coffee, I order a brand from Purto Rico whenever possible
If you are going to plan a location together, the best spot is really Las Vegas. Air fare is cheap, you can get group rates for hotels and there is a lot to do in a smaller area. We do our annual military veteran reunions there every few years because it's so easy for most to get there. Not as expensive as you would think.
I laugh at these UK vloggers who come to the USA and act like they're food connoisseurs, when in reality, they're home countries food is disgusting, and no American would eat it.
you obviously didn't watch any of my videos - if you did, you'd know that i say every single time that British food is terrible and American food is much better.
unfortunately that is NOT a Cuban Sandwich. The original "Cuban" sandwich was actually first created in Tampa in Ybor City and was a mix of the Cuban and Italian immigrants that lived there, hence the Salami in addition to the pork. Real Cuban bread is rougher in texture and what gives it its iconic flavor is when they bake it they press a palmetto leaf on to the top of the dough as it bakes. So come to Tampa to get the real Cuban sandwich. In Cuba they don't even know what a cuban sandwich is. It is totally American (Tampa, FL) creation.
I am Cuban and I do not think that that was traditional Cuban sandwich and the second one I have never seen. many people try to reinvent cuban food for tourist and I think that is what you ate.
A Cuban Sandwich is Cuban food? Since when? That's floridian food. My parents and grandparents came from Cuba and we NEVER ate Cuban Sandwiches. Arroz con Pollo or Ropa Vieja or Picadillo or Fricase de Pollo with some Flan or Natilla for dessert. The onlly thing not american was perhaps the coffee. Try some REAL cuban pork instead of a Florida Cuban sandwich which most Cubans have never had.
@@shaunvlogLittle Havana is very dangerous with a lot of crime. I would say mostly in South Beach does a really beautiful beach right there with Gorgeous turquoise water😊
Question for you: would you like to come on a group trip, hosted by me and attended by some viewers? If you may consider this, please fill out this survey so I can figure out the best locations for us to go, as well as budget and best time of year: trovatrip.com/host/profiles/shaun-uctv8
That is a fun idea I hope you don't give up on (just can't afford it atm)
@@LindaC616understand - though please do fill out the survey as it will give me ideas of where to go 😊
Yellowstone,vi can save you on housing!😊
You need to wash that Cuban sandwich down with an ice cold mojito! 🍹
Brilliant idea
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You had never been to America when I watched your first video and now you’re practically here every weekend. 😂
I’m a Floridian myself, I’m glad we’re providing an enjoyable vacation spot for you. 😊
Thank you appreciate it
Cuban Sandwich, ham, pork, Swiss cheese, pickles and mustard on Cuban bread and pressed. No salad.
Yes, if you're a purist. But when it's hot and humid (as Miami is), I can see where lettuce would make it refreshing
There wasn't salad in it. Those were the pickles
@@mamidegena that's what I said to you above. So why are you going on about the lettuce?
@@mamidegena weird flex, going on about things that aren't there, but that's okay. I'll let you get back to your invisible friends now
You never put lettuce in hot food. It gets wilted and nasty. Those were pickles.
My old stomping grounds. Grew up and lived in Miami for almost 60 years. That Cuban coffee will have you bouncing off the walls. I usually only drink one or two shots of it. lol. It is made to share with others using little paper shot glasses they give you.
The Cuban Sandwich is Florida's Official State Sandwich created in Florida by Cuban-American immigrants. Love it!
FALSE 😂😂😂
The most popular official foods of Florida are key lime pie and stone crab claws. There is great Seafood in Florida. The seafood industry in Florida is 19 billion😊
Welcome to Miami! If you come back to visit again, the humidity is much lower and the temperature is cooler from mid-November through March.
Thanks - 100% want to return in cooler times
Shaun - Versailles is the OG - near Flagler!!! A must try!
And you need to ride the Water Taxi off of Las Olas when you go to Ft. Lauderdale so you'll have a beautiful view of the intercoastal!! Take the outbound boat!
My worlds colliding in the nicest ways. I live in Miami Beach and I started watching your videos back in the day to help me learn Portuguese and helped me a lot with Brazilian Culture with my girlfriend from Brazil and my two trips to Brazil since - 😅
Love it. Thanks Shawn. Great to see you here
I’m glad you guys left the tourist trap beach and went into the city. That’s the real Miami
My two favorite sandwiches are a Cuban and a Reuben. Someone needs to come up with another sandwich that rhymes, so I can have a third favorite.
congrats you've survived calle ocho in summer, i warned you about the coffee in your last video we don't play in miami. if you get a chance i would suggest Viscaya for an old miami vibe. miami isn't really a touristy place anymore unless you want to spend a ton of money. dinner suggestion if your in the mood for meat Texas de Brazil.
Thanks - I really appreciate it. Looking forward to coming back. Loved the city
So glad you enjoyed your time in Miami. Those coffee's look amazing. Hope you and Teka are both well and happy!
Thank you Cathy really appreciate it
WHILE IN FLORIDA GO TO ONE OF THE FLORIDA SPRINGS!!!!! ICHETUCKNEE, RAINBOW SPRINGS, OR ANY OF THE MANY BEAUTIFUL SPRINGS, THEY ARE SO WORTH GOING!!! ESPECIALLY WHILE ITS SUMMER!!!!!
