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Wahoo Fish Taco offers best of fast food
California chain opens near campus with surfer fare
Jessica Slosberg
Issue date: 2/22/05 Section: Arts & Entertainment
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Wahoo Fish Tacos is offering its coastal California flair near campus.
Wahoo Fish Tacos at 1233 S. Colorado Blvd. features a menu that is a fusion between Mexican and Polynesian. While these two distinctive types of cuisine have seemingly little in common, they blend seamlessly on the menu. The menus features burritos and tacos but also teriyaki. And you can even get a teriyaki burrito.
The menu is divided into a combination section, salads and dishes that are a la carte.
The items that are a la carte are tacos and burritos. The combination plates include tacos and burritos plus the signature "ahi" rice and absolutely fabulous black beans.
Once you have decided what you want you choose from the usual chicken, steak and vegetables and either blackened fish or Polynesian shrimp. Everything is good so it really is just a matter of what you are craving.
The banzia burrito comes with meat and fajita veggies and is stuffed with rice and beans. I had shrimp in mine that were incredibly tasty. I never encountered a fishy tasting one. And they were beyond generous with them, a rarity in fast-food restaurants.
The vegetables were quite varied and, more importantly came in good-sized chunks. I felt that I really got vegetables that were not only fresh, but were cut proportional to the size of the burrito.
I had the burrito smothered in a spicy roasted pepper green sauce. The sauce was quite delicious but was a little heavier than I personally like.
Next time, I am going to try their mild enchilada sauce and see if that is more to my liking.
One of the best parts of the meal was the rice and beans. The black beans were some of the best I have ever had. This is after having had black beans in Central America. They had a great flavor and they were neither too wet nor too dry, but perfectly in the middle.
The rice had an interesting consistency, a little bit sticky and a little bit sweet. When the rice and beans were combined it was perfect. I could have made a meal of just rice and beans. This is something I just might do in the future.
Wahoo Fish Tacos at 1233 S. Colorado Blvd. features a menu that is a fusion between Mexican and Polynesian. While these two distinctive types of cuisine have seemingly little in common, they blend seamlessly on the menu. The menus features burritos and tacos but also teriyaki. And you can even get a teriyaki burrito.
The menu is divided into a combination section, salads and dishes that are a la carte.
The items that are a la carte are tacos and burritos. The combination plates include tacos and burritos plus the signature "ahi" rice and absolutely fabulous black beans.
Once you have decided what you want you choose from the usual chicken, steak and vegetables and either blackened fish or Polynesian shrimp. Everything is good so it really is just a matter of what you are craving.
The banzia burrito comes with meat and fajita veggies and is stuffed with rice and beans. I had shrimp in mine that were incredibly tasty. I never encountered a fishy tasting one. And they were beyond generous with them, a rarity in fast-food restaurants.
The vegetables were quite varied and, more importantly came in good-sized chunks. I felt that I really got vegetables that were not only fresh, but were cut proportional to the size of the burrito.
I had the burrito smothered in a spicy roasted pepper green sauce. The sauce was quite delicious but was a little heavier than I personally like.
Next time, I am going to try their mild enchilada sauce and see if that is more to my liking.
One of the best parts of the meal was the rice and beans. The black beans were some of the best I have ever had. This is after having had black beans in Central America. They had a great flavor and they were neither too wet nor too dry, but perfectly in the middle.
The rice had an interesting consistency, a little bit sticky and a little bit sweet. When the rice and beans were combined it was perfect. I could have made a meal of just rice and beans. This is something I just might do in the future.