Fish Tacos.... Yeah, Baby, again!

When John,

(aka Hubby o'mine)

first moved

to SLO

from

Vermejo Park, New Mexico,

he met

Ross and Joanne.

They

became

fast friends

Consequently,

Ross and Joanne

with

lots of hard work,

time and

energy

(and a killer Clam Chowder)

turned

Splash Cafe

in

Pismo Beach

into

a

cash cow!

Lines around the block

for

Splash Cafe's

chowder in a bread bowl

(as well as their many

other

delectable

seafood goodies)

When

the

time

came

for

the

ever-greasy

Bishop's Burgers

(right next to Petit Soleil)

to

close,

Joanne and Ross

built

Splash Cafe and Artisan Bakery

(and

Sweet Earth Choclate factory).

Good thing for us!

Splash

in SLO

is happily painted

the same colors

at Petit

(butwith happy little clams and sea creatures everywhere!)

They have

seafood galore.

outrageous breads and desserts,

clam chowder in bread bowls,

salads,

sammies

wine and beer

.........

and

FISH TACOS!!!!!

I

invited my favorite

work out buddies

for

fish tacos

after our friday work out

Melissa

was on board

as

Splash's tacos

are her faves

and

Teresa,

the one that whips us into shape,

decided

chicken tacos were for her

(camera shy and hungry)

Sandy,

yup

that's Sandy with the lemons

and

the abs o'steel

was

game, too!

We brought

our

goodies

to

Petit

and

inhaled

our food

(and posed for a photo)

ALL IN ALL,

one

fish

or

one

chicken

taco

is

not

enough for

a hungry

girl.

The

guacamole cilantro sauce

was

yummy,

lettuce not cabbage,

fried fish

(good!

really good!)

...just not enough.

BUT,

I

went back

today

--starving

(we ran six miles this morning)

and

I

ordered

T W O SALMON TACOS

PERFECT!

perfectly

hot

and delicious

and

the perfect amount

for

a

hungry

ME!

In search of....

Fish Tacos

Take

3

I don't know

what

is more

frustrating

....

going

somewhere

really special

......and forgetting your camera

or

taking

a whole bunch

of

great

pictures

downloading them

and

realizing

that

NOT ONE TURNED OUT

(broken camera)

My

friend

Barbara

said

"let's go get fish tacos!"

OK!!!

WHERE?

How about

Ruddell's

in

Cayucos!

(touts the "BEST" fish tacos)

YEAH!

A

picture-perfect

day

overlooking

the pier

in Cayucos

camera in hand

Smoked Albacore Tacos

YUM!!!

different

than most

as

1. smoked fish

2. ONE taco

3. lettuce instead of cabbage

4. no guac

5. no sour cream

but really

really

YUMMY!

Barbara

took

a picture of

me

devouring

my

smoked albacore taco

I

took

pictures

of the

owner

of

Ruddell's Smokehouse

the pier

of Barbara,

a 1940's ambulance

etc.

etc.

downloaded pictures

all

overexposed

grrrrrrrrr

note to self

Camera to camera shop tomorrow

Today

SUNDAY

"Hey, John!

Let's go get fish tacos"

grabbed

John's

uber

super-special

camera

and we

headed out to

our

old fave

...

Pappy MeGregor's

aka

The Kilt

Not like being at the beach

or on a pier

or even outside

but

the fish taco

menu worked

and

the

Giants

were playing

(not a good ending to that...)

I

ordered

salmon tacos

and

John

had the fried calamari tacos

(a respite from the "no flour, no sugar, no preservative diet)

my

fish

tacos

were

so so so so so so

SO

good

(perfectly cooked salmon, lots of cabbage, a touch of hot chipotle, lots of guac, sour cream)

John

LOVED

the fried calamari tacos

The

uber

super-special camera

worked

as it

should

GOOD FISH TACOS!

Barbara

lamented

with

me

about the

broken camera

but

that

always

Positive Polly

great friend

said

"We just have to back to Ruddell's again

and

have

fish tacos"

nice!

to date

n search of

The Best Fish Taco:

1. the Kilt aka Pappy McGregor's

2. Ruddell's

3. Pete's Pierside