Tonight, a group of San Diego's food bloggers gathered together at one of my favorite local restaurants: Sea Rocket Bistro. Owner Dennis invited us to be the first to try his new fish tacos:
Tacos will be made with our market fish of the day, lightly breaded and pan-fried and served simply with cabbage, yogurt sauce and lime in corn tortillas. Order one or ten, alone or accompanied by our sides of California brown rice and honey-BBQ pinquito beans from Lompoc.
He was nice enough to accommodate me with a vegetarian version. How un-San Diego of me, to skip out on fish tacos! The fishless tacos and accompanying rice and beans were absolutely amazing. Very highly recommended (and I'm sure they taste great with fish too).
Other foods everyone tried during the evening included grilled sardines, ceviche (Tender chunks of raw market fish marinated in three citrus juices with cilantro and melon), sea urchin bisque, and honey beer cake. I skipped on the fish and instead ate a lima bean salad with a local avocado oil dressing, a delicious wild rice salad (California-grown wild rice mixed with dried cherries, pine nuts and shredded carrots in a honey vinaigrette - YUM!), and French onion soup.
I am not only impressed with Dennis' generosity and fantastic food, but also with his kindness in accommodating my vegetarianism... at a seafood restaurant, no less! There are plenty of people in this world who would have said to me "You came to a seafood restaurant, it's your problem that you don't eat fish." But not Dennis. Sea Rocket Bistro is certainly a place I will return to regularly. |
