Njengoba i-colony yokuqala neyokugcina yaseSpain eCaribbean, ukudla kwaseCuba kunamathele aqinile emathonyeni aseSpain . Phakathi nenkathi yekoloniyali, iHaana yayiyichweba lokuhweba elibalulekile kanye nabafuduki baseSpain badlula edolobheni ngaphambi kokuthuthela kwamanye amadolobha neziqhingi. Abaningi babafuduki babevela eningizimu yeSpain; ngakho-ke izitsha eziningi zaseCuba zivela e-Andalucía.
Ukuguqulwa nokwahlukana kwezihlobo zase-US ngo-1961 kwashintsha kakhulu ukudla kwaseCuba.
I-Cuba inqunywe emthonjeni wayo wokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe futhi kwakudingeka uthole enye imithombo ukuze kugcinwe umnotho. Lapho uFidel Castro etshela i-revolution Marxist-Leninist, izibopho zabo zaqiniswa neSoviet Union. Imikhiqizo emisha yokudla yangena ekudleni kwamaCuba ngokolweni, pasta, pizza kanye ne-yogurt okuyimfuneko. Inkukhu kanye nenhlanzi zaqala kuqala ngaphezu kwengulube, nakuba ingulube isalokhu inyama yokuzikhethela. Inkabi kanye nesilwane cishe sekunyamalala ekudleni.
Izenzakalo zekhulu lama-20 zithinte kakhulu ukudla kwaseCuba. Ngenxa yokuthi inqubomgomo yase-US ivimbela ukuhweba neCuba, isiqhingi siye saphoqeleka ukuba sishintshe ukudla kwayo. E-Cuba, ngeke uthole umthelela waseMelika kokudla kwamaCuba. Kodwa-ke, emiphakathini yaseMelika yase-Cuba esezihambile ezifana ne-Miami, amathonya aseMelika akhona kokudla kwamaCuba nokupheka.
Ukudla kwamaCuba kuncike kakhulu ekumpandeni nasezilimo eziyizigaxa, njenge-malanga, amazambane, ama-boniatos, ne-yucca. Okunye ukudla okune-starchy kuhlanganisa ama-plantains, ubhanana, nelayisi.
Ezinye izitsha ongase wazi ukuthi ziyiMoros y Cristianos (ubhontshisi omnyama nelayisi), i- lechón asado (ingulube egazinike kakhulu), kanye ne-pollo en salsa (inkukhu in sauce). Futhi, i-tortilla eCuba iyi-omelet elula yamaqanda futhi ayifani neze ne-tortilla yaseMexico. AmaCubans athande i-pizza, futhi. Amanye ama-toppings ayizintandokazi afaka i-ham, i-chorizo, no-anyanisi.