EXACTLY
High Springs Poe Springs 4 Blue Springs Fanning Springs Manatee Springs Rainbow Springs &waterfalls!!😁
Hart Springs otter Springs Ichatuchnee Springs...
We got 600 to choose from!!
Florida is amazing😍
Shaun and Teka, have you ever heard that Miami has the unofficial title of "Capital of Latin America?" Also, about 52% of Miami-Dade County residents were born outside the United States, while 71.9% of the population spoke a language other than English at home in 2022.
I agree: Cuban sandwiches are great. There's a restaurant in a store up here in northern IL which has them on their menu. Did you also try the local chain Pollo Tropical? The statue at 10:16 looks like the mascot.
Pollo Tropical is a great recommendation.
@@bruxi78230, gracias, mi amigo.😀 Several summers ago, I was on vacation as far south as Dry Tortugas, and spent several days and nights hosted by a family in Homestead. During that time, they got some takeout from there several times, and I really liked it, as well as going along for the ride for a pickup.
Looks like you guys had fun in Miami like you always do. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. ❤️😊
Some say that you shouldnt put pickle on a Cuban sandwich. But they are good with or without them. My favorite of all time. I like with a dark beer.
Florida native here! I love seeing people experience my state!! Cuban food is my favorite and a good Cuban sandwich is life-changing.
When I discovered the Cuban sandwich I was just shook an how good it was. I had no idea something so simple could taste so iconic
Cuban food is amazing!!!
It was a first for me and i loved it!!!
@@shaunvlogI'm sure there were a few similarities with Brazilian food
You were in my neighborhood in Miami Beach! I even see my building!
ah damn - we'll need to go for a coffee or beer next time!
@@shaunvlog absolutely! Come back when it's not so blazing hot. The Winter is AMAZING.
I grew up in Florida, now live in another state. One thing I miss are real Cuban sandwiches. The things they have here are NOT Cuban sandwiches. The ingredients might be similar, but that's it. Glad you got to eat one.
You were melting 😂 You came in the off season, like others mentioned the “winter” season is less hot but gets more touristy with all the snowbirds in town.
That means that sometimes places pack full, some places that don’t take reservations in the off season DO, and there are people and cars everywhere especially at all the touristy places.
So bring patience… but you won’t melt as much 😊 it’s getting and staying hotter every year, I can remember as a child having a cold snap to make the citrus sweet each winter. Almost gone now.
Cuban sandwich isn’t actually Cuban but it was invented for Cubans who worked construction sites.
Amazing tour, Shaun! So glad you had a good time in Miami. And then un Mojito and dance some Salsa, cuban music is cool! 👍🏻❤🎉
A cubano is one of the best foods to go with a baseball game, if you can eat it before it gets completely soft. I wish all ball parks would make exceptions for cubanos.
The other big Cuban area in Florida is Ybor City in Tampa, which is where was born and still live 37 years later. After watching this I need a Cuban, so I'm gonna walk across the street and grab one...
Sweet coffee with liquor... the result: A wide-awake drunk who's bouncing off the walls.
Your videos are so great, Shaun!
I really appreciate this. Thank you
I really appreciate this - thank you
Are you still in Miami Shaun? Spoke to you before. Originally from Kirkcaldy but have lived over here in Miami for 25 years. Looks like you are having a great time. Enjoy!!!!
This video is from a year ago😊
I’m a new subscriber! Can’t go on the trip because of money and my husband and I are both disabled…..we also have three dogs that we could never leave even for a trip because they just wouldn’t understand! I married a Scottish man twenty years ago and I’d love for us to see Scotland in the future…..we live in the states…..I can dream can’t I?! Anyway, looking forward to watching your videos!! ❤️💫🐶🐶🐶💫❤️
Shaun good choice. I often get those sanguich they ship them here to my my house in New York overnight. Delicious
Hi Shaun and Teka! Thanks for all you have shared, it is so fun to see you discover my country. Please consider going to the Albuquerque Balloon Festival- you will get the added bonuses of Santa Fe and Taos.
Thank you Jennifer I will 100% love to do this
Tampa is where the Cuban sandwich originates.
Ybor City to be exact.
Going to Miami in September. Any recommendations? Love your videos!
I totally would love to see you checking out Cuba. The daily life of people can be very challenging but it still a beautiful country. I wonder what did Teka think of Miami. Were there any similarities to Brazil?
