Long John Silver's Baja Fish Taco

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Long John Silver's Baja Fish Taco

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Hey everyone, go get your free Baja Fish Taco(s) from Long John Silver's, today until 2:30 p.m.! All you have to bring is a functioning stomach and driver's side window, which is quite a low cost indeed. Well, I guess you'd need a mouth or two, also.

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Reviewed by Brad Cook

Long John Silver's Baja Fish Taco

The taste of fish is a more and more often occurring phenomenon in this old mouth of mine. I find that the older I get, the more accepting and experimental my tastes become. I realize that talking about fish like it's some kinda exotic food is a bit ludicrous, but hey, chicken is usually really good. But, in honor of Long John Silver's offering free Baja Fish Tacos until 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14th, we had to go try a few to see if they're worth recommending.

The item consists of half of a LJS's fish filet, laced with their very own baja sauce, topped with lettuce and "Crumblies", which are drips of fried batter, all in a simple soft tortilla shell. Because of the unibody form factor of the fish, this seafaring wrap is exceedingly easy to eat; no renegade pieces of (insert taco meat here (lolz!)) to cascade into your lap. The fish is heavily battered, light on that fishy flavor, and a bit bland and kinda mushy, with a light crisp on the outside. My cohorts tell me that the lettuce is unusually crispy and fresh, but meh. Long John Silver's patented "Crumblies", on the other hand, are only half "meh". They're highly crunchy and make a fantastic texture addition to the soft tortilla and the fish, but they do seem to retain a bit of the grease from whence they came. The baja sauce is quite obviously mayonnaise based, and tasted like just that with a bit of red pepper, unfortunately. Fortunately, it's still pretty good.

I felt a hint of uncomfortableness after eating two of these, and I attribute that to said grease. Also, as you can see, the real thing doesn't quite match up to the promotional pictures, but really, when does it? This probably isn't the dish for an afishionado; whatever type of fish it is, it's probably a pretty generic one. It's moderately filling, and a pretty decent buy at only 99¢, but Long John Silver's probably could've made a minor alteration or two and come out with a much more unique and worthy product. For example, add some sharp cheddar cheese for that extra tanginess, or actually put some effort into the baja sauce. They need look no further than some of their competition, Arby's and Taco Bell, two strong forces in the world of sauces, for some inspiration. All in all, though, it's assuredly a welcome variation in the usually beef (byproduct?)-dominated fast food world.

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Reviewed by John Hoy

Long John Silver's Baja Fish Taco

After getting off work early because of this ever slowing economy, I decided not to get the normal grub. I wanted to take an adventure to an eating establishment that I was relatively unfamiliar with. And I chose... drum roll please... Long John Silver's.

I arrived at the place where they throw boring overboard. I walked in, and cleverly placed on the counter was a small cardboard like sign advertising the New Baja Fish Taco. I just had to walk the plank and jump right into this one. After having Toddrick take my order of four baja fish tacos, I asked him was his opinion was of the product. He went on and told me that everybody has different taste buds, and that he had tried it a couple of times but it was not for him. After that he went back to prepare my feast. Moments passed, an undisclosed amount, and he returned with a treasure.

I know what you all are thinking, is a fish taco shaped like a fish? The answer is no. It is actually half a piece of their famous battered fish with crisp, cool lettuce topped with a mildly spicy baja sauce, along with their trademark Crumblies wrapped in a flour tortilla. Wow that was a mouthful. There are so many different flavors and textures in this item to please your palette. The fish has a crunchy, buttery batter with the fish tasting mild. The baja sauce is a yellowish mayonaise based sauce and it was quite good. It wasn't too spicy, it was just right. I had no idea what Crumblies were before this visit to LJS. After checking their online ingredients list, I discovered that they are small pieces of their batter fried up. They go blend well with the other ingredients, giving the taco an extra crunch. With a great price of 99 cents you can not go wrong with this sea worthy scoundrel.

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