Adventure #2-- Cuban Food and South African Music

Last night I went to the ATL with David. We were going to see the South African rap-rave group, Die Antwoord. I don't know how famous Die Antwoord is in South Africa, but they sold out in Atlanta. This is my favorite of their songs:

Before the concert, we went to dinner. There are lots of food options in Chattanooga, but nothing like the amazing ethnic options there are in Atlanta. We ended up going to this awesome Cuban restaurant  called Papi's. It was founded by a Cuban family that escaped Cuba in 1990. Just like many of the best restaurants I've been to, it looked a little dodgy from the outside. I got this insanely good cubed pork thing that came with a giant pile of extremely flavorful black beans and rice, and plantain cakes.  I'm not a big plantain fan, but apparently there are two kinds of plantains-- sweet and non-sweet. I've only ever had the sweet kind, that taste kinda like bananas. Not a fan. But the plantain cakes last night were made out of non-sweet plantains. They taste a lot like potatoes, and if you know me, you know I've never met a potato I didn't like (except au gratin. Those are an abomination). We got mojitos to go along with dinner, and those were also really good. At so many places, when you order something involving lime, it tastes like some nasty syrup that came out of a plastic bucket somewhere. The mojitos at Papi's were really good though. They were not stingy with the rum, and the lime juice tasted freshly squeezed.

Die Antwoord were awesome too. Their shows are pretty short, and we missed the first couple of songs, but what we heard was amazing. There was such a high level of energy in the room, and I got to hear them perform Baby's on Fire, so I was happy.