The first time I was in Miami was in 1974, there was almost no Cubans. There was a large population of Jewish people from New York City. They still live there but in the richer areas and in Northern Miami. 😊
Shaun, come back to South Florida when it's NOT summer - nobody in their right mind comes to South Florida in the summer - it's when the people who live here go to the mountains in North Carolina & Tennessee! Come in November! Miami, the Keys and the Gulf Coast are so much nicer then. Not cold but you also won't get heat stroke. And next time check out Wynwood Walls for some very cool wall art. The Cuban sandwich is a Cuban sandwich in the US, but not in Cuba. And I have no idea what the roast beef sandwich you had was all about. Maybe someplace in Little Havana trying to be a deli? The coffees you had were also completely new on me - you definitely stopped into some places that are very modern something or other, but coffee with strawberry? Mango? NOT cuban coffee, even the cup of "Cuban coffee" you had. Cuban coffee is served black (condensed milk?? what???), in a cup roughly the size of a large thimble. I was born & raised in Miami, and have never had anything Cuban like the stuff you had to eat or drink! It may have been delicious coffee, but it wasn't Cuban coffee! Next time also come just over the north Miami-Dade County line to Hollywood since you like to swim in the ocean. Hollywood has a beautiful beach along the Broadwalk, with plenty of places to eat, a Margaritaville if you want to do the wave rider, and large public parking garages right on the beach.
I don't think or talk about Little Havana at all. When I think of Miami I think of South Beach and the beautiful ocean and seafood and stone crab claws. Actually Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach are much nicer😊
Darn chickens, in Miami of all plsces
You didn't go to the art deco district?
You look either drunk or dying from the humidity haha Miami will do that to us white boys. I went in MAY and it was still like 100 degrees and humid as shit.
I'm a white boy who loves heat and humidity. If you're overweight it's a problem😊
Here’s a tip. If you’re planning a trip with your viewers, some will join you, but some are probably already at your destination of choice. I know I have several Universal Studios employee tickets sitting around, I could’ve gotten like 6 people in for free… perhaps you could communicate with viewers in your planned destination to help with the financial burden and help plan the trip. 😊
Thank you really appreciate it - and great idea
@@shaunvlog I’m in Orlando nowadays so if you do Disney World or anything here, Let us know! 😃 Love your videos. I lived in Miami about 60 years so enjoyed the memories.
There are also some beautiful Springs to swim in Central FL also.
@@MiamiMom63 we’ve also got the space coast. There’s lots to do here. 😊
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Un sandwich Cubano, yuca frita and an ice cold malta.
Have you not had Vietnamese coffee? If so it has condensed milk in it.
I love Dexter
The people of Miami might try to tell you otherwise but the Cuban Sandwich is from Tampa
I was afraid that dessert coffee would give you a sugar rush and then crash, totally erasing the caffeine from the first coffee. I love my Caribbean coffee, I order a brand from Purto Rico whenever possible
You just passed my nephews place👋
And you didn’t have a cigar? That’s truly not a Cuban experience! 😅
Truth
Man , You look like actor Drew Powell with beard.
Go to Tampa Bay for a better Cuban sandwich.
The OG that invented Cuban bread and the sandwich. IYKYK
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If you are going to plan a location together, the best spot is really Las Vegas. Air fare is cheap, you can get group rates for hotels and there is a lot to do in a smaller area. We do our annual military veteran reunions there every few years because it's so easy for most to get there. Not as expensive as you would think.
Shaun u look like u have not slept for a month 😁
Oh yeah I was pretty tired by this point
I laugh at these UK vloggers who come to the USA and act like they're food connoisseurs, when in reality, they're home countries food is disgusting, and no American would eat it.
you obviously didn't watch any of my videos - if you did, you'd know that i say every single time that British food is terrible and American food is much better.
@@shaunvlogthere is some good British and Scottish food and I am American😊
Dude not spicy its mustard
unfortunately that is NOT a Cuban Sandwich. The original "Cuban" sandwich was actually first created in Tampa in Ybor City and was a mix of the Cuban and Italian immigrants that lived there, hence the Salami in addition to the pork. Real Cuban bread is rougher in texture and what gives it its iconic flavor is when they bake it they press a palmetto leaf on to the top of the dough as it bakes. So come to Tampa to get the real Cuban sandwich. In Cuba they don't even know what a cuban sandwich is. It is totally American (Tampa, FL) creation.
I am Cuban and I do not think that that was traditional Cuban sandwich and the second one I have never seen.
many people try to reinvent cuban food for tourist and I think that is what you ate.
Shaun you've been sweating for about 3 months now, make your way up north and cool down a bit.
Scotland, duh!
A Cuban Sandwich is Cuban food? Since when? That's floridian food. My parents and grandparents came from Cuba and we NEVER ate Cuban Sandwiches. Arroz con Pollo or Ropa Vieja or Picadillo or Fricase de Pollo with some Flan or Natilla for dessert. The onlly thing not american was perhaps the coffee. Try some REAL cuban pork instead of a Florida Cuban sandwich which most Cubans have never had.
Anyone who lives here doesn't go down to Miami on purpose. Smart people stay away from Miami.
Why? I loved it there. A highlight of my road trips
@@shaunvlog I hope you got to visit one of the beaches too.
@@shaunvlogLittle Havana is very dangerous with a lot of crime. I would say mostly in South Beach does a really beautiful beach right there with Gorgeous turquoise water😊
That isn't a real Cuban sandwich
Oh sure - I wouldn’t know. But it’s from one of the most favours Cuban sandwich joints in Little Havana. Do you challenge them?
You don't sip coffee with a tea spoon you tea toddler , STOP IT !
Calm down 😂 it's too late, he's back in Scotland lol
@@SherriLyle80s 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