So Who Ate Whom What At The White House’s “Fiesta Latina?”
14 October 2009, 5:15 PM. By Alex Alvarez
So what does one eat when celebrating a night of Latin American music and culture and Jennifer Lopez? A lot of things, apparently! And mostly things of which we’ve never heard! Plus some things we’re pretty sure are Latino in the same way Bobby Flay’s cooking is Latino! As in, the addition of chipotles to a dish, while mostly welcome, does not make it Latin American.
Still, the menu from the White House’s Fiesta Latina does seem quite interesting. Check it out:
Finger Foods
- Argentinian Beef Empanada with Red Chimichurri
- Poached Shrimp with Nikkei Coleslaw, Miso Dressing and Dried Seaweed (Just like abuela used to make!)
- Brazilian Black-eyed Peas Arrumadinho (vegetarian)
- Honduran Enchiladas topped with Chicken Hash, Gutemalan Slaw, Aged Cheese
- Fresh Corn Polenta with Roasted Bacon in a Guajilio-Ancho Adobo
- Cuban Roast Pork and Mango Canapes and Lulu Sauce
- Puerto Rican Pasteles with Ajilimojili (Which also happens to be the name of our first born. Don’t steal it.)
Desserts
- Chocolate-Cheese Flan with Hibiscus Sauce (This. Sounds gross.)
- Milk Chocolate-Coffee Brulees
- Candied Cacao
Special Beverage
- “Age of Discovery” Hot Cocoa
One of the highlights of the evening was a joke made by Eva Longoria Parker Bowles that we’re puhretty sure was written for her by George Lopez:
Latinos everywhere! You know who else is Latino? Obama. He just doesn’t know it! He lives in a house that’s not his, left it white because he can’t decide what color to paint it: Very Latino. Says he’s gonna change and nobody believes him: Very Latino!
And he can’t drive! HahahahahahahahaSTOPIT.
Actually, no. One of the real highlights was President Obama dancing with Thalia. God, he’s such a dad. If Malia or Sasha ever decide to have a quinces, he is so going to bust out in the middle of the rueda and embarrass them profusely and adorably:
Fiesta Latina at the White House [Obama Foodarama]
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“Age of Discovery” Hot Cocoa? Does it come with a side of smallpox and genocide? Is it garnished with the tears of an ancient Aztec warrior?
What? No puffy tacos?
Eva Longoria Parker Bowles!!! I cracked up.
Funny stuff.Thanks for the laughs.The ones that catch me by surprise are the best.
The menu sounds like one of those yucky Nuevo Latino menus from the Food Network.
That DOES sound like those yucky “LATIN” menus from the FN. Ewww! All this shindig needed was some very drunk white chick yelling “FIESTA! RA RA RA” at the top of her lungs to make this REALLY Latin. *gives Eva the side eye*.
I bet my abuelas dried seaweed kicked ass over that stuff they had. I think I have heard GLo say that joke, if not, it def sounds like his tired ass material. Oyelo, he said member, you member, watch
His material is tired! I am so sick of him saying you know you’re a Latino if…and then he fills in the rest with some pathetic stereotypes. I don’t like him and I couldn’t stand his show. But whenever there is a Latino event…there he is.
I wish Obama would invite astronauts Jose Hernandez and Daniel Olivas to the White House. LOLOL That won’t happen. They and the media don’t show Mexican-Americans who are astronauts, scientists, Nobel Prize winners, etc.
They just show the idiots.
these are my fav guanabee comments ever! my fav being “Age of Discovery” Hot Cocoa? Does it come with a side of smallpox and genocide? Is it garnished with the tears of an ancient Aztec warrior?