The Fish Shack - Granville St.

Cuisine: Seafood

The Down Low: This place is almost always dead when I walk in, but I can assure you that the fish cannot have been dead for very long before you receive it on your plate.

Favorite Dish: Get the Taco Trio. Unlike many s(h)elfish places out there, they actually give the guac 'complimentary' without having to ask. Sophisticated.

Music Pairing: Genix & Sunny Lax B2B at ABGT250 (While the ambiance of the Fish Shack really does not match the set, Granville is a dance-y place and I highly recommend busting a few cray-sea moves on your way home)

I'll start by saying that no matter how many times I go to Buck A Shuck, I always look stupider than normal trying to eat an oyster. This last time I went, I drowned my first oyster in too much vinegar and ended up coughing in shock. Fortunately no one was around, and the bartender was busy getting hit on by a guy that looked like Justin Timberlake circa 2000. If only I was sitting closer to him at the time of my cough.

The oysters were really good, but not worthy of a picture. I can only hope you know what oysters look and taste like. If not, get out from whatever coral you live under, and get your fanny (bay) to Buck A Shuck!

The oysters were only a build up to the much anticipated Taco Trio, which got fintastic reviews from a new friend in the city.

Still probably lighthouses away from the tacos you can find in Mexico and SoCal though

I'll pause here to let you in on a few things you won't have heard about my blog yet: I have no planned schedule for where I go AND I do not read any other reviews for new spots. I rely on recommendations from friends and randomly stumbling on the restaurant on my journeys through the streets of Vancouver.

So if you have recommendations, like the tacos, send them my way!

But back to the star of the moment....

Like Sakana, a whole lot of fish that I have never heard of.
That's what happens when you grow up in Calgary.

Some late night reading for your (sea) bed

I will be back schooner or later (with all the cheeziness left only on the garlic bread I promise)

Tasty dreams,

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