Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The Fish Market

My friend picked me up after school and treated me out to lunch. For more than five months he has been practicing a pescaterian diet. He chose to dine at The Fish Market in San Jose. We ate lunch at 3 o'clock so the dining room was empty, but in my head I could just imagine the restaurant filling up fast on the weekend.

A host at the front greeted us with a friendly smile and quickly sat us at a table. She handed us the menus and told us our server would be right with us. I also noticed that the menus were printed out daily suggesting their fresh selection of fish.

There was plenty of fish to choose from: Mackerel, Tuna, Mahi Mahi, Salmon, Trout, Swordfish, and many more. I has swordfish with two sides of rice and vegetables. My friend had Mahi Mahi with two sides of coleslaw and vegetables. My swordfish was very tender and I enjoyed every bite.

Every now and then our sever would check on us and replenish our waters. As she cleared our plates she handed us the desert menu and recommended the chocolate seduction. The chocolate seduction was a flourless chocolate cake topped with vanilla ice cream.

This restaurant makes me think that during Lent for Catholics, especially on Friday's, would have every seat taken in the house.