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Restaurant Review-The Fish Market in Panama City

11/20/2013

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PictureFish Tacos at The Fish Market
The Fish Market isn't a restaurant in the traditional sense. Rather, it's a food truck. Banish from your mind the roach coaches that service construction sites in the civilized Western world. This is haute food truck food at it's finest.

Start with a decked out kitchen-in-a-truck. Add a limited menu of very fresh food that changes daily. Throw in a charming outdoor eating area of white picnic benches covered with blue umbrellas and Chinese-style white lantern lights. Top it off with a British proprietor whose English will delight your expat ears. The result is an urban hip eatery with ultra fresh food and a wallet-friendly prices.

The fish tacos are my favorite thing on the menu. You get two corn tortillas stuffed with grilled corvina, a flavorful vegetable medley, and a drizzle of a tangy cream sauce. Each fish taco is the perfect combination of flaky white fish, mild corn flavor from the tortilla, a bit of crunch from the vegetables, and a creamy KAPOW from the sauce. The fish tacos are served with a house-made rice that has small bites of vegetables and thin slices of Jalapenos. 

I thought the portion size was perfect, as did my big American friend, Joe. But my svelte Brazilian sweetheart eats like a 300-pound gorilla. He got two lunches--the grilled mahi mahi with rice and the Thai slow-cooked beef with rice. I liked that all of the dishes have a Thai-infused kick. It gives the food at The Fish Market a unique signature flavor.

The Fish Market set up shop in an abandoned lot on Avenida Central in Casco Viejo. This is a newly renovated street with a few crumbling buildings in the background. I'm a white table cloth devotee, but there is something about the whole food-truck-with-and-awning-next-to-a-hollowed-out-building-on-a-newly-renovated-brick-street that absolutely works.  Plus, this spot gets a gentle breeze that is missing on the street. The temperature was as perfect as the food.

The meals are served in a plastic basket lined with waxed paper. If you like fresh fish with a kick, this is one of the best $7 meals you can find in Panama. 

2 Comments
Mary Roush
11/20/2013 10:40:49 pm

We LOVE The Fish Market. (I wake up on Thursdays thinking of green curry). Always fresh, always delicious...and because we SO miss Vietnamese and Thai cuisine (our favs), Mike's dishes w/ these influences makes everything extra-delicious. Oh, and the beer is always cold. It's one of our favorite "restaurants" in Panama, even though it's a food truck parked among the ruins and under the stars.

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Marian Tiblier
1/17/2014 01:00:04 am

I LOVE THIS PLACE! Food, Location, everything is perfect. Going again tonight with a big group. It's a must do in Panama

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