{"id":90,"date":"2016-03-02T14:20:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T22:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:02:38","slug":"how-allans-ruined-most-fish-tacos-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"How Allan’s ruined most fish tacos for me"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"fishI like fish tacos.\u00a0 Because Boy #1 has a fish allergy, we don’t have them at home, but when fish tacos are an option at at restaurant I’m likely to order them.\u00a0 While attending grad school in Boulder, Colorado a favorite, cheap place to eat was Wahoo’s Fish Taco<\/a> so I frequently got my fix.\u00a0 Wahoo’s was sadly missed after moving to Portland, Oregon, but I still managed to find fishy taco goodness in various other places.\u00a0 Then Allan’s Authentic Mexican Restaurant<\/a> opened up nearby and that changed everything.<\/p>\n

One thing I like about working from home is that I’m able to have mini lunch dates with my wife.\u00a0 Even if I just pop out from my home office for 15 minutes, it’s always pleasant to sit, eat, talk, and just spend time with her.\u00a0 For one such date, in 2009 I think, my wife decided to try out the close, new restaurant.\u00a0 Knowing my proclivity for fish tacos, she got two take out orders and brought them home.\u00a0 The verdict: Allan’s fish tacos are so good.<\/p>\n

It’s been a few years.\u00a0 I still occasionally order fish tacos at other restaurants.\u00a0 Good fish tacos at good restaurants.\u00a0 Fish tacos of which I can think of no complaint.\u00a0 There is no reason why I shouldn’t be completely satisfied with my choice, and yet there is always the nagging thought in the back of my mind that the fish tacos just weren’t as good as what I would have gotten at Allan’s.<\/p>\n

It gets worse.\u00a0 Because Allan’s has such wonderful fish tacos and is so convenient, eating at Allan’s or getting takeout is not something that would be considered atypical.\u00a0 Some people say that Allan’s offers various splendid choices, but I wouldn’t know.\u00a0 I always get the fish tacos.\u00a0 I sometimes look at the menu and make a pretense of trying something new, but it doesn’t happen.\u00a0 Sometimes I have tilapia instead of salmon on the tacos, or pinto beans instead of black beans on the side, but I always get fish tacos.\u00a0 Were I to do otherwise would just lead to further disappointment:\u00a0 either disappointment for not ordering fish tacos and getting something I like less, or disappointment of getting something even better and then never getting fish tacos again.<\/p>\n

So now fish tacos are mostly ruined for me.\u00a0 If I order them anywhere but Allan’s, I’m filled but not fulfilled.\u00a0 When I go to Allan’s, I must order the fish tacos.\u00a0 So thank you, Allan’s, for mostly ruining fish tacos for me.<\/p>\n

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I like fish tacos.\u00a0 Because Boy #1 has a fish allergy, we don’t have them at home, but when fish tacos are an option at at restaurant I’m likely to order them.\u00a0 While attending grad school in Boulder, Colorado a favorite, cheap place to eat was Wahoo’s Fish Taco so I frequently got my fix.\u00a0 … Continue reading “How Allan’s ruined most fish tacos for me”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}