Friday, July 22, 2011

Surfin Tacos 2.0


Aloha people! Since I went so longwinded with the time zone elaborations and had no energy to even address the Surfin Tacos rescuing us...here goes.

Surfin Tacos is a open air restaurant/drive thru that serves up some seriously fresh and tasty fish tacos, nachos, etc. They have what they call "Surf Sauce" that comes with the nachos. Light green in color and thin kinda like your run of the mill ranch dressing you would get anywhere. But this sauce is housemade with love and is very much drinkable, and nationally recognized apparently. If I had disposal to this stuff at home I would put it on my cereal. The guy who owns/runs the place, Dave, warned us that "it will change your life". I have thought about that food, and that sauce in particular, about 97 times today.

These surfing tacos happened to be the only thing on this part of the island at the "late" hour of 7:30 that could keep Carrie and I from completely collapsing. In all seriousness, every place to eat on the north shore apparently shuts down at like 8-8:30. People here are up early and in bed early, guess that's the surfer lifestyle, catching the early morning waves and whatnot I guess? And these eateries all crush it so much for lunch they don't really need to cater later? Kinda like Taco Casa in Greenville, except in Paradise, and way better...different sport better.

It was a classic scenario of Carrie and Andy on the verge of shutting down but in dire need of a true meal of food with no idea of what, where, or how to get it, which usually brings us to the point of killing one another. This happens in Greenville even but ALWAYS happens when we travel, but factor this sitch by like 100 given the travel time and complete unknown of where we were.

But I must say, the Surfin Taco saved the day with style and grace. Hang ten, you wonderful Surfin Taco. Hang ten.

Aloha

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