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Baja Fish Taco Esq.

Sharksbaja - 3-16-2008 at 12:02 AM

TacoTime is now so cool with their north of the border creation abortion called a "Baja Fish Taco".

Move over you infidels, there are new boys on the block.:cool:

Think they will be popular in Baja?:) Does Baja have that corporate franchise?



[Edited on 3-16-2008 by Sharksbaja]

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bobw - 3-16-2008 at 08:45 AM

The absolute worst thing is that around here, they are the best tacos to be found... blech

Paulina - 3-16-2008 at 08:46 AM

Conspiracy theory Sharks. Even Spencers Market is getting into the game. I think that they know there are so many of us Baja jones-ers stuck up here stateside that we'll buy/eat anything with the label "Baja" stuck to it. Check out the lower right hand corner.

Baja filets, a grilling favorite!



[Edited on 16-3-2008 by Paulina]

DENNIS - 3-16-2008 at 09:03 AM

The next best thing to being in Baja is to eat something called Baja This or That? Some words defy protection. These merchandisers bring to mind something Baja that needs to be kissed.

BAJACAT - 3-16-2008 at 09:17 AM

I would like to have BAJAQUESADILLA, no chesse please

Diver - 3-16-2008 at 09:23 AM

We walked into the Taco Viva near us and my son ordered, "dos tacos de carne ;solo carne, no queso, no salada por favor."
The mexican-american kid at the counter has no clue what he was saying.
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BajaHawk - 3-16-2008 at 11:46 AM

That taco looks nasty!

The San Diego paper had an article about Taco Bell's plans to open some shops in Tijuana. When one TJ resident was asked what he thought about Taco Bell food he commented that he wished they would build a Jack in the Box (Burger joint in So. Cal) instead because their taco "tasted good":lol:

Sharksbaja - 3-16-2008 at 01:45 PM

I don't get it. Is she part of the conspiracy?:lol:

They stop at nothing! Corporate bastards.

El Rey del Taco

Loretana - 3-16-2008 at 02:55 PM

Corky,

I wish to officially nominate our man in Loreto

"Best Baja Fish Taco on the Planet"

We whipped in this morning at 10:00 am just before the Palm Sunday after Mass crush hit.................:saint:

Sabrosissima!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:yes:

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El Rey del Taco himself

Loretana - 3-16-2008 at 02:59 PM

Here he is, hard at work

And this morning he had fresh Cabrilla!

THE BEST.

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bancoduo - 3-16-2008 at 03:19 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Pompano
Yes, Corky....Carmelita has sadly succumbed to filthy luker. She is now the front-woman for Freddy's Lefse, a division of Taco Time. Didn't you know the very best burritos are made with lefse?
http://www.plainsfolk.com/youmust/cuisine.htm

Sharksbaja - 3-17-2008 at 12:27 AM

So it's a Norwegian/S Dakota potato replacement conspiracy. Holy Tater Tots!



Personally, I lean towards her tamales:yes:

Sorry Roger haven't had the pleasure of lefse but I stayed at a Holiday Inn recently!:O


Duo, how in the world did you find THAT?:lol:

Lindalou - 3-17-2008 at 12:34 PM

Wow, the taco bell fish taco had cheese, don't see no cheese at the street stands over here! How dare they call it Baja fish taco:biggrin::biggrin:

Kell-Baja - 3-21-2008 at 12:05 PM

YUM YUM YUM!!! Now I'm hungary

motoged - 3-21-2008 at 12:46 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kell-Baja
YUM YUM YUM!!! Now I'm hungary


KB,
A bit grandiose, are we???:lol:

Think you are a country, now? Off your meds...?

I know you probably meant "Hungry"....


As for fish tacos, I was VERY DISAPPOINTED when down in Zihuatanejo area recently....all the fish tacos were either like empanadas with shredded tuna (so-so taste)



or open tacos with tiny pieces of grilled fish (not enough fish) smothered in fresh salsa...

I appreciate that cuisine varies from one location to another all over the world....but Baja has spoiled me for their style of fish taco ... they are THE BEST....even when not so good :spingrin:

Ged

venus - 3-21-2008 at 12:52 PM

So these tacos are coming from where???:rolleyes:

I am getting ready to travel down to baja.. san felipe for the first time actually.

Does anyone have any advice on food spots...besides Loreto

"Best Baja Fish Taco on the Planet" ;D

Bob and Susan - 3-21-2008 at 12:54 PM

the BEST shrimp i EVER had was in san felipe up by the lighthouse:light:

Sharksbaja - 3-21-2008 at 01:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bob and Susan
the BEST shrimp i EVER had was in san felipe up by the lighthouse:light:


Tacos?

venus - 3-21-2008 at 01:31 PM

wow. Thanks! I can't wait to get down there and try it out! :bounce:

David K - 3-21-2008 at 03:55 PM

The fish taco was invented in San Felipe! There is a fish taco courtyard on the south end of the Malecon (street along the beach, downtown)... Park and sample! They go best with PACIFICO beer!!! (Baja Angel likes SOL beer, when available)

DENNIS - 3-21-2008 at 04:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by David K
The fish taco was invented in San Felipe!
When, exactly, was that?
You mean to say that with all the tortillas and all the fish in Baja for all these millions of years you can establish exactly where someone put a piece of fish on a tortilla?
Interesting.

