Cuban cuisine has a very distinct palette of flavours, as it the result of native ingredients, Caribbean dishes, Spanish colonists, neighbouring French colonists, African slaves, as well as Arabic, Chinese, and Portuguese cultures. It has really strong similarities with the cuisine of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, since all islands have similar climate, produce the same or similar fruits, vegetables and roots, they all rely heavily on fishing. Also they all went through common historical changes, until the 20th century.
