Best Fish Sandwich

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Go aeiou said:
Headed for Miramar Beach soon. Grouper is what l'lI have most evenings.
In general though fish is much better in the north. Cold water.
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If you have the good fortune of seeing Pompano on hte menu and never had it, I'd recommend you try it.

Grouper is always a great choice. We've fished the flats before in the spring out from St. Marks River when the speckled trout weere running. Loads of fun. Fantastic fish as well. Saltwater speckled trout is a tad bit different than stream trout. More of a solid white flesh fish, and I'd say more on the milder side like a whitefish. I love trout in general, but I do know when I'm eating a fresh water trout. We also hooked a good catch of Mackeral on the trout run. Also good, but a little fishier. Best way to enjoy mackeral is score the filet and skin so it doesn't cup up, douse it with some Lowry's and butter and grill it. Can just open the grill and pick the meat off the skin. Paired well with the grilled Kraut & Sausage.

My #1 saltwater catch will always be Red Fish (Red Drum) though. Blackened.

Been told Blues are high on the eating chain too, but never had them. Or cobia.

In Savannah on River Street back in the 80's/90's there was The Fish House. Fantastic eating. And French press coffee. All the pleasures. Two menu pages of any edible fish from the sea. Tried some good ones there. Don't know why it ever closed out.

If your ever heaed out to Tybee, there's The Crab Shack on the right as you pass thru the marshes. Must stop and eat.
 
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GVF said:
If you have the good fortune of seeing Pompano on hte menu and never had it, I'd recommend you try it.

Grouper is always a great choice. We've fished the flats before in the spring out from St. Marks River when the speckled trout weere running. Loads of fun. Fantastic fish as well. Saltwater speckled trout is a tad bit different than stream trout. More of a solid white flesh fish, and I'd say more on the milder side like a whitefish. I love trout in general, but I do know when I'm eating a fresh water trout. We also hooked a good catch of Mackeral on the trout run. Also good, but a little fishier. Best way to enjoy mackeral is score the filet and skin so it doesn't cup up, douse it with some Lowry's and butter and grill it. Can just open the grill and pick the meat off the skin. Paired well with the grilled Kraut & Sausage.

My #1 saltwater catch will always be Red Fish (Red Drum) though. Blackened.

Been told Blues are high on the eating chain too, but never had them. Or cobia.

In Savannah on River Street back in the 80's/90's there was The Fish House. Fantastic eating. And French press coffee. All the pleasures. Two menu pages of any edible fish from the sea. Tried some good ones there. Don't know why it ever closed out.

If your ever heaed out to Tybee, there's The Crab Shack on the right as you pass thru the marshes. Must stop and eat.
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We used to go to Savannah when we lived in E. TN. It didn't seem so touristy then. That seemed to change overnight.
It's Destin area now. We've thought about moving to a small town (Niceville) in FL, but don't want to own two homes or leave our granddaughter in the Nashville area.
Love all that fish as long as it's fresh.
 
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Go aeiou said:
We used to go to Savannah when we lived in E. TN. It didn't seem so touristy then. That seemed to change overnight.
It's Destin area now. We've thought about moving to a small town (Niceville) in FL, but don't want to own two homes or leave our granddaughter in the Nashville area.
Love all that fish as long as it's fresh.
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When we lived in NE GA near Anderson, SC, Myrtle Beach was the closest. I'd ride to the south end to Murrell's Inlet at the marina. They had a fish shop there that would stock fresh from the day's catches. If you get lucky, and don't mind hustling the guys would sometimes sell straight to you off the boat as they unloaded at a good price. Would go over to the public cleaning tables and take care of business and ice it down.
 
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GVF said:
If you have the good fortune of seeing Pompano on hte menu and never had it, I'd recommend you try it.

Grouper is always a great choice. We've fished the flats before in the spring out from St. Marks River when the speckled trout weere running. Loads of fun. Fantastic fish as well. Saltwater speckled trout is a tad bit different than stream trout. More of a solid white flesh fish, and I'd say more on the milder side like a whitefish. I love trout in general, but I do know when I'm eating a fresh water trout. We also hooked a good catch of Mackeral on the trout run. Also good, but a little fishier. Best way to enjoy mackeral is score the filet and skin so it doesn't cup up, douse it with some Lowry's and butter and grill it. Can just open the grill and pick the meat off the skin. Paired well with the grilled Kraut & Sausage.

My #1 saltwater catch will always be Red Fish (Red Drum) though. Blackened.

Been told Blues are high on the eating chain too, but never had them. Or cobia.

In Savannah on River Street back in the 80's/90's there was The Fish House. Fantastic eating. And French press coffee. All the pleasures. Two menu pages of any edible fish from the sea. Tried some good ones there. Don't know why it ever closed out.

If your ever heaed out to Tybee, there's The Crab Shack on the right as you pass thru the marshes. Must stop and eat.
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With you on The Fish House. Blues are a flakey white fish. Cobia is a little different. I really like it.

Edit: Used to eat at Mrs Williams on the way to/from Tybee.
 
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SuzyVol said:
Pretty much any Volunteer Fire Department or Catholic Church in southwestern Pennsylvania during Lent.
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If we're going that route, then I gotta throw in the now defunct Salaam's Seafood in my hometown. I think they just aged out and closed. They were a mutli-decade other side of the tracks soul seafood joint.

You had to know how to order.

Fish Sammich = Whole fried Crappy (Perch or Bream depending on inventory) on white bread with lettuce tomato, mayo, hot sauce. Had to know how to spit out bones, chew and swallow. There was an art to it I didn't attempt. So....

Fish Filet Sammich = White folk fish sammich.

