Garrett C. wrote: >Some friends are coming in to visit this week and they want to "go eat >fish." Since they live in Hawaii, I don't really understand why they >are coming to Northern California for that, but...they're the guests. >Heh! :) > >Anyway, are there any recommendations for good places to "go eat fish" >on the Peninsula? I like Scott's, in Palo Alto. Everything tastes fresh and is well-prepared. Only good clam chowder I've had on this coast. It's a little expensive and the portions aren't huge. Would love to hear of somewhere good that was also a good value. Or, rather, somewhere good that's a good value and is nearer than Pescadero.
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
"Fish" on the Peninsula
Someone wrote: > Garrett C. wrote: >>Some friends are coming in to visit this week and they want to "go eat >>fish." Since they live in Hawaii, I don't really understand why they >>are coming to Northern California for that, but...they're the guests. >>Heh! :) >> >>Anyway, are there any recommendations for good places to "go eat fish" >>on the Peninsula? > > I like Scott's, in Palo Alto. Everything tastes fresh and > is well-prepared. Only good clam chowder I've had on this > coast. > > It's a little expensive and the portions aren't huge. Would > love to hear of somewhere good that was also a good value. Or, > rather, somewhere good that's a good value and is nearer than > Pescadero. > I really can't think of a better Peninsula fish place than Scott's, which is unfortunate, since I don't think it's all that great. I pretty much agree with the above assessment (except I can't recall about the chowder). I used to like the Fish Market (two branches are on El Camino just south of Page Mill and a bit north of Lawrence Expy), for its fresh, simply-prepared fish -- but it used to be inexpensive; it is no longer a very good buy. Perhaps the best bet is to get away from the places labelled as seafood restaurants. The best Chinese restaurants (especially Hong Kong style places like Hong Kong Flower Lounge and Fook Yuen in Millbrae) have excellent seafood preparations. Also highly recommended is Estampas Peruanas, the Peruvian restaurant on El Camino in Redwood City; fish soups and stews are characteristic specialties. Al Eisner ([email removed]) San Mateo County, CA
> Someone wrote: > > > Cook's seafood on El Camino in Menlo Park is the only place around to > > get really good fish & chips. > > Better than the ones at Prince of Wales? > -Brenda I think so. I haven't been to PoW in a long time. I think that there is also a much larger selection at Cooks including fried cod, sand dabs, rock shrimp, prawns, sole, squid, clams, oysters, scallops, chowders, chiopino, great coles slaw (with pineapple) shrimp & crap louie. It's definitely worth a drive to Menlo Park. pj