Fat Kid Adventure #111: Dia de Pesca (San Jose)

So this joint kinda belongs in Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. After passing thru a rather tagged up neighborhood with a bunch of car part shops and broken down looking... things on Bascom toward Stevens Creek, I make an illegal left turn into a small plot of land with a glorified taco truck and some outdoor stone tables and arrive at this local favorite. Dia de Pesca, translated as "gone fishing" for marketing purposes, is a celebrated fish taco joint. With a sign that's suggestive of an airport strip bar, fully featured with half-broken flashing light bulbs, and neighboring businesses gloomy to suffocating, this little fish taco heaven is an unexpected surprise.

If you're ever overshopped at Westfield, just hop on Stevens Creek and get to the other side of the 880 and get some of this Mexican "si food" goodness.

We had the breaded halibut taco, tilapia taco, and red snapper enchiladas. The tacos were $3.50 each and the snapper dish was about $12. For the price, the breaded halibut is definitely worth the try. The crispy goodness with some habanero sauce (not actually THAT hot). It's filled with usual cabbage-tomato-onion mix, and dressed with tomatillo sauce and this other orange sauce, and BAM the fish pieces (generous) - topped off with a little piece of lime. Perfect. The soft shell is about 5-6 inches in diameter, and every mouthful is satisfying. Plus the fish is really fresh. The enchilada was covered in the tomatillo sauce and sauce with salad and rice. We both agreed that we should have gotten something more unique when we sauce someone on the other table with this giant glass of this salsa-looking soup. Anyway it looked us ordering enchiladas look like n00bs.

So this place obviously has more than just enchiladas and tacos, also have burritos, soups, special coctail dishes, and a bunch of variety dishes. Pretty affordable stuff. The seafood selection: tilapia, salmon, snapper, halibut, tuna, shark, shrimps, prawns, crabs, octopus, and scallops. The regular poultry and meat options also hold. Give it a shot! Yelp has plenty of pictures of the aforementioned goodness.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/dia-de-pesca-san-jose
http://www.pescasifood.com/ - looks like crap but A for effort since the menu is there so functionality is served.