Chicken sammich = Whole fried chicken quarter on bread with said fixins above.

Chicken Filet Sammich = also for white folk. But, I went ahead and got hte bone in cause it was on a different level kind of sammich.

Fish Salad = Typical tossed salad with fried catfish nuggets and Thousand Island. I reached enlightenment on this simple delicacy.

Black food culture around my hometown area was not only an education one needs, but a tastebud explosion. Even if you ordered lunch sandwiches or plates on Friday from local black churches (several did it every friday), you'd get the same bone-in sandwiches unless you new to ask for filets...if they had them. That's was the soul food scene from my area. Many times in hte mill, I saw employee dinner consist of a loaf of bread, a bottle of hot sauce and a bag of fried chicken legs. I don't necessarily wrap my fried chicken in bread aside from the sandwiiches I'd order, but to this day I rarely eat fried chicken without a soaking of hot sauce. A simple man's Nashville Hot you might say.
 
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GVF said:
If we're going that route, then I gotta throw in the now defunct Salaam's Seafood in my hometown. I think they just aged out and closed. They were a mutli-decade other side of the tracks soul seafood joint.

You had to know how to order.

Fish Sammich = Whole fried Crappy (Perch or Bream depending on inventory) on white bread with lettuce tomato, mayo, hot sauce. Had to know how to spit out bones, chew and swallow. There was an art to it I didn't attempt. So....

Fish Filet Sammich = White folk fish sammich.

Chicken sammich = Whole fried chicken quarter on bread with said fixins above.

Chicken Filet Sammich = also for white folk. But, I went ahead and got hte bone in cause it was on a different level kind of sammich.

Fish Salad = Typical tossed salad with fried catfish nuggets and Thousand Island. I reached enlightenment on this simple delicacy.

Black food culture around my hometown area was not only an education one needs, but a tastebud explosion. Even if you ordered lunch sandwiches or plates on Friday from local black churches (several did it every friday), you'd get the same bone-in sandwiches unless you new to ask for filets...if they had them. That's was the soul food scene from my area. Many times in hte mill, I saw employee dinner consist of a loaf of bread, a bottle of hot sauce and a bag of fried chicken legs. I don't necessarily wrap my fried chicken in bread aside from the sandwiiches I'd order, but to this day I rarely eat fried chicken without a soaking of hot sauce. A simple man's Nashville Hot you might say.
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That’s too much work. Filet it or throw away the bread.
 
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Wahoo is another favorite of mine, when you can find it. I also love blackened or jerk grilled redfish.

Another local tip: every time I've looked, Costco labels their whole cleaned snapper as tilapia (even though they are red), making them like $3.99/#. Great deal if you aren't afraid of cutting a few slits, marinating and grilling whole fish.
 
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We are On our way to the panhandle. I had a "crispy fish sandwich" from Arbys tonight. It was better than I expected from a chain fast food place. I've lost my taste for beef and pork(eat it 2-3 times a year) so the fish is needed.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Wahoo is another favorite of mine, when you can find it. I also love blackened or jerk grilled redfish.

Another local tip: every time I've looked, Costco labels their whole cleaned snapper as tilapia (even though they are red), making them like $3.99/#. Great deal if you aren't afraid of cutting a few slits, marinating and grilling whole fish.
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Great deal since someone at costco doesn't know red snapper from tilapia.

If I've had Wahoo, it's been a really long time.

Late add for Mahi Mahi too. Teriyaki marinated/grilled is great.

Extra points for also being a blackened redfish fan.
 
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This is probably of no interest, but I decided about 15 years ago, I guess, that I will always order fish tacos in any place that offers them. Not salmon, not tuna. In fact during the first 14 years of the experiment I never saw that on a menu, I just saw an episode of King of the Hill making fun of it. But I digress.

The outcome of the experiment was that you really just don't ever get a bad fish taco. I recommend them. Unfortunately no national chains to mention. It wouldn't do any good to post the data. I don't think any chains do them, but check me on that. If they do I'll go eat one. I might have started with Maui tacos in the original restaurant, I don't know.
 
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Firebirdparts said:
This is probably of no interest, but I decided about 15 years ago, I guess, that I will always order fish tacos in any place that offers them. Not salmon, not tuna. In fact during the first 14 years of the experiment I never saw that on a menu, I just saw an episode of King of the Hill making fun of it. But I digress.

The outcome of the experiment was that you really just don't ever get a bad fish taco. I recommend them. Unfortunately no national chains to mention. It wouldn't do any good to post the data. I don't think any chains do them, but check me on that. If they do I'll go eat one. I might have started with Maui tacos in the original restaurant, I don't know.
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What restaurant has the best fish tacos?
 
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Best fish taco ever served to me was at a party on Coronado Island. I was walking down a street, waved to some folks partying in a backyard. Three of them waved me over. I was greeted with a cold bottle of beer and a grilled fish taco with marinated onions and a lime yogurt sauce. The fish came directly out of a basket on the grill. Awesome.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Wahoo is another favorite of mine, when you can find it. I also love blackened or jerk grilled redfish.

Another local tip: every time I've looked, Costco labels their whole cleaned snapper as tilapia (even though they are red), making them like $3.99/#. Great deal if you aren't afraid of cutting a few slits, marinating and grilling whole fish.
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Cobia

God's perfect fish
Flogballs said:
What restaurant has the best fish tacos?
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blackened redfish & sea trout tacos. with old bay.

Grouper sandwich, with tomato and lettuce.
 
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Try the fish tacos at Blue Coast Burrito if you're in Cookeville or the mid-state. Not the best quality fish probably, but it comes together to make a good taco.
 
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