The last thing Minetomo Yoshida thought of when he arrived in Cuba fourteen years ago –lured in by the vintage cars that rove the streets as gipsy cabs- was that he could one day become an ambassador of Japanese cuisine to Cuba. Everything about the island nation enthralled him –the music, dancing, the people. And even though the road to cooking was rough, today he cherishes his millenary knowledge and persona at the La Bella Cubana in the Meliá Habana Hotel, one of the few Japanese restaurants on the largest Caribbean island.