David K - 3-21-2008 at 04:13 PM

Well... with that exclamation point it is meant in a bit of local pride... I think San Felipe very easily could have been the birthplace of the fish and shrimp tacos... but being so good, that concept would have quicly spread to the rest of Mexico!

Ralph Rubio 'discovered' the fish taco during a college trip there in the late 70's... About the same time I remember going nuts over the 20-25 cent fish tacos sold along the street there during my first solo trips ('74-'77)...

Ralph Rubio capitalized on the notion of a 'fish taco' and created 'Rubio's Fish Tacos' and later renamed 'Rubio's Baja Grill'.

DENNIS - 3-21-2008 at 04:24 PM

I was in San Felipe many times in the sixties and can't remember seeing a fish taco, let alone eating one that wasn't made by us after a days fishing. They weren't a commercial item there at that time. Not much was.

Paulina - 3-21-2008 at 05:33 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
I was in San Felipe many times in the sixties and can't remember seeing a fish taco, let alone eating one that wasn't made by us after a days fishing. They weren't a commercial item there at that time. Not much was.



The Clam Man was a comercial item back then.


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from the blogosphere

sylens - 3-21-2008 at 05:44 PM

http://antrobiotics.blogspot.com/2005/08/tacos-fronterizos.h...

one segment sez:

. Más al sur, por la misma carretera, están los tacos de Ensenada, a los que vuelvo obsesivamente, en sueños incluso, como quien vuelve al recuerdo de un hijo perdido. Olvídate, por favor, de los tacos de pescado en Rubio’s, de San Diego, :O:Oaunque se llamen Baja-style fish tacos y alguien te diga que Ralph Rubio fue el inventor de la receta. (Lo cual equivale a decir que a Ronald McDonald se le ocurrieron las hamburguesas.) :):)Tampoco creas que nacieron en San Felipe, un pueblo para gringos pedos. :lol::lol::lol:Es menos improbable la historia de la tía Magui, que tiene (o tuvo) un puesto de tacos en el mercado de la Marina y dice que un japonés le dio la receta de su pasta para rebozar en el 76. (Aunque si le preguntas otro día te dirá que la pasta ya existía, y otro, que la pasta era de pan molido…) Lo cierto es que los japoneses llegaron a Ensenada hacia 1920,:o y que el pescado sí recuerda al tempura… La epístola del taco perfecto al estilo de Ensenada dice que el batido se hará con harina, orégano seco, ajo en polvo, cayena, sal y pimienta, leche e, importantísimo, cerveza fría; que un filetito de pescado (marlin, tiburón) se sumergirá en ese batido, se pasará a una cazuela con aceite hirviendo (se parece, por cierto, a un wok), se sacará, se dejará escurrir unos segundos, se colocará en una tortilla de maíz, donde habrá de salpicarse de col, mojarse con una línea de salsa roja (o verde, pero entiendo que es menos ortodoxa), otra de “salsa blanca”, en sabor una suerte de mayonesa mezclada con yogurt, y, obvio, el jugo de medio limón.

so, david k it seems you are not the first to have assumed fish tacos (usually called ensenada fish tacos) originated in san felipe. and this blog mentions that the batter is tempura-like, probably borrowed from japonese who were in the area in the 1920s.
;D
whatever, they are sure well known:lol::lol:

DENNIS - 3-21-2008 at 06:24 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by sylens
gringos pedos


Clarification, please.

David K - 3-21-2008 at 10:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
I was in San Felipe many times in the sixties and can't remember seeing a fish taco, let alone eating one that wasn't made by us after a days fishing. They weren't a commercial item there at that time. Not much was.


Dennis, I didn't see fish tacos in the 60's either... just Arnold's Del Mar Cafe an the La Puerta Gas station on the corner (end of pavement at the main street, dirt before the chubasco of '67).

We camped at Agua de Chale (Nuevo Mazatlan), 23 miles south... turned east at the sulfur mine. see photo. Also at Percebu, when it was just a fish camp.

I think it was 1975 or '76 when I first ate a fish taco in San Felipe.

[Edited on 3-22-2008 by David K]

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DENNIS - 3-22-2008 at 08:40 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by David K

Dennis, I didn't see fish tacos in the 60's either... just Arnold's Del Mar Cafe an the La Puerta Gas station on the corner (end of pavement at the main street, dirt before the chubasco of '67).



Jeezo....How do you remember all that stuff?

sylens - 3-22-2008 at 11:04 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
Quote:
Originally posted by sylens
gringos pedos


Clarification, please.


ummmmmmm. i wouldn't know that word. :saint:

ask oso. :lol::lol::lol::lol::P

David K - 3-22-2008 at 11:08 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
Quote:
Originally posted by David K

Dennis, I didn't see fish tacos in the 60's either... just Arnold's Del Mar Cafe an the La Puerta Gas station on the corner (end of pavement at the main street, dirt before the chubasco of '67).



Jeezo....How do you remember all that stuff?


I don't do drugs:yes::lol::light:

venus - 3-25-2008 at 10:57 AM

¡Mi Dios Sylens! Sabes tu historia. ¡Qué Bueno! :